Mountain Lion - Power Nap Question!

I understand the new ' Power Nap' application in Mountain Lion lets you download all the mails and other updates even Mac is in sleep mode.
Do I have to be connected to Internet for automatic downloads? They say Mac adapter only needs to be connected but do I need to be online to receive automatic updates?
Sanket.

You would always need to have an internet connection, and be connected to it, to recieve software updates. That is where the updates come from, IE the internet. So without one where do you think it would get the updates from, Thin air?

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OSX Mountain LIon - Power Nap functionality MBP 13' with SSD

Hi there,
I own an early 2011 13' MBP with a preconfigured 256 Gb SSD. since OSX Mountain Lion will be released next July, I was wondering if the new Power Nap functionality will be supported on my MacBook (on the website it states you need flash storage installed)?
With kind regards,
Niels

The documentation seems to vary somewhat. On the tech spec page it says this:
Power Nap
Supports MacBook Air (Late 2010 or newer), MacBook Pro with Retina display.
Look under Feature specific requirements:
http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/

Upgrading to Mountain Lion Pre Install Questions

HI:
I will be installing Mountain Lion Next week.
I have read through many of the turotrials and quired most of the following I still have a few questions.
I have some concerns in particular regarding the contents of my mail boxes and mail.
I have backed up unto an external harddrive using time machine. When I click on the mail app I can't access it and see if the contents are there. I just get a window showing the specs.
From what I have read all my documents applications and system info are backed up.
1} Will the contents of Mail Inbox and personal Mail Boxes be either on the external drive or in Mail itself after I upgrade?
2} Will I need to up grade iWork and other Mac programs after the upgrade?
3} Does time machines automatic backup, back up everything or do I need to do a manual back up for some thing?
4} Will I need to load new drivers for external devices such as my printer and mouse?
5} Will I need to reload third party soft ware such as Adobe Elements 9?
6} Will my bookmarks and homepage be saved in Safari?
Lot's of Questions, I have limited broad band width and will need to do most of this from a friends and internet cafes so I need to be prepared time wise and finanancialy as some things will have to be done at home and are going to push me into the next teir of my flex plan, possibly past the final teir.
Any and all advice will be appreciated.
Pantheria

1. You have a backup of your mailboxes in Time Machine that you can restore, but Mail won't modify your mailboxes during the upgrade. The first time you open Mail after the upgrade, it will upgrade your mailboxes to be able to work with that new version.
2. If you upgrade from Snow Leopard, you should know that there's a newer iWork '09 version for Lion and Mountain Lion that make it compatible with iCloud, so you will have to install updates for iWork at least. Respecting to other apps, you have to consult it with the developer.
3. Time Machine makes a backup of everything in your OS X partition, and it makes automatic, hourly backups. If you want, you can also make a clone with Carbon Copy Cloner or Disk Utility's Restore feature in another external disk. The advantage is that you can start the Mac from it.
4. Theoretically, Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion use the same printer drivers. Respecting to the mouse, if you are using a third-party mouse, you have to consult with the developer if your mouse is compatible with OS X Mountain Lion.
5. Third-party apps won't be deleted unless they aren't compatible. See > http://www.roaringapps.com
After downloading OS X Mountain Lion, I recommend you to make a bootable copy with Lion Diskmaker, so you won't have to download OS X Mountain Lion each time you have to reinstall OS X Mountain Lion

Want to upgrade to Mountain Lion, but CS6 questions about Auto-Save need answers...

Hi,
I'm on Mountain Lion for all my "non-critical" work, but I'm still running the latest Snow Leopard on my main desktop machine, running CS6 Design & Web Premium. I've avoided the switch primarily because of the auto-save feature that Apple placed into ML. I haven't found a satisfactory answer anywhere on the web to this basic question...is auto-save a problem, as Apple implements it, with CS6 and working on images?
In particular: 1. I work on very larger files, 4GB+ in size regularly, and I don't wan't the peformance hits associated with constant saving, 2. I make changes to images, downsizing them, croping, color corrections, etc. so that I can make jpg proofs for clients or myself. These are more "intermediary" images and not intended to be saved. I don't want to downsample an image, flatten it to creat a jpg for proof and have it overwrite the original image layered, high res by mistake. Does this happen with photoshop, or does Adobe avoid the auto-save that Apple uses?
I have all the latest iOS gadgets and it's becoming quite cumbersome managing multiple sets of iCloud info, etc. without being on ML. I'd like to make the switch, but at the cost of losing work, etc. Can someone with experience on ML & CS6 give me any input in the matter? And, does this also apply to all the other Adobe apps in CS6? I'm constantly making minor changes and edits that I usually "undo" out of and don't want saved.
Thanks.
Craig

So, in other words, photoshops behavior works the same, using save as..., etc. as it did under Snow Leopard? I should expect the auto-save behavior that occurs in apps like iPhone, etc., where i can actually lose the original because of the constant backups, etc.?
Thanks.

