Mountain lion is not downloading (icon says waiting)

when i tried to downloaded the first time i had an unstable internet access but now that i dont it wont download what should i do?

1. Create a new location in system preferences > network
2. Try google DNS

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  • HT4854 Mountain Lion will not download. App just says "download" on purchase button, but nothing happens. Any ideas?

    Mountain Lion will not download. App just says "download" on purchase button, but nothing happens. Any ideas?

    My download took many many hours.  Not sure if that is because of our ISP or load on the network.  I also thought nothing was happening for my download.  Try this:
    Open App Store,
    click on Purchased
    You'll see Mountain Lion being downloaded and it will show the progress and estimated time to complete. 
    Take deep breaths and be patient. 

  • How to configure Mail app on mountain lion to not download all my emails in hotmail server. I need only just 1-2 weeks

    How to configure Mail app on mountain lion to not download all my emails in hotmail server. I need only just 1-2 weeks

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  • Mountain Lion will not download to my iMac, "The product distribution file could not be verified.  It may be damaged or was not signed."

    Mountain Lion will not download to my iMac, "The product distribution file could not be verified.  It may be damaged or was not signed."

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    Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
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              Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection
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              OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
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  • Mountain Lion will not download from app store

    I have a new macbook pro running Lion, and I tried to download Mountain Lion from the app store yesterday.  it downloaded partly and but then the download seemed to stop. So I disinstalled the partially downloaded software and tried again. But when I try, the icon says "waiting" and the actual download never begins.  I've tried several times with the same result. What should I do?

    You have 90 days of free AppleCare telephone support. Call them and they can coach you, the phone number is in your owners manual.

  • Mountain Lion app not downloading, just sits in the dock 'waiting'.

    Hi everyone,
    A few weeks ago I downloaded the mountain lion software from the app store. However, the download just sits in the dock 'waiting' and doesn't download at all. It eventually disapears from my dock and tells me that there has been an error. I have emailed and rang customer support, however, I get passed on to different departments with each staff member saying 'this isn't what our department should be dealing with'. I have been told that it is to do with my internet provider (BT), but when I took the iMac (2010) back to university where I have a different internet provider, it still didn't download! (My iMac has got all the requirements for Mountain Lion).
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    Thanks!

    Any help in this thread and the link posted by Zlig within it?
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4998474?tstart=0

  • Mountain Lion will not download says The product distribution file could not be verified. It may be damaged or was not signed." Help....

    Mountain Lion cannot download, need help. Says "The product distribution file could not be identified it may be damaged or was not signed". What do I do?????

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    1. Open /Applications/VirusBarrier X6.
    2. Click on the "Surf" button.
    3. Click on the "Ad Banner Filter" tab.
    4. Click "OFF" next to "Banner advertisement filter".
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    If don't not have Intego Virus Barrier installed
    1. Verify that the date and time is correct on the computer.
    2. Safe Boot once, then restart normally, then try downloading again.
    3. Try with a different user account if the issue persists
    If the issue persists
    Install Lion onto an empty partition (internal or external).
    Note: You can Use Disk Utility to live partition the internal drive and create a second partition large enough to install Lion.
    Start from the clean installation of Lion.
    Download Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store. Note that the original startup disk can be set as the destination for Mountain Lion during the installation process.

  • Mountain lion will not download on mac air.

    I have a late 2010 mac air, purhcased mountain lion, clicked download and all it does is show me the circling icon at the top of the app store but does not proceed to download it. I can click it as many times as I like but it will not download!! I have restarted computer!! Very frustrating!

    Figured it out. Thanks.

  • Apps will not download constantly says waiting

    When I click install on and app it constantly says waiting
    Internet okay and I can download purchases from iTunes okay
    Please help

    These suggestions might be helpful. They have worked for others in the past, but YMMV. Only update one app at a time in the future. Choosing Update All can cause problems, even though it is offered as an option in the Update window.
    Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.
    Make sure that you do not have a stalled download in iTunes - a song or podcast .... if you have a download in there that did not finish, complete that one first. Only one thing can download at a time on the iPad so that could be what is causing the problem.
    If that doesn't work - sign out of your account, restart the iPad and then sign in again.
    Settings>iTunes & App Store>Apple ID. Tap your ID and sign out. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
    Go back to Settings>iTunes & App Store>Sign in and then try to update again. Tap one waiting icon only if necessary to start the download stream.
    You can also try deleting the waiting icons - tap and hold down on an icon until it wiggles - the tap the X on the icon to delete it. Then try to download again.
    You can try resetting all settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings. You will have to enter all of your device settings again.... All of the settings in the settings app will have to be re-entered.
    If all else fails, download the updates or the apps in iTunes on your computer and then sync the content to your iPad.

  • I have a mbp early 2011 and mountain lion will not download

    hi there,
    i'm trying to update osx 10.7.4 and it just hangs on "waiting" for hours and does nothing, i went into the purchases section in app store and it says "An error has occured" in red letter, i click teh download button again and it does abosultley nothing.... and ideas would be  greatly appreciated ps i have a 15" mbp early 2011 if that helps

    Your issue downloading Mountain Lion appears to have been answered HERE. I'm betting you are both running Antivirus.

  • Mountain lion is not downloading but it's on the side of my computer how long does it take to download

    How long does mountain lion take download b/c it is just sitting there idle

    actually nevermind, it's working now. I closed iTunes, then waited a little, then double clicked one of my iTunes video files from my documents, which opened up iTunes again and the video started playing. I tried restarting iTunes before and that didn't work, so maybe for those who have similar problems, just try clicking on the video file in your documents/desktop of your computer, rather than directly from iTunes.

  • OS X 10.6.8 - Mountain lion will not download. Error: "We could not complete your purchase."

    I am currently running OS X 10.6.8 on an iMac (model identifier iMac11,1). I have purchased Mountain Lion so that we can run Adobe CC. I have been advised that Mavericks is not compatible with our proxy server.
    When attempting download from the Mac app store I receive this error:
    "We could not complete your purchase. The product distribution file could not be verified. It may be damaged or was not signed."
    The following is shown in console when attempting to download:
    28/11/13 10:07:24 AM App Store[1824] *** Assertion failure in -[ISDistributionManager verifyDistributionAtURL:allowsDevSign:error:distributionController:], /SourceCache/Pisa/Pisa-60.8/Source/ISDistributionManager.m:146
    Please help! I have read many discussions and there doesn't seem to be a fix for this as yet. Any ideas?
    Thanks.

    The following article pointed me in a better direction:
    http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20081398-263/os-x-10.7-cannot-be-installed-on-certain-drives/
    I tried to go the partition route, but for some reason the operation failed.
    I decided to attempt a Lion install again afterwards anyway, but once again it failed, but now my whole system was hosed and could not revert back to Snow Leopard.
    I did a restore from time machine. Once that completed, I attempted to install Lion again, and ta da! it works now.
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  • Mountain lion will not download fully

    i have downloaded it approximatly 2 months ago from app store it says im running on osx 10.8.2 but nothing has changed from my prev system  and in my purchases it keeps saying download so i click on download it says im running on 10.8.2 already continue ? yes.. but the download doesnt complete and still no change to my system
    any ideas?

    You're using OS X 10.8.2, so you don't have to download the Mountain Lion installer. The download button appears when you haven't got the OS X installer on the hard disk

  • Mountain Lion will not download

    I have purchase Mountain Lion and click the Download button but nothing happens.
    Anyone got a fix? I have tried this on 2 different Macs.
    Thanks

    No, I don't see the download in the launchpad or the blue progress on the launchpad icon. I suspect that it is a disk space issue. I am investigating and will let you know.

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