MBP '12-upgrade to Mtn Lion?

Just bought my latest PBP a few weeks ago. I was told I could upgrade to Mtn Lion at no cost. To date, I've only received messages indicating I can upgrade for a minimal cost. What's the process for a free upgrade?
Walksthru

If you are indeed qualified, they are supposed to be sending you a coupon for a free upgrade. Rumors have it that the first round of coupons did not work at all, and the second round sent the wrong software.
So I suggest you be patient for another week and see what develops.

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IPhone 5 doesn't work with Mac OS 10.5.8 - do I need to ugrade to 10.6 and then upgrade to Mountain Lion or can I just upgrade to Mtn Lion right away?

iPhone 5 doesn't work with Mac OS 10.5.8 - do I need to ugrade to 10.6 and then upgrade to Mountain Lion or can I just upgrade to Mtn Lion right away?

At least to 10.6.8. You must do this to upgrade to Mountain Lion.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
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.
     Snow Leopard General Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel processor
       2. 1GB of memory
       3. 5GB of available disk space
       4. DVD drive for installation
       5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider;
           fees may apply.
       6. Some features require Apple’s iCloud services; fees and
           terms apply.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
     OS X Mountain Lion - System Requirements
       Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
         1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
         2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
         5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
     Are my applications compatible?
         See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.

Upgraded to Mtn Lion, runs like a tortoise

Upgraded to Mtn Lion, runs like a tortoise: how do I speed up my system?

Ok, so then we can proceed to determine what process is sucking up all CPU cycles. Have a look in Activity Monitor, sorting out processes by %CPU (click on the column label). Holler back if you need help identifying what each process is.
May also want to check out the items in the bottom pane for more clues:
In CPU, check out how much %User, %System and %Idle is the total CPU time being apportioned. On a personal computer, most should be in idle time (compared to a server). Note that people have reported that ML has a lot more background processes running than Lion did.
System memory will show how your 8GB are being used. In mine, free mem (green) is usually from a fourth to almost half of the total, unless I'm running heavy duty stuff like VMW Fusion and a VM or two. Check also the swapping activitu (page ins vs. page outs).
In Disk Activity, if you're doin' nothing, so should the drive; if something is pegging it, will need to find out who the culprit is.
Same for Network. Unles you're downloading multiple copies of the ML installer or othe such massive undertakings, traffic should be light unless some unknown is hogging the wire.
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Can I upgrade to mtn. lion from lion?

Can I upgrade to mtn. lion from lion?

Mountain Lion and Mavericks have the same requirements. You might as well upgrade to Mavericks as it is newer, and unlike Mountain Lion, it's free. Check the requirements at http://apple.com/osx/specs.

I recently upgraded to Mtn Lion 10.8 and can't load any of the myst games: Myst, Riven, Exile,etc. Is there a patch needed?

I recently upgraded to Mtn Lion 10.8 and can't load any of the myst games: Myst, Riven, Exile,etc. Is there a patch needed?

BookCamp will not help
PowerPC is the processor that Apple used prior to switching to Intel. It is a very old version of Apple for which support has been dropped.
It is not Windows which is what BootCamp will allow you to install.
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Upgrading to Mtn Lion from Snow Leopard?

Hello. Currently using Snow Leopard. To upgrade to Mtn Lion, must I first purchase and install Lion?

The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico, Spanish is my native tongue. I do not speak English very well, however, I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
No, you may purchase Mt Lion from the Mac App Store and go directly to it.

HT4718 I have successfully upgraded to Mtn Lion on my Mac OS X10.8.3 Desk Top and am missing several Apps - such as IPhoto, IMovie, etc. What's up w/that?

I recently upgraded my Snow Leopard OS X to Mtn Lion, vers. 10.8.3 and all seems well, however, I seem to be missing several (many?) apps which I had before and which I believe came with my Mac OS X desktop when I purchased it in 2012. Most importantly, I'm missing IPhoto and IMovie. The "Apps" folder is certainly much smaller now than before and I don't seem to have provision to re-install my apps - several of which are absolutely essential.
I did go to the App Store, signed in and looked at my purchases. They did NOT include IMovie and IPhoto = which are absolutely essential to my use of this Mac - and the reason I purchased it in the first place.
If you have suggestions, please and give me some ideas. I am a 73 year old Disabled Veteran and def need help!
Thanks to one and all.
Sam @ Hernando, MS
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Since your Mac came with Snow Leopard preinstalled you will need to use the disks that came with it to reinstall iPhoto and iMovie with a custom install of the Installed Bundled software. You should have a disk similar to #3 in the screenshot (lower right hand corner).
Do a custom install of the iApps you need and apply the necessary updaters from the Apple Downloads web page.
OT

Wish I had not "upgraded" to Mtn Lion

Wish I hadn't bought Mtn Lion. Many changes, less user-friendly, lost use of Photo Shop Elements, AppleWorks, many more minor compaints. Have been a consistent and devout Apple/Mac user since 1985. Never felt this lack of confidence in an Apple product. No questions - just venting - but I still don't feel any better.