Mountain Lion / EFI Firmware Question

Hello All,
I have a straightforward question. I have a Mid-2009 15" 2.53ghz MacBook Pro, that currently has Lion installed on it. Last year, I wanted to upgrade the hard drive, encountered the EFI Firmware 1.7 issue, downgraded it to 1.6, and everything works fine now.
My Question: I want to upgrade to Mountain Lion, but dont want my hard drive issue to reemerge: Does EFI 1.7 automatically install as part of the Mountain Lion install? Can I upgrade OS X without disabling my machine's abililty to have a hard drive?
Thank you!
Jeremy.

I really appreciate any responses or opinions. I have found the Apple Support communities to be amazingly helpful so far.
Thank you again!

Mountain Lion- Power PC App no longer supported

Just downloaded Mountain Lion. Got message cannot open Quicken. Power PC App are not longer supported. What happened? Need Quicken. Please help.

Just so all of the pertinent information is posted here for others with the same problem:
Intuit released Quicken Essentials some years ago, which is written for Intel and hence will work on Lion/Mountain Lion. However, most Quicken users are very unhappy with the limited features offered in Quicken Essentials. Normally the Genuis Bar advisors would be correct to advise users to update to the latest version of a software package. Howerver, in the case of Quicken, it is a mistake; and one they are not likely to be aware of.
Users of Quicken 2005, 2006 & Quicken 2007, can now purchase for $15 from Intuit Quicken 2007 for Lion (which also works with Mountain Lion) and it will work from day one with your existing data file:
http://quicken.intuit.com/personal-finance-software/quicken-2007-osx-lion.jsp
Users of Quicken 2004 and earlier must use the PowerPC version of Quicken 2006 or 2007 to first update their data files and then they can use Quicken 2007 for Lion. Obviously the PPC versions of Quicken 2006 or 2007 will NOT run in Lion or Mountain Lion, as is, so you must either update these data files BEFORE you update to Lion/Mountain Lion or find a way to run this PPC program in Snow Leopard (alternative computer, dual-boot into Snow Leopard or Snow Leopard installed in Parallels 7 in Lion).
Quicken 2006 PPC can be obtained from Ferd at this website:
http://thebestparts.net/2011/07/26/how-to-convert-an-older-quicken-data-file-to- use-on-mac-os-10-7-lion/

Mountain lion software update questions

I have a couple of questions about the software update process in Mountain Lion.
I know that the old software update has been ditched and now updates will be routed through the app store instead, but could anyone tell me where the list of installed updates is located? I ask because under System Preferences > Software Update the default check boxes suggest that updates will be downloaded and installed automatically, which is all very well but I would like some kind of notification that they are being installed/have been installed or I will worry that I am missing them.
Secondly as another user reports here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/19080258 the 'Last check' message remains frozen on the day I installed Mountain Lion, i.e. it says that the last check was yesterday (July 28th) even though I did a manual check today (29th).
Thank you for your time

In the past, I have taken certain larger upgrades from apple at non-peak hours (magically everything was installed quickly) other times I have taken large upgrades from apple at peak hours ( I took forever and I questioned what is going on) this could be the issue. "server load" or your ISP (internet service provider)
* peak hours (when a lot of people are off work down loading the newest os or applications)

Mountain Lion-Time Machine Questions

Hi all,
Recently I bought a new Macbook Pro and upgraded to Mountain Lion. This laptop comes with one internal hard drive ~ 750GB. I have two questions regarding Time Machine:
1. Can I partition my disk into two partitions so I can use one partition for Time Machine backups?
2. Can the partition for Time Machine backups have less space than the other one?
I know the disavantages to do so, but I just want to know if it is possible. Does Time Machine allow it?

Post in the OS X Mountain Lion community in the "Time Machine" section.

(Mountain)Lion Window Manager Questions

I've written a couple apps for iOS, but nothing major. And now I have a goal of writing my own window manager for OS X. Mainly because I find developing in XCode painful after using Windows Aero/Snap features. Yes, I know about several good existing window managers, but this project seems like a good way to get my feet wet in the Apple OS development arena. I've been Googling around for about an hour looking for answers to these questions, but I'm still not 100% sure on any of them. Here goes:
What is the name for the default Lion / Mountain Lion Window Manager?
X11/Quartz can be restored in 10.7+ to run "legacy" OS X apps. Does that have an effect on the existing window manager?
Are there any open source projects that I could look at to get a handle on the concepts behind the Mac OS X 10.7+ system management?

