Late 2012 imac 'not enough ram' for photoshop

I have a late 2012 imac - 3.4 i7 16 gig ram and yet when using photoshop elements 9 it keeps freezing with a message saying not enough ram. Another problem which may or may not be related is MS word tending to freeze when I cut and paste??
Any help greatfully received
Thanks

Well, I use PSE 11 and at least in my version I would recommend, as Adobe does, that you go into Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor>Preferences>Performance>and there I would set your RAM allocation ("Memory Useage" as they call it ) to at least around 12 GB while you are using PSE. It is heavily dependent on the amount of RAM it has available:
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3.4 GHz Core i7
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In just a few minutes, below are the results I receive (I re-ran multiple times to the same effect).
Any opinions on whether this is indeed bad RAM? How do I handle this with Apple support? Any suggestions/comments are most welcome.
Thank you,
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Excerpt from the crash report in Console:
Process:         ghc [96618]
Path:            /usr/local/lib/ghc-7.6.2/ghc
Identifier:      ghc
Version:         ???
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: Emacs-10.7 [37299]
User ID:         501
Date/Time:       2013-03-20 21:06:30.389 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.3 (12D78)
Report Version: 10
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: EXC_I386_GPFLT
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   ghc                                     0x000000010bb44b10 evacuate1 + 5296
1   ghc                                     0x000000010bb4927f scavenge_block1 + 703
2   ghc                                     0x000000010bb4a78c scavenge_loop1 + 1548
3   ghc                                     0x000000010bb4639e scavenge_until_all_done + 798
4   ghc                                     0x000000010bb46c57 GarbageCollect + 1639
5   ghc                                     0x000000010bb378ff scheduleDoGC + 991
6   ghc                                     0x000000010bb3982b schedule + 1579
7   ghc                                     0x000000010bb39df4 scheduleWaitThread + 164
8   ghc                                     0x000000010bb3478e real_main + 68
Memtest Results:
Memtest version 4.22 (64-bit)
Copyright (C) 2004 Charles Cazabon
Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tony Scaminaci (Macintosh port)
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 only
Mac OS X 10.8.3 (12D78) running in multiuser mode
Memory Page Size: 4096
System has 8 Intel core(s) with SSE
Requested memory: 24009MB (25176211456 bytes)
Available memory: 24009MB (25176211456 bytes)
Allocated memory: 24009MB (25176211456 bytes) at local address 0x0000000101000000
Attempting memory lock... locked successfully
Partitioning memory into 2 comparison buffers...
Buffer A: 12004MB (12588105728 bytes) starts at local address 0x0000000101000000
Buffer B: 12004MB (12588105728 bytes) starts at local address 0x00000003ef4f4000
Running 2 test sequences... (CTRL-C to quit)
Test sequence 1 of 2:
Running tests on full 24009MB region...
Stuck Address       : testing 1 of 16
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local address 0x0000000262d778c0
Actual Data: 0x0200000262d778c0
Linear PRN          : testing 1 of 16
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local address 0x0000000262d77900
Expected Data: 0xa378ecfaa3ecf6b9, Actual Data: 0x0178ecfaa3ecf6b9
Running comparison tests using 12004MB buffers...
Random Value        :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x3ddd57d041eb5a06, BUFB Data: 0x3fdd57d041eb5a06
Compare XOR         :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x826aabfcebf44332, BUFB Data: 0x806aabfcebf44332
Compare SUB         :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x8e6cbb4010b8a88d, BUFB Data: 0x8a6cbb4010b8a88d
Compare MUL         :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x54fd2f0176d1ab9e, BUFB Data: 0xfefd2f0176d1ab9e
Compare DIV         :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x0200000000000000, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000002
Compare OR          :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x6eaf35c4f7fc13fb, BUFB Data: 0x6caf35c4f7fc13fb
Compare AND         :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x6ea704c077fc1399, BUFB Data: 0x6ca704c077fc1399
Sequential Increment:
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x7caad7e9fb32b8ca, BUFB Data: 0x7eaad7e9fb32b8ca
