Mountain Lion Running Hot

Since installing Mountain Lion, all three of my Apple computers are running hot. Also it takes more time to open most applications and run programs. Does anyone know what's causing this? I am using a iMac 27, a Mac mini, and a MacBook.

From reading the forums, I think it's running a bit hotter for everyone. foxx is right, download smcFanControl and you can raise your baseline fans from 2000 to 3000 and see if that helps.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23049/smcfancontrol

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After up grading to mountain lion my macbook pro now runs very hot!!!

Same problem here,
I used third-party software to manualy regulate the fans, to minimize the "damage". My CPU temp on my MacBook Pro went up to about 75.0 °C (167.0 °F). And the alu-body also gets incredibly hot. For monitoring I used iStatPro.
The application integrates nicely into the system-settings menu and there's very little that can do wrong.
I set my Base fanspeed to 3000 RPM
Lower threshold to 40.0 °C (104 °F)
Upper threshold to 70.0 °C (158 °F)
I don't really see this as a long-term fix, but more as a messure to save my hardware.
Hopefully Apple will look for a fix. I really whished I didn't need this, but it's either this or a scorched lap/battery/cpu.
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Will Mountain Lion Run on a Solid State Drive?

carlart wrote:
Will Mountain Lion Run on a Solid State Drive?
Think about it for a second. Some Macs come with SSDs, so obviously the OS runs on them...

How well will Mountain Lion run on the following MacBook Pro?

Thinking about biting the bullet and upgrading to Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro. My specs are as follows:
MacBook Pro 15"
(Late 2008 model MacBookPro5,1)
Intel core 2 duo 2.53Ghz
8GB RAM
1TB HD with 390GB free
Mac OS X 10.6.8
So, how well will Mountain Lion run on this configuration? Currently I'm finding my computer annoyingly slow, so am wondering whether an upgrade was worth trying or not?
Any advice would be most appreciated!
Thanks!
Joe.

Sorry, I should have been clearer - that's what I was thinking, which is why I was asking the question. I thought that if I was going to all the effort of a reformat etc that I should just upgrade to Mountain Lion while I was at it, but didn't want to do that if it was going to run really slowly anyway and then have to go through it all again to go back to Snow Leopard.
etresoft wrote:
.... Mountain Lion should run fine on that machine.
So, have you had any personal experience of Mountain Lion running fine on this MacBook Pro? I know that officially it will run, but I'm wondering about the "real life" experience of it running on this model.
Anyone out there able to share their expeience?

HT204032 Can i get powernap on my Macbook Pro 13 inch mid 2012 with mountain lion running on it ?

Can i get powernap on my Macbook Pro 13 inch mid 2012 with mountain lion running on it ?

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
Power Nap only works with Macs with flash storage, and it requires a firmware update that it's only supported on a Late 2010 or newer MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro with Retina display

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Does Mountain Lion run smooth on older Macs, like mine from 2009?

See Step 1 > Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion.

Will Mountain Lion run microsoft word?

Will Mountain Lion run Microsoft Word?

Yes, all versions of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook) are compatible with OS X. Update to the latest versions of OS X & Office. Office updates are released frequently so be sure to keep it up-to-date
Cheers !

I need to have both Snow leopard and Lion...Mountain lion running on my iMac. How do I install Lion or Mountain lion on an Ext H D and boot from it?

My software is obsolete (and now dead) in 10.7 so I need to keep Snow leopard alive to run that- but now things like TurboTax are dropping support for 10.6 or lower and I have to have lion or Mountain Lion available. I actually downloaded Lion onto a thumb drive but never installed it when I found out that it would immedaitely render all my FreeHand files inaccessible (years of work!), Now that I am forced to have an OS above 10.6 I was hoping I could install whichever--Lion or Mountain Lion onto an external hard drive and figure out how to boot from that (found something in archives I think, but I need words of one syllable or less). This way I could, ideally, boot from either the External hard drive in the higher OS when needed, or from the internal hard drive when I need to use Snow leopard. There is a long story here, but I think this is the gist. I wasn not sure if this should be asked here or in either Lion or Mountain Lion (both of which I have, essentially, ignored since I would not be moving up until I could figure out how to access those old files of forms and drawings00but now I have no choice. I am panicking now that I HAVE to make the move anbd cannot afford to buy another Mac just to keep two separately running. Any help would be greatly appreciated. i asked Apple when Lion came out and they said there was no way to partition (even if I KNEW how to do that) the haaard drive and install both on my iMac-- but I "think" this is a bit different and possible??? Thanks (once/if I figure this out, I need to figure out how to back-up but that is another matter)