Roguish wrote:
Why not? I know tons of stuff applicable to Windows, I'd like to know more about Mac OS. And the best teacher is experience in my opinion.
But writing something like a window manager is hard. Wouldn't you rather start off slowly?
"Snap" is a rather convienient window resizing feature of Windows 7.
I have Windows 7 for running IE 9 to test web sites. It is dog-slow to I avoid it whenever possible.
XCode isn't my problem, the minimalistic window controls in Mac OS X are my problem. But I only have to deal with them in an irritating fashion when I'm coding in XCode
Xcode is pretty-much an all-encompassing environment. You should only have one Xcode window open. Source files are in the editing pane.
I just didn't want to start a flame war over operating systems. I personally don't have an OS preference; if an application I need is only on Mac OS then I'll use Mac OS, if I need to write a document I'll use Word in Win7, if I need to rapidly prototype a script for research purposes I'll use Ubuntu.
This is not Ars or Slashdot. This is Apple-land. Macs rule - end of story. If you try some Mac apps, you might find that Pages does anything Word does three times faster and OS X does anything Ubuntu does, only better.
It's a free country. Could you suggest a better one besides the developer tutorials in the Mac Developer Library? I've written a couple drivers using it, but I can't seem to find the correct wording to locate the current topic in there.
No, it isn't. As I said above, this is Apple-land. You asked about a good project to get your feet wet in the Apple OS development arena. Anything involving X11 would be a very poor project for that purpose because it would not teach you one thing about Apple OS development. If you want to learn about X11, then do something in X11. If you want to write a Mac application, then do that.
Really? What would you call Mission Control then (I finally succeeded with Google)?
You are talking X11-isms. You aren't going to replace Mission Control.
How about Inkscape, the free SVG editor? Which is still in active development. And as of this post requires Quartz to create an X11 window to run in. I'm sure they'll get to updating it eventually, but until then I'd rather not shell out for Illustrator just to make SVG's quickly.
Adobe is not really a Mac development house anymore. They just churn out ugly, expensive cross-platform bloatware. Adobe's idea of an icon is a square with an "A" in it.
If you are looking for quick and easy to use vector drawing tools, the Developer forum might not be the right place to ask. I use Logoist. It's not free but I can create documents faster than you can download and launch Inkscape.
Or maybe you just aren't familiar with what "Window Manager" means.
I know what a "Window Manager" is. If you want to ask something specific, please do so.
I want to code an application for OS X that would allow me to very quickly resize the active window to take up the right half of my screen by pressing command+<right arrow> (or something similar).
Was that so hard?
The only shortcuts similar to what I want (that I use) are command+m (minimize) and command+<down arrow> (open current selection using the default app). Three existing window managers that I know of that seem promising and have nice feature sets are SizeUp, Cinch, and Optimal Layout. But as I mentioned earlier I want to code it myself. As an exercise. To learn.
You could cobble together some AppleScript such as you have already posted. However, that isn't going to teach you anything about OS X development either.
Next time could you be a little less smug (and a lot more helpful) when replying to an obviously new member to the forums?
Only if you meet me halfway. What kind of welcome would I get if I showed up in a Windows forum asking how I could learn about .NET by writing a Linux device driver? And then, for good measure, I call Visual Studio painful because it doesn't support some Mac features that Windows users have never heard of.
This is a different world. There are no window managers and there never have been. Asking about X11 in OS X is like asking about DOS development in Windows. Sure, there are some people who still do that stuff, but I would never suggest anyone start there. X11 is just part of the UNIX compatibility layer - a foreign add-on. Most of the open source is in that layer too. If by "open source" you mean "free software", you should know that free software is pretty much incompatible with the Apple ecosystem and not by Apple's decision.
I suggest you start by writing some applications. Use the Xcode project templates in File > New > Project > Cocoa Application. If you want to start on the command line, do File > New > Project > Command Line Tool > Foundation. Get used to Cocoa and Objective-C.

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I purchased a copy of Mountain Lion right after receiving my new laptop in June. Ten days later, I received an email saying that I could download Mountain Lion free.
Can I use that "free" download offer on my desktop since I've already purchased Mountain Lion? Will it even work on that desktop?
Desktop specs read 2 GHZ INTEL CORE 2 DUO
memory 2 gb 667 Mhz DDR2 SDram
Software Mac OS X lion 10.7.4
I am looking at the information page and it doesn't really give the machine specs. The machine is from late 2006.