Solid Bits          : testing 1 of 64
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0xfdffffffffffffff, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffffff
Block Sequential    : testing   1 of 256
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x0200000000000000, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000000
Checkerboard        : testing 1 of 64
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d77900, BUFB address 0x000000055126b900
BUFA Data: 0x0155555555555555, BUFB Data: 0x5555555555555555
Bit Spread          : testing   1 of 128
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x0200000000000005, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000005
Bit Flip            : testing   1 of 512
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0xfdfffffffffffffe, BUFB Data: 0xfffffffffffffffe
Walking Ones        : testing   1 of 128
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d77900, BUFB address 0x000000055126b900
BUFA Data: 0x11fffffffffffffe, BUFB Data: 0xfffffffffffffffe
Walking Zeroes      : testing   1 of 128
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x0200000000000001, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000001
Test sequence 2 of 2:
Running tests on full 24009MB region...
Stuck Address       : testing 1 of 16
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local address 0x0000000262d778c0
Actual Data: 0x0200000262d778c0
Linear PRN          : testing 1 of 16
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local address 0x0000000262d77900
Expected Data: 0xa378ecfaa3ecf6b9, Actual Data: 0x0178ecfaa3ecf6b9
Running comparison tests using 12004MB buffers...
Random Value        :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0xf54d78773a1d75d1, BUFB Data: 0xf74d78773a1d75d1
Compare XOR         :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d77900, BUFB address 0x000000055126b900
BUFA Data: 0x01e08f19e0bd343d, BUFB Data: 0xbbe08f19e0bd343d
Compare SUB         :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d77900, BUFB address 0x000000055126b900
BUFA Data: 0x01e38c4ae6cbd9e0, BUFB Data: 0x5be38c4ae6cbd9e0
Compare MUL         :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d77900, BUFB address 0x000000055126b900
BUFA Data: 0x01d2ccf452aabcc0, BUFB Data: 0x5ed2ccf452aabcc0
Compare DIV         :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x0200000000000003, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000003
Compare OR          :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d77900, BUFB address 0x000000055126b900
BUFA Data: 0x01f97d3f343b8641, BUFB Data: 0xe7f97d3f343b8641
Compare AND         :
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d77900, BUFB address 0x000000055126b900
BUFA Data: 0x0181413c143a0641, BUFB Data: 0xe381413c143a0641
Sequential Increment:
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d77900, BUFB address 0x000000055126b900
BUFA Data: 0x11df0c80ebf82821, BUFB Data: 0xf2df0c80ebf82821
Solid Bits          : testing 1 of 64
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d77900, BUFB address 0x000000055126b900
BUFA Data: 0x11ffffffffffffff, BUFB Data: 0xffffffffffffffff
Block Sequential    : testing   1 of 256
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x0200000000000000, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000000
Checkerboard        : testing 1 of 64
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d77900, BUFB address 0x000000055126b900
BUFA Data: 0x0155555555555555, BUFB Data: 0x5555555555555555
Bit Spread          : testing   1 of 128
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x0200000000000005, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000005
Bit Flip            : testing   1 of 512
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0xfdfffffffffffffe, BUFB Data: 0xfffffffffffffffe
Walking Ones        : testing   1 of 128
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d77900, BUFB address 0x000000055126b900
BUFA Data: 0x11fffffffffffffe, BUFB Data: 0xfffffffffffffffe
Walking Zeroes      : testing   1 of 128
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x0000000262d778c0, BUFB address 0x000000055126b8c0
BUFA Data: 0x0200000000000001, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000001
*** Address Test Failed *** One or more DIMM address lines are non-functional.
Execution time: 230 seconds.
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[Guide] Install and run Windows 7/8 from an external drive without using bootcamp (works for late 2012 iMacs with 3TB drive)