You need to move to Windows 7, because Apple is now releasing a new OS X version annually and it's playing havoc with people's hardware and software.
Windows 7 will get support until 2020, that's 8 years of software stability, however you do need to make System Restore disks, boot disk and another on a hard drive to self restore (like TimeMachine is for OS X)
Apple has no plans to change their currrent behavior as all they care about is selling new hardware with a shiny new OS X verison on it.
If you wait to move, what will happen is you'll lose that full 8 years and will have to swtich to a newer Windows sooner
Windows 7 machines are still widely avaialble, despite Windows 8 (a failure) being pushed currently.
Running three OS X operating systems on one machine is quite a chore reserved for only seasoned computer geeks, then it's only going to last X months as the next OS X version will be released, then the next a year after that.
Another method would be to get a virtual machine software (virtualbox is free) and install Windows 7 into that to ease your transitition if you cant' spring for a Windows 7 machine, preferablly a tower that will last a long time.
Here is a method to run Snow Leopard in Parallels, however it's a unapproced hack and not for the comptuer newbie.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
We have no control over Apple's OS X release cycle, nor the third party developers who make their own decisions what to support.
Our only choice as users to stop using both products and seek software/hardware stability.

HT1338 Has anyone successfully installed Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC software inside Windows 7 Pro inside Parallels 8 inside Mountain Lion running on a Mac Pro built in 2013?

I wanted to ask if anyone using a Mac Pro running Mountain Lion, Parallels 8, and Windows 7 Pro could run XP Mode?
My experience has not been encouraging in that I progress to the end of the final mile, that is configuring XP Mode for first use, then an error message appears saying I should try again, that is I should attempt to configure XP Mode again for the first time use. An endless loop, with no visibility into the nature of my configuration failure.
I understand my problem is a narrowly focused, microsoft-centric issue, however, I would imagine this XP behavioral Mode running inside Windows 7 Pro is a common goal for many users, so I thought this question was reasonable to ask our group.
Please advise, and thank you.

Hello FatMac,
I wanted to let you know that your "requires a patch" feedback looked--at first--like the piece of the puzzle I was missing. Turned out, however, when I downloaded the 64 bit version of the patch, then attempted to install it under Windows 7 Pro, my installation was first searched, then my patch installation returned a message saying this patch was not applicable to my system. (BTW:my Windows 7 install is 64 bit) This failure to install surprised me because, based on an earlier evaluation for hardware virturalization support, my MacPro does not have virturalization hardware support. I mean, based on this no hardware support feedback, and based on the nature of this patch, it looked as if the patch should install and set my problem right.
Nevertheless, the patch won't install, and I don't know a way to query or coerce it. I'm approaching the point of diminishing returns with this problem. I have two applications (Adobe Illustrator 10 and Framemaker 7.0) which will run, but they don't behave properly, under Windows 7. BTW: I did make somewhat extensive use of the Windows compatibility tool early on, but nevertheless, FrameMaker 7 simply quits at the worst possible moment, and Illustrator 10 graphics are very often blank black areas where pallettes should be.
Thanks again for your thoughts and help. I believed we were heading down the right track, but for reasons not visible to me, (the user), the patch that should fix this problem will not install...
If there is any saving grace to this situation, my problem is repeatable. I mean, it's not on-again/off-again. When I attempt to configure XP Mode for its first use, the progress bar turns red at the final second, then complains that it could not complete its setup. Please Try Again recouts its final advice. (Famous words marking the beginning of an endless loop:-)
Were it not for Illustrator and FrameMaker, I would not have taken us down this dark road.
So long for now, and hope to talk to you all again soon...

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hi
im a student who needs powerpc to run on my mac is there any chance that mountain lion will run powerpc?
thanks in advance

medorrhinum wrote:
Hello
How about Rosetta?
I have used 2 sophisticated specialist medical software applications since 1987, my whole practice is there, but I cannot use Lion as Lion rejects Rosetta. How about Mountain Lion?
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You can upgrade to Mavericks (not Mountain Lion) if your machine meets the requirements:
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         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.
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mavericks, 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.
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       1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
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It's almost 2-3 days that I have found when I run an application in OS X Mountain Lion, the application icon does not appear in the dock. In other words, the icons in the dock remain unchanged and no other running application icon appear in the dock. Does anyone else have the same issue?
I appreciate your time to answer my question.

Since you're having issues in multiple accounts I suggest you repair the HD and re-install the OS. ML makes the process pretty painless.
Boot up holding command-r keys into your Recovery Volume.
The screen should give you these choices...
Restore from TM backup
Reinstall Mac OS X
Get help online
Disk Utility
First choose DIsk Utility and run Repair Disk. If you find errors run it until all errors are fixed or it reports "Disk cannot be repaired".
Then, choose Reinstall OS X. This will be an install in place and won't affect any of your own data.