Yes, I did just upgrade. And yes, I'm a bit of a retrograde. I have never bought a new anything until the old one was worn out, otherwise useless, or the new one was so much improved that it didn't make sense to NOT buy it. Staying with Snow Leopard along with the other old app versions you mention all qualify: They worked fine for my simple needs - UNTIL an Apple pro convinced me: "You've GOT to get Mtn Lion - it's great!", etc. I am sorry I did. Snow Leopard and the other apps "weren't broken", as they say, but I drank the KoolAid. I "tried to fix 'em".
After I wallow a bit more, I'll return to my Apple Store and learn about all the slick and wonderful new Mtn Lion things that I don't use or need, then probably join all the lemmings lined up to do the same with Maverick. Planned obsolescence obviously refers to more than what sits in my driveway.

48 Hours ago I started to upgrade to Mtn Lion on a now 10 day old IMac - 30 minutes ago I got the email with the content code and redeem code for the download from the app store - it said download was happening, but nothing happened for 30 min - FIX IT!

48 Hours ago I started to upgrade to Mountain Lion on a now 10 day old IMac - 30 minutes ago I got the email with the content code and redeem code for the download from the app store - it said download was happening, but nothing happened for 30 min - HOW DO I (or you) FIX IT!?

This is a User's Forum, yelling at us won't help. You have 90 days of customer support via telephone. Use them as they can interact with their system and hopefully get you back on track. Otherwise take it to them at the Genius Bar and have them make it good.

I recently upgraded to Mtn Lion & now when I put in my disc to open/run Presonus Firebox w/ garage band, it says PC its no longer supported.

But the Firebox is still being recognized. Anyone know how to make this work? Hate to not use my expensive equipment simply becuase of a operating system upgrade.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Lion and Mountain Lion aren't compatible with PowerPC apps. If you want to run those apps, you have to update them to the most recent version or install Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
As you upgraded to Mountain Lion, you can make a second volume on your hard disk and install Snow Leopard there, so you will be able to run those apps. In this case, the virtual machine solution isn't valid because the virtual machine doesn't provide enough performance to run that type of app or they will run better in a second volume.
If you need help to create the volume, read > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU3.html

Frequent fan noise on MBP after upgrading to Mountain Lion

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I had exactly the same noisy fan problem after upgrading to ML. Called Apple. They told me to do an SMC reset, but that didn't solve the problem. Checked the Activity Monitor and saw that WDSmartWare (the software that came with a Western Digital external HD) was taking 157% of CPU. Don't understand how any app can take up more than 100% of the CPU. In any case, I uninstalled the software and the fan stopped instantenously. In fact, it stopped during the uninstallation process itself. I hope I found the source of the problem.
Subbu

HT1338 Upgrading to Mtn Lion...

I have MacOSx version 10.5.8 and it says I have no software updates. I am trying to get Mac OS X Mountain Lion, but i don't have the Mac app store which is apparently in OS Snow Leopard download, but I can't find that. Any Advice?

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iLife is not installed with the OS. It comes bundled with new Macs.

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Before installing Mountain Lion I erased Windows XP and all contents from Bootcamp. Now I am running Mountain Lion and attempting to put windows 7 on Bootcamp 5.0.0. I ran the disk utility on Bootcamp and it shows (formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with 35 G available and nothing on it.
When I begin the Bootcamp assistant gives me a message "The Startup Disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing witndow." I clicked OK and was able to download the support software. Once I did that I inserted the Windows 7 CD but the Bootcamp assistant doesn't let me check the install box.
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It appears you did not remove XP correctly. Did you use Bootcamp Assistant to remove XP? If not then you have messed up your hard drive. You will need to reformat the drive and return it to a single Mac OS Extended (journaled) format. You can/should not use third party tools when working with Bootcamp partitions. Camptune does work to resize a Bootcamp partition but Bootcamp Assistant is the tool to use when creating/removing a Bootcamp partition.

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Pages or parts of pages won't load -- especially pics -- and links won't work. Some pages are fine, and it rarely crashes or freezes entirely. Everything works fine in Firefox. Have run Cocktail a few times and no improvement. Are my privacy and addblocking addons a problem? Upgrading to Safari 6.0.2 didn't help.

Plugins can often cause problems, especially of this sort.
It's easy to verify: Just disable those plugins and then reload the pages that are giving you trouble. If the pages then load OK, you have your answer.

Contacts. Can't add new contacts after upgrading to Mtn Lion from Snow Leopard.

I can't add new contacts after upgrading from Snow Leopard to Mountain last week. I do not use iCloud. Any suggestions?

Problems such as yours are sometimes caused by files that should belong to you but are locked or have wrong permissions. This procedure will check for such files. It makes no changes and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
First, empty the Trash.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below to select it, then drag or copy it — do not type — into the Terminal window:
find . $TMPDIR.. $ -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 -o -acl $ 2> /dev/null | wc -l
Press return. The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
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