This is a copy of a post from my blog, you can also Read it on my blog...
Introduction
After I received my new iMac with a 3 TB Fusion Drive, I was disappointed when I realized that Bootcamp was not running on this model and prevented me from installing Windows on it. I wanted to take advantage of the powerful iMac hardware to play games but I couldn't.
There are a few ways of working around this limitation, but I found most of them quite complex and most of the time they required formatting the internal hard drive or repartitioning it and go for a brand new installation of Mac OS X. I was not comfortable with that.
But there is another way, and that is to install Windows on an external hard drive, using either USB or Thunderbolt. Personally I used a Lacie Rugged 1 TB drive that has both USB3 and Thunderbolt connectors. Both work very well.
This guide may interest you if:
You have an internal hard drive of more than 2TB and you can't run bootcamp at all (like late 2012 iMacs with a 3TB drive)
You have limited space or you don't want to dedicate disk space on your internal hard disk drive to a Windows installation
What this guide will make you do:
It will make you erase all your data from your external USB3/Thunderbolt hard drive
It will make you install Windows on your external USB3/Thunderbolt hard drive
It will make you install bootcamp drivers
What this will not make you do:
It will not make you modify anything on your internal Mac hard drive
It will not make you use or install the bootcamp assistant
It will not activate the Preference Pane for the default boot drive. You have to boot by pressing the ALT key to manually select your boot drive each tome you want to boot Windows.
What you'll need
An external hard drive with a USB3 and/or Thunderbolt connector. This drive will be formatted so ensure you saved your files before going further. You can use either an SSD drive or a classic hard drive.
A Windows 7 or 8 install DVD or ISO (check whether to install 32 or 64 bits versions based on your Bootcamp drivers) and the corresponding Windows serial number.
One of the following:
Mac OS X with a Windows 7 or 8 Virtual Machine (use VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop for example. Note: VMWare Fusion seems to have some issues with Thunderbolt and USB3. Plug your drive to a USB2 enclosure or hub to work around this -it worked for me-, or use another VM software) → Read the important note below
A PC running Windows 7 or 8 → Read the important note below
Windows AIK (free) running on your Virtual Machine or on your PC, or just the imagex.exe file (the rest of the Windows AIK package is not needed)
Download imagex.exe
Download Windows AIK (this download and installation is not required if you have already downloaded imagex.exe)
Bootcamp drivers for your Mac. You can get these either by running bootcamp from your Mac (Applications > Utilities > Bootcamp) or, if like me you have a 3TB drive and can't run bootcamp at all, use the direct download links here.
A USB stick to store your bootcamp drivers
IMPORTANT: If your Mac has a 64 bits processor, your Windows Virtual Machine on OSX, your Windows installation on your PC and your Windows DVD/ISO must also be in 64 bits!
Step by Step guide
Step 1: Get the install.wim file
If you have a Windows ISO file:
Mount the ISO
If you're on OS X: double click on the ISO file
If you're on on Windows 7: Use a software like Virtual Clone Drive (free)
If you're on Windows 8: double click on the ISO file
Open the mounted drive, then go to the "sources" folder and locate the "install.wim" file. Save this file to C:\wim\ on your Windows installation or virtual machine.
If you have a Windows DVD: open the "sources" folder on the DVD and locate the "install.wim" file. Save this file to C:\wim\ on your Windows installation or virtual machine.
IMPORTANT: If instead of a "install.wim" file, you have "install.esd", you can not continue this step by step guide. And an ESD file can not be converted into a WIM file. So you must get a version of the Windows installation DVD/ISO that has an install.wim file.
Step 2: Clean, partition and format your external hard drive
On your Windows installation or virtual machine, plug in your external hard drive (can be plugged using USB2, USB3 or Thunderbolt at this stage)
Open the command prompt in administrator mode (cmd.exe). To run it in administrator mode, right click on cmd.exe > Run as admin.
Type the following and hit enter to open the disk partitioner utility:
diskpartType the following and hit enter to list your drives:
list disk
This will display a list of disks mounted on your computer or virtual machine. Make sure your drive is listed here before you continue.Identify the disk ID of your external hard drive. Replace # by your real external disk ID in the command below:
select disk #Clean all partitions by typing the following (warning: this will erase all data from your external drive!):
clean
Create the boot parition by typing the following followed by the enter key:
create partition primary size=350
This will create a 350MB partition on your external driveFormat the partition in FAT32 by typing the following:
format fs=fat32 quick
Set this partition to active by typing:
active
Assign a letter to mount this partition. We will use letter B in our example. If B is already used on your PC, replace B by any other available letter:
assign letter=b
Windows will detect a new drive and probably display a pop-up. Ignore that.Create the Windows installation partition using all the remaining space available on the external drive by typing the following:
create partition primary
Format the new partition in NTFS:
format fs=ntfs quick
Assign a letter to mount this partition. We will use letter O in our example. If O is already used on your PC, replace O by any other available letter:
assign letter=o
Windows will detect a new drive and probably display a pop-up. Ignore that.Exit the disk partitioner utility by typing:
exit
Step 3: Deploy the Windows installation image
Still using the command prompt in admin mode (you didn't close it, did you? ), locate the imagex.exe file mentioned in the "What you'll need" section and access its folder. In our example, we have put this file in C:\imagex\imagex.exe
Type the following and hit enter (remember to replace o: with the letter you have chosen in the previous step):
imagex.exe /apply C:\wim\install.wim 1 o:
This will take some time. The Windows installation image is being deployed to your external driveOnce done, type the following to create the boot section (remember to replace o: and b: with the letters you've chosen in the previous step):
o:\windows\system32\bcdboot o:\windows /f ALL /s b:
If you get an error message saying that you can't run this program on your PC, then most probably you are running on a 32 bits installation of windows and you're trying to deploy a 64 bits install. This means you did not read the important notes in the beginning of this guide
If you get an error message on the options that can be used with the BCDBOOT command, then it's because you're installing Windows 7, and the /f option is not supported. If that is the case, remove /f ALL from the command and retry.
Step 4: Boot from your external drive and install Windows
Plug in your external drive:
If you've done all the previous steps from a Windows PC, unplug your external drive from your PC and plug it to your Mac, either on a USB3 or a Thunderbolt port.
If you've done all the previous steps from your Mac using a Virtual Machine, ensure the external drive is plugged in to a USB3 or Thunderbolt port. Using USB2 should also work but you'll get very poor performance so I don't recommend doing that.
Reboot your Mac and once the bootup sound is over, immediately press the ALT (option) key and release it only when the boot drives selection screen appears. If you did not get the boot drives selection screen, reboot and try again. The timing to press the ALT (option) key is quite short. It must not be too early or too late.
On the boot selection screen, choose "Windows" using the arrow keys on your keyboard, then press enter.
The Windows installation starts. Follow the on-screen instructions as normal. The installation program will restart your computer one or 2 times. Don't forget to press ALT (option) right after the bootup sound, and boot on Windows again each time to continue the installation.
Step 5: Install bootcamp drivers
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Once the bootcamp drivers are all installed, reboot and press ALT (option) after the bootup sound to boot on Windows again. And Voilà, you have Windows installed on your USB3/Thunderbolt drive running on your Mac.
Now each time you want to boot on Windows, press and hold the ALT (option) key after the startup sound and select "Windows", then press Enter.