Mountain Lion Running VERY SLOW on Late 2009 iMac

Specs are all good. There's enough disc space, memory etc... Not too many start up items...
But STILL... My system is BUGGY and VERY SLOW!
I've done a clean install and to no avail... I am constantly getting the spinning wheel with every action I take.
For now, all I can do is be extremely patient and not keep pushing the system... I let it do its thing.
Something is not happy.

Thank you for the repy ETRESOFT!
Not sure why the screen shots aren't showing up? They even came up on iPad while viewing your post? Sorry about that.
Okay... After running your diagnostic program, (THANK YOU AGAIN) here's what we find...
It looks like there's a S.M.A.R.T. failure. (SEE BELOW)
I'm not sure if I should completely wipe the hard drive, attempt utility disk repair and reinstall everything? Would it benefit?
Last week when I was prepared to install Mountain Lion for the first time, I called APPLE Support and they advised me to do the following for a fresh & clean install:
Completely erase the iMac hard drive.
Download and Install a fresh copy of Lion
Set up TEMP USER as default ADMIN
Upgrade to Mountain Lion
Add a 2nd user Chipo1973 with ADMIN Rights
Migrate backup copy of Chipo73 from MacBook Pro onto user Chipo1973 / iMac
Delete original TEMP USER
Not sure if this caused any additional issues?
Thoughts?
EtreCheck Results:
Hardware Information:
          iMac - model: iMac10,1
          1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          16 GB RAM
System Software:
          OS X 10.8 (12A269) - Uptime: 0 days 0:43
Disk Information:
          ST31000528ASQ disk0 : (1 TB)
          S.M.A.R.T. Status: Failing
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (734.61 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Logitech USB Receiver
          BLUE MICROPHONE Blue Snowball
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice          Version: 1.1
          com.vara.driver.VaraAudio          Version: 1.0.3
Problem System Launch Daemons:
                 [failed] com.apple.xprotectupdater.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
                 [failed] com.apple.afpstat.plist
Launch Daemons:
                 [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
                 [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
             [not loaded] com.embraceware.awaken.plist
                 [loaded] com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdaemon.plist
                 [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
             [not loaded] com.klieme.TimeMachineScheduler.plist
                 [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
                 [loaded] com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.plist
             [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
                 [loaded] com.timesoftware.timemachineeditor.backupd-auto.plist
                 [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
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             [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
                 [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
                 [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
                 [loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist
                 [loaded] com.parallels.desktop.launch.plist
                 [loaded] com.parallels.DesktopControlAgent.plist
                 [loaded] com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist
             [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist
             [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist
                 [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
                 [loaded] ca.madefresh.BodegaAgent.plist
                 [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
             [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.df0ab5bbe6f698196fcc21e3c1e66dcb758bd911f4d637272d9d8109.plist
                 [loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
                 [loaded] com.microsoft.LaunchAgent.SyncServicesAgent.plist
                 [loaded] de.metaquark.appfresh.plist
User Login Items:
          Capster
          Boom
          BumpTop
          LaunchBar
          Forismatic
          MenuWeather Lite
          Microsoft Outlook
          CleanMyDrive
          AdobeResourceSynchronizer
          AdobeResourceSynchronizer
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          DivX
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          Logitech Control Center
          MacFUSE (Tuxera)
          MagicPrefs
          Perian
          TimeMachineScheduler
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobeAAMDetect.plugin
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
          CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL.plugin
          CANONiMAGEGATEWAYLI.plugin
          CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2.plugin
          DirectorShockwave.plugin
          DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
          EPPEX Plugin.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
          googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
          iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
          npTGEQPlugin.plugin
          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
          OVSHelper.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Top Processes:
          7.0   %          Safari
          2.6   %          WindowServer
          1.1   %          EtreCheck
          0.7   %          WebProcess
          0.7   %          coreaudiod
          0.4   %          BumpTop
          0.4   %          Boom
          0.3   %          mds
          0.2   %          prl_disp_service
          0.2   %          SystemUIServer

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Yes. Read the Boot Camp Install instructions for the MacBook Air which also does not have an optical drive. Put Windows onto a thumb drive or external optical drive and make these bootable. Then follow the instructions for installation from the thumb drive or external optical drive.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

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My copy of OS X Mountain Lion is running really slow, even though I did a clean install (it takes System Preferences 1 bounce or more and then like 5 seconds (after the bounce(s)) to launch – in snow leopard, it was instantaneous). However, what I did during the clean install was a complete restore with time machine. Would it be wise to reinstall the applications manually? I'm thinking of copying all of my apps to an external drive, reinstalling OS X, restoring my files via Time Machine, and copying the apps over manually.
Would that improve overal performance, or should I just wait for the next update? My Mac is a 13" MacBook Pro Early 2011 i5 with a 7200rpm 750GB Hard Drive and 8 GB of RAM, so I don't think the specs are the problem.
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