Mac Reinstaller only has option to reinstall OSX mountain lion, but...

My harddrive crashed, trying to use reinstaller on wiped hard drive, but Mac reinstaller only has option to install Mountain Lion 10.8, but i was using Lion 10.7.4. How can i purchase mountain lion or just restore the version of osx i have paid for>

Did your system come preinstalled with Lion? If so, you should be able to do Internet Recovery to redownload/install Lion (assuming that's the OS X you want back on). Restart your MBP and press/hold the COMMAND + R + OPTION keys. Make sure you have a WiFi or ethernet connection to the internet. Internet Recovery will boot to the Apple server's Recovery HD and present you with the same OS X Utilities menu as ML but with the option to reinstall Lion instead of ML.
If you want to just redownload/install ML, you mentioned your Mac reinstaller only has the option to install ML 10.8. Use that to reinstall ML; then you can use Software Update to update it to 10.8.2.

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Mountain Lion has become unstable on my Solid State Harddrive (Corsair CSSD F120GB) and I'm plannng to erase and start from scratch.   Had problem before with doing this and then being unable to access my Time Machine backup.    Permissions issue.   I'm aware that I don't need to erase but after two years, I'd like to have a clean slate and try something new.   Just don't want to lose access to my docs and pictures.
Plan right now is to boot into recovery mode (option key during boot), go into Disk Util and choose erase. Then back into Reinstal OSX.   Same hard drive but fresh copy of OSX.   Will I be able to access backup in Time Machine?

No reason why not if you use the same username and password for the admin account.
Install or Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the
      left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on
        the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass. Click on
      the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Install button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.
However, Time Machine will consider this a new device so it will want to make a new backup. Please visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help getting Time Machine to continue using the old backup.

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Tried to reinstall OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.4 and every time i start with the installation i get a requested time out message, had to shut down my MacBook Pro retina. Now when i start up it automatically start internet recovery

tried to reinstall OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.4 and every time i start with the installation i get a requested time out message, had to shut down my MacBook Pro retina. Now when i start up it automatically start internet recovery for two ouers. After the internet recovery the same problem with reinstalling OSX message

Gave up on the GUI. This script derived from http://blog.netnerds.net/2012/07/os-x-how-to-setup-nat-on-lion-and-mountain-lion / seems to work for me:
gwdev=en0 # This is my WiFi connection (has Internet connection)
targetdev=en1 # This is the USB to Ethernet adapter (to give Internet connection)
/sbin/ifconfig $targetdev down
/sbin/ifconfig bridge0 create
/sbin/ifconfig bridge0 up
/sbin/ifconfig bridge0 addm $gwdev
/sbin/ifconfig bridge0 $HOST_ADDR
/sbin/route add default -interface bridge0 -ifscope bridge0 -cloning
/usr/sbin/sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
/sbin/ipfw add 100 divert natd ip from any to any via $gwdev
/usr/sbin/natd -interface $gwdev -use_sockets -same_ports -unregistered_only -dynamic -clamp_mss -enable_natportmap -natportmap_interface $targetdev

I have a MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.7 13" Early 2011 and osx mountain lion, but i can't make the Airplay Mirroring option appear in the menu bar

I have a MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.7 13" Early 2011 and osx mountain lion, but i can't make the Airplay Mirroring option appear in the menu bar. Help please!!!

Go to system preferences below screen>display and click show mirroring menu

I'm trying to reinstall my mountain lion, but it won't install on my regular disk

so, i have a problem.
When i tried to restart my Mac earlier today, I got the gray screen. Now i'm trying to reinstall my mountain lion, but when the install guide tells me to choose a disk to reinstall on, it says that my disk is locked.
please help, urgent!
thanks.

No, you'll lose your data. Do you have a backup? If you don't use Time Machine, here are some cloning programs you can use to make a backup. Two backups are better than one.
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I have a iMac 20 intel/512 mb from 2007 .i want to instal OSX Mountain Lion, but i have a OSX 10.4.1. I need minimal OSX 10.6.8 or more! Wat i have to do?

I have a iMac 20 intel/512 mb from 2007 .i want to instal OSX Mountain Lion, but i have a OSX 10.4.1. I need minimal OSX 10.6.8 or more! What i have to do?
Processor 2 GHz Core Duo. 2 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 .

Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
If yours is truly a Core Duo then it cannot run Mountain Lion. Snow Leopard is the latest you can install.
If you need to purchase Snow Leopard contact Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service. The price is $29.00 plus tax. You will receive physical media - DVD - by mail.
Third-party sources for Snow Leopard are:
Snow Leopard from Amazon.com
Snow Leopard from eBay
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store.

Trying to download OSX Mountain Lion, but just says waiting all the time? Anyone know what this could be?

Trying to download OSX Mountain Lion, but just says waiting all the time? Anyone know what this could be?

You are not specific with your problem or errors but one thing that always throws people off is as follows:
When entering you're login name you must use the entire login with carrier name such as [email protected] The field defults to just your name but not the carrier name.

Reinstalling OSX mountain lion

My computer is acting strangely and stops all the time to work - I can hear lots of little hard drive sounds and it is very slow until it is done (usually about 10 minutes), and my Adobe CS products are crashing and creating corrupt files that keep stopping.
I tried to reinstall the system today - I couldn't use the installer that came with the computer because I have installed Mountain Lion since.
I tried installing from the 'Install OSX Mountain Lion.app" file, and it went through the motions and said it was installing, but now it appears to be exactly the same - normally I would get the welcome screen and have to configure things. It did not give me an option to do a clean install.
How can I do a new installation to get rid of the existing problems on this computer? It is only a year old (iMac i7) and has 8 gb of RAM so it shouldn't be so slow. My laptop is the same and is much faster.
thanks for any help.