Hi i'm trying to follow your guide, I installed windows 8 on bootcamp to do it planning to remove it after the operation is done, but i get stuck at part 3: every command i give to imagex i get a pop-up ftom windws asking how do I want to open this kind of file install.wim and imagex does nothing, what do i have to do to stop those pop-ups?

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This is an ANSWER and not a request for help. I didn't know where to post this and apologize for stepping where I shouldn't.
I have a Late 2012 iMac that has been crashing, running slow, and now worse; all my documents and everything in Finder have disappeared. I discovered a fix that may help others with similar issues. I use my iMac for use with Logic Pro X and Mainstage where freezeups are a disaster. I thought about this awhile and realized I had installed a new USB 3.0 external hard disk a few months ago when this issue began. I began to experience more and more crashes and extremely slow performance. Beach-balls and slow performance were common. But the last straw was when everything in Finder disappeared. My Document and Application folders were empty. If I clicked on "About This Mac" I saw nothing. It took two tries to prove my theory, but here's what I did to make "the fix". I unplugged the USB 3.0 drive and all USB and external devices. I did a restore of OSX Mt Lion. All was back to normal. But after plugging in the USB 3.0 drive, all the afore mentioned problems came back. I did one more restore, this time NOT connecting the USB 3.0 external hard disk. Now I have gone some time and my iMac's speed is back to "incredible", no beach balls or any sign of slow performance in recording or running any other app. Apparently, the 2012 iMac; although spec'ed to be USB 3.0 compatible, may not be all that compatible. Hope this helps someone!

