Mountain Lion isn't downloading, why?
The icon comes up in faded in my dock but it's clearly crashed and just says "waiting" for 3 hours now, after I spent 20 on the app.
Depending on your connection speed, it could take anywhere from 1-8 hours to download. It's a 4GB download.
On the average 3Mbps home network connection, it will take 3-4 hours to download.
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Mountain Lion isn't downloading.
Bought Mountain Lion but I can't download ML. I have a Macbook 2011, all software up to date. I had no problem downloading and installing Lion.pr
I am having problems to download Montain Lion too, since yesterday I am trying download in so many types of internet links (to 10 mbytes too) and the problems persist. To other products/softwares, no problem, download and install the softwares, but the Montain Lion appears the message "Waiting..." and the download nothing.
I believe that the Apple download servers are having problems.
Do you have solution to resolve this Apple download problem ?
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How to configure Mail app on mountain lion to not download all my emails in hotmail server. I need only just 1-2 weeks
Try going to the web based site and see if you can set up a temporary folder there. Move anything you don't want to download to that folder.
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I bought and was downloading Mountain Lion but the download stalled. What do I do?
I bought and was downloading Mountain Lion but the download stalled. What do I do?
What do you see in the Mac App Store > Purchases section? The dl could just be paused, in which case you can resume it and carry on.
If it doesn't list it there then search your Mac for the installer incase it finished in the background and didn't start the installer automatically.
Finally, if you don't see it anywhere and you're sure it hasn't finished and actually updated without you realising it, you can email Apple's iTunes support team and they can either put it back in your download queue to try again or regrant you the download so you can 'buy' it again without having to pay.
http://www.apple.com/support/contact/
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i love osx mountain lion my question is why was air play taken out of specific app like quick time and iTunes i dont always want to display my whole computer when i am in airplay mode
Funny, my iTunes still has AirPlay capability without AirPlay Mirroring active.
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I just downloaded the newest update for mountain lion. After downloading any restarting for installation, I got a message stating that the update cannot be installed due to an error. Yet when I check I have version 10..8.3 and safari version 6.0.3, which the update was for. Does this mean that the update is iinstalled and the message was incorrect?
Brian Gallagher wrote:
I just bought the Imac on Monday, which was placed on the shelf on Saturday. Its now Thursday and I have to update the machine. Heck I haven't even bought the printer or the new desk for all this stuff....ha ha.
Good timing! Oh well, at least you shouldn't have to update again for a while. It will be nice kickstarting your Mac with the very latest System Update knowing any hiccups from 10.8.2 would have been ironed out if they were going to affect your workflow at all.
Cheers and Happy Computing
Pete -
Mountain Lion will not download to my iMac, "The product distribution file could not be verified. It may be damaged or was not signed."
I have this problem also. I was able to download Mountain Lion to my daughter's Mac Mini without any trouble. However, I can't download this to my MacBook Pro. I have read other sites that suggest VirusBarrier is the problem and recommend turning it off in VirusBarrier>Preferences>Advanced. I have tried this and it still doesn't work, although some report that it has worked for them.
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Mountain lion will not download thru the apps store. It has been purchased and redeemed. I have set my energy settings appropriately so computer will not turn off during download as Verizon offers a connection that is very slow. I have set the display to go to sleep (which I have set so I have to sign in again). When I sign in again, Mountain Lion OSX has disappeared from the launchpad. I have tried this several times. I do have Norton Internet Security on my Mac Air. I turned off the idle time scan on the Norton and tried again. Same results. Anyone?
Ask anyone around here, and they will tell you quite differently. AV software will slow down your computer, can be incompatible with software you use, can cause kernel panics and other problems. It is unnecessay since OS X has it's own protection built-in. AV software can no more tell the difference between safe and unsafe sites on your browser than could an elephant.
But, hey, who am I to argue with your tech person? Please, don't let me sway your opinion. How about a visit to:
Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection
An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
See these Apple articles:
Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection
OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
About file quarantine in OS X
If you require anti-virus protection I recommend using VirusBarrier Express 1.1.6 or Dr.Web Light both from the App Store. They're both free, and since they're from the App Store, they won't destabilize the system. (Thank you to Thomas Reed for these recommendations.) -
Mountain lion too long download
Mountain Lion has been downloading on my computer for nearly 5 hours. Is this typical?
Yes that's right it's also took me five hours to download mountain lion
It's probably because the Apple servers are experimenting a lot of traffic at the moment.
Hope this helps
kris -
How long does mountain lion take to download?
On average how long does mountain lion take to download from the app store?
Always keep an eye on 'More like this', the column to the right of your initial post. You will often find answers and direct leads to your questions there.
In fact it relates to your ISP and the download speeds you have. I believe it is 4GB in size. -
how long does mountain lion take to download and where does it say how much it has left mine just says downloading ?
It's totally dependent on your broadband speed.
It took me about 45 minutes to download, but I have a reasonably fast connection.
It will often say in the purchased pane of the Mac App Store how much longer it will take. -
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.
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My mountain lion won't download, says downloading but no progress
My mountain lion won't download, says downloading but no progress
Same problem. Appears to be related to the availability of OS X Mavericks now. Here is another post on this issue: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5503509?tstart=60
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i have mountain lion installed (Version 8), why can I not attach a file in yahoo email on my Macbook?
What happens when you try?
Add Attachments
You also might look/post here.
Yahoo Mail Help -
Mountain lion keeps saying downloading but nothing ever happens. What do i do?
mountain lion keeps saying downloading but nothing ever happens. What do i do?
Hey cwicke11,
Try installing mountain lion in a new user. It will install on all users anyways.
To create a new user click >System Prefrences>Users & Groups(Or Accounts)>Unlock the lock in the lower left hand corner and click the plus above it. Name the user anything you want you can get rid of that user later.
Just log into new user and open the App store. Sign in with your Apple ID and go into the "Purchases" tab at the top. Download Mountain Lion from there and you should be good.
-Aleks
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