I couldn't use the installer that came with the computer because I have installed Mountain Lion since.
FWIW (and future reference), you should be able to install the original system (if it was Lion):
If you use internet recovery (Command + Option + R), then the original OS version will be reinstalled after you wipe the drive.
If you use recovery (Command + R) the current OS version will be reinstalled.
If the originally installed OS version same with install disks (Snow Leopard or earlier), you can boot from that disk; however, in order to revert, you will need to wipe the drive first.
And, since you want to get rid of "existing problems", starting over with a clean install is best. You do not know if your problems are only caused by the OS or possibly some incompatibility of third party software which would not be fixed if you simply reinstall the OS over the top of what you have.

I already bought Mac book pro with OSX Mountain Lion but my apple account not appear on my purchases list.

I need to install to the other mac device
please help.

If your friend has Mt Lion show up in his purchases area of the Mac App Store then at some point he bought Mt Lion.
You did not buy Mt Lion from the Mac App Store because it came with the system pre-installed. So it will not show in your purchases area.
No you do not have to buy it again if you want to reinstall it. You use the Recovery system to do that and it can be done over and over again at no charge to you.
You can use either the built in Recovery HD partition that is on the internal hard drive of your Mac or the Online Internet Recovery system that boots the computer from over the internet from the Apple servers.
M Wittawas wrote:
but my friend he just set Apple account on his mac and he get OSX Mountain Lion on his account
and can install other device also.
This mean when i want to download to install my mac pro again i must pay for new one ?

How to reinstall OSX Mountain Lion?

I have a 2010 iMac and currently have OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.5 installed.
I would like to reformat and erase all information from my computer but don't want to go thru starting with Snow Leopard again with the original disks that came with the iMac.
I purchased Mountain Lion thru the APP store so do not have a disk for it.
Is there an easy way for me to reinstall a fresh copy of Mountain Lion and erase all content on computer?
Thanks for helping...

Hold down Command-R during startup,
From there use disk utility to erase the drive and reinstall OS X.

HT1338 I just installed OSX snow leapord and just want to be able to use icloud. I up--graded my old macbook to 2 gigs and still can't get it to download icloud . would go to osx mountain lion but can't do that either. What do I have to do???

I want to use icloud to sync w/my new apple tv. bought osx snow leopard and installed it plus upgraded to 2 gigs memory for my
old (2007) macbook. still won't work. I need to get to at least osx 10.7.4 or to osx mountain lion. Tried everything and can't get there.
I'm not a computer whiz...quite a novice. so, if you can help; please speak in layman language....ha   Thanks

iCloud requires 10.7.2 or later.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mountain Lion if your computer meets the requirements.
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mountain Lion, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes international calling numbers. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
     Lion System Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
           or Xeon processor
       2. 2GB of memory
       3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
       4. 7GB of available space
       5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.

Reinstalling OSX Mountain Lion, and it says 500 hours to dowload?!? hellp

I have a MacBook Air and was suggested to delete everything on my HD before potentiallly selling my MacBook. So I followed all the instructions, disk utility, erase hard drive, go back and reinstall Mountain Lion. Anyways everything is going smoothly, but my installation time says up to 500 hours for it yo download !!! Is that crazy? Some malfunction? Or just my internet connection???
Please help

It could be a server-side slowdown of sorts, but likely is because of your connection. Are you in a relatively remote area? Most broadband connections should take a few hours or less to download the installers, which are around 4GB in size.

HT1338 I purchased OSx mountain lion - but it won't download

Mountain lion does not seem to be downloading. I get the icon in launchpad with the text "downloading" but nothing is happening! I tried to repurchase and was told I had already purchased it - accepted offer to re-download and still nothing happens. Any ideas what is going on here?
Thanks
John

I have a very similar, possibly exactly the same, situation. Purchased Mountain Lion after making sure I had the latest OSX prior to that, it seemed like it was downloading, but nothing happened. Shut down my computer, came back this morning, went to the app store, and clicked the download button again. Indicator spun for a second, then nothing. Any ideas on how to either finish downloading, or get my $ back?

Have installed OSX Mavericks and Vodafone Mobile Broadband Modem no longer connects despite reloading its software. Now cannot reinstall OSX Mountain Lion

Upgraded to OSX Mavericks. Vodafone Mobile Broadband Modem no longer connects. Tried again after reinstalling latest Vodafone Modem software update for Mac OSX, but no use.

Could somebody give a feedback about the solution proposed by Bokir?
I am experiencing exactly the same problem after upgrading to Mavericks with the Huawei E220 modem.
The connection is established for a few seconds, but no data is transfered, and the connection is then closing automatically.
I left the modem plugged in and the Vodafone software set to Automatic, and after numerous attempts and 10 to 15 minutes, it appeared that the connection was finally established.
That is of course no way to work.
After running the VMB uninstaller, there are still a lot of stuff in library cache & preference folder that are pertaining to VMB and not removed.
It is also strange that after uninstalling and reinstalling the VMB software, I am not requested to enter my pin code to establish a connection.
It is obvious that there must be some other VMB files (probably corrupted) somewhere in the system that are not removed by the uninstaller.
I have another macbook pro running VMB without problem and I am really afraid to install Mavericks on this laptop because of this issue.
Thanks again for any feedback.
Jean-Philippe

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