According to the specs,your iMac will not - requires a 2007 or newer:
http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/
And, I was told by Apple that the redemption code is tied to the serial number of the qualifying machine, so it would not work on another Mac.

Mountain Lion multiple license question

Bought new Mac Book Pro with Mountain Lion and want to also put it on my iMac--do I have to purchase a second license?

In this case, you have to purchase Mountain Lion. New Macs come with a OS X Mountain Lion license which only allows you to use it with this computer, not on others, so in your old computer, open the App Store and purchase Mountain Lion

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Newbie reinstall mountain lion question.

Greetings... I own a Macbook pro Retina 15 Inch early 2013, with Mountain Lion OS X 10.8.5 (12F2501). I would like to format it and install a new out of the box OSX (Mountain Lion). My question is that if I re-install the software from the internet as it is mentioned elsewhere, would I get Mountain lion or Yosemite. As I don't want to upgrade to Yosemite yet.
Thanks...

To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase a redemption code at the Online Apple Store: OS X Mountain Lion. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. Use the code to redeem a download of Mountain Lion from the App Store. 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.
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       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
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         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.
Make Your Own Mavericks, Mountain/Lion Installer
After downloading the installer you must first save the Install Mac OS X application. After the installer downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing.
   2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
After DU loads select your flash drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the leftside list. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list.
Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to an hour depending upon the flash drive size.
Use DiskMaker X to put your installer clone onto the USB flash drive. Wait for the process to complete which will take quite some time.
Install or Reinstall OS X 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 OS X: Select Reinstall OS X 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.
This should install the version of OS X that you had installed.

Hello. I have a macbook pro 2011 that originally came with os lion (on the computer not a disk). What I did was I downloaded Os Mountain lion. There was nothing wrong with it but I just feel the battery life is too short. So what I did was I tried to do s

Hello
I have a macbook pro 2011 13" that came with OS Lion (integrated not on a disk). I recently bought OS Mountain Lion of the app store and it is working fine. However I was a bit dissapointed in the battery so I decided to try and downgrade and completely failed, I froze the computer and when I restarted it it did not work. I went into recovery system and erased my disk and all that and went to re-download my OS. I was expecting to get the option to re-download Lion but instead I could only re-download Mountain Lion.
My question is since my computer originally came with Lion can I reset my computer so I get OS Lion back instead of OS Mountain Lion?
Thanks for any help. Any answer will be appreciated even if it is saying it is not possible.

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.) Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
    4.    Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall 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.
Kappy, a pretty wonderful and very knowledgeable man, has tip for that which I have copied and pasted above

How do I install Mountain Lion on a blank harddrive?

I'm currently living in a Snow Leopard world and thinking of switching to Mountain Lion. My question is, if I have a blank hard drive how do I install the OS? Do I have to have to install Snow Leopard first and then upgrade or is there a way to skip that step?

OK. I think this is what you want.
Make Your Own Mountain/Lion Installer
1. After downloading Mountain/Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Mountain/
    Lion application. After Mountain/Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button.
    Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Mountain/Lion installer. Move
    the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You
    must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes
    installing.
2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
a. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
b. After DU loads select your flash drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left
      side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
c. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one.
      Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the
      partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until
      the process has completed.
d. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side
      list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
e. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the
      button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
f. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to an hour depending upon the flash
     drive size.
3. Locate the saved Mountain/Lion installer in your Downloads folder. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the installer and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. Double-click on the Contents folder to open it. Double-click on the SharedSupport folder. In this folder you will see a disc image named InstallESD.dmg.
4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the content of the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
a. Double-click on the InstallESD.dmg file to mount it on your Desktop.
b. Open Disk Utility.
c. Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
d. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
e. Select the USB flash drive volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
f. Drag the mounted disc icon from the Desktop into the Source entry field.
g. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable installer that you can use without having to re-download Mountain/Lion.
Note: The term Mountain/Lion used above means Lion or Mountain Lion.
As an alternative to the above (you still have to do your own download of Lion/Mountain Lion) you can try using Lion DiskMaker 2.0 that automates the process of Steps 2 through 4.
In fact there is the option of reinstalling Mountain Lion from scratch using the Recovery HD which is an invisible partition created on your hard drive by the Mountain Lion installer.
You can also make use of OS X (Lion/Mountain Lion)- About OS X Recovery in the event that the drive is completely corrupted and must be repartitioned or if you have replaced the drive. If your computer is not now capable of using Internet Recovery then check out Computers that can be upgraded to use OS X Internet Recovery.
You can also put a copy of the Recovery HD onto a 2 GB USB flash drive for use in the event the one on your hard drive becomes corrupted: OS X Recovery Disk Assistant v1.0 and OS X- About Recovery Disk Assistant.

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