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Can you tell us which API is failing (error code) and what amount of memory you are requesting? I've seen 'not enough ram' when the entrypoint gets messed up and you actually have a Pipl problem. Is the filters running on smaller images? <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected].. >I have a pc running xp pro sp2. cpu is amd x2 5200, 4 GB ram, 8800gts >graphics card, and also have the same problem trying to run my plugins in >photoshop cs. My windows page file is 6 Gigabytes, and I have cs set to use >90% of resources with no noticeable improvement.Task Manager only shows 711 >megabytes of the page file being used. I get the 'not enough ram' error >message on several of my filters. Anyone have a decent workaround yet? >Unplugging my plugins isn't an option. What's the point in having plugins >if you can't use them? > > One more thing: the file I'm working on is only 50 megabytes. With a > second layer open it is close to 100 MB. This is a small file, > comparatively speaking.

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I get this wonderful "Not Enough RAM" message, while trying to open a big TIF file (over 100 Mb). Till now it happened with big files that were saved in Windows. All other programs, including Photoshop CS3 opens the files just great. Resaving files in any other app helps, but this thing is a joke - I'm thinking going back to CS3... : (
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soom1976 wrote:
According to many different discussions, nobody, even Apple, can really tell If it is necessary to defragment OS X drives,
This is not about defragmenting the drive. I am attempting to make you aware that you will always have fragmentation on your drive in a one-drive laptop, no matter what you do.
Photoshop needs to find a single, contiguous, non-fragmented chunk of drive space to create the scratch disk. On a one-drive machine you will never, ever know exactly what the largest, unfragmented chunk of drive space you have at any given instant is, but you can bet your life on the fact that it will be a lot less than the total amount the Finder shows you.
As I just typed, your drive will inevitably be fragmented even before you boot up, and the swap files of the OS will further fragmented once it's running.
You can use an external drive for scratch, just make sure it's formatted as Mac HFS+ Extended and NOT case-sensitive. Do a Get Info (Command I) on the icon of the external hard drive in the Finder and check "Ignore Ownership of this Drive" if necessary.
Photoshop creates the scratch drive the instant you go to open an existing file or create a new one, setting its size on assumptions it makes based on your workflow history, not just the size of the file you're opening. Thus, it is possible that the scratch disk sizes for CS3 and for CS4 will be different on your machine. This will be the case if you have worked on bigger files or with more layers. etc, on one version than on the other one, even for the very same file. The difference could be dramatic.
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Not enough Ram memory in photoshop -please help

Hi
When I try to save any of my work in photoshop as a jpeg (not large files-even only 5Mb size ones) it comes up with an error message saying not enough Ram to save. IM using windows xp, I have 2.5Gigs of ram, 100Gigs free space on C drive and 100gigs free space on my other drive (J:). I have checked the scratch disk prefernce and allocated 65% of ram to memory. I have also made my J: drive the number one scratch disk and C:drive as number 2. I have defragged my computer, and made sure no other programs ar running at the same time when im using photoshop. i have checked for viruses and spyware...and it still wont save....can someone please help i dont no what else to so?

Gary Schim wrote:
I am also having a "not enough memory (RAM)" problem with 4 MB RAM Win XP home version 5.1.2600 SP 2 build 2600
What is a "scratch drive"?
How do I make sure there are not large temp files on it?
How do I make sure the RAM allocated to PS in PS Preferneces is not to high?
A "scratch drive" is one of your hard drives (C:\ if you only have one) that PS uses to write to as an extension of normal memory. It is needed even if you have lots of RAM.
In PS, if you go to Edit > Preferences > Performance, you will see not only the amount of RAM allocated to PS (which should be in the recommended "Ideal" range) but also which scratch disks are nominated. With more than one hard drive, it is best not to have the system disk as scratch.
With PS closed, you can then look in Windows Explorer to check if there are any large temp files left on that drive and delete them.

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baught the 27" late 2012 iMac and didn´t get any software dvd with it.
Due to the fact that I have the external DVD writer I would like to generate a bootable Mountain lion DVD for it.

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