Paid Mountain Lion OSX
I bought a MacBook Pro that came with Mountain Lion OSX. Why is Mountain Lion still a paid app in my App Store?
Why cant i download the app for free?
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If your Mac came with OS X Mountain Lion, you have to get OS X Mountain Lion from Recovery HD or Internet Recovery, not the App Store. That would be because your MacBook came with a special OS X Mountain Lion which isn't compatible with other computers.
When you want to reinstall OS X, start into OS X Recovery, holding Command and R keys while your Mac is starting, and reinstall OS X. You shouldn't have any problem, because OS X Mountain Lion will be downloaded from Apple because your computer is registered to your Apple ID
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After upgrading to Mountain Lion OSX 10.8.2, my HP Photosmart printer is not working
My HP Photosmart 380 series printer is no longer working since upgrading to the Mountain Lion OSX 10.8.2. Need to know where to find installation software and updates so that it shows as an available and working photo printer. Also need how to information to make this happen. Any and all help will be appreciated.
Run Software Update to install the latest HP printing software. If the printer still doesn't work, follow the instructions linked below:
OS X Mountain Lion: Reset the printing system -
My Macbook pro was stolen 09/12, the police just returned it to me. I want to remove all the data and start over. Format the drive's etc. I have windows 7 on 1 partion and mountain lion OSX on the apple partition. How is the best way to do this?
Have a look here...
what-to-do-when-your-hard-drive-is-full.html -
I have a MacBook Pro bought in dec 2009. Currently has mountain lion osx installed. Worked like a dream until today. Randomly froze, so I restarted it. To find I got a grey screen. It wouldn't start. Also note my DVD drive doesn't work, but mountain lion was installed via App Store anyway.
So here's what I done so far:
tried resetting PRAM - No success
Done disk utility. Disk verified with no errors. I even re formatted disk. - no success starting.
Tried re installing mountain lion via download . It froze halfway installing -no success.
Tried backing up a time machine backup from my USB hard drive. It froze at 1% - no success
Tried booting from safe mode - no success
Tried the command line boot - no success.
Please someone help!Sounds like the hard dre has left the building, Died, in the Sh*tter, Gone to the hard drive resting place in the sky.
Buy a new drive connect it to the system with a SATA to USB adapter and see if you can install Mt Lion on that drive connected externally. If you can then the drive inside your system has failed.
Oh Wait!!!! You have the 2009 model. They are known for bad drive to logic board cables. So it may not be the drive itself but the cable going from the drive to the logic board. Do the same as above then if the system runs OK with the new drive connected externally install it in the system and see if it boots. If it does you are good to go. If it doesn't then it is more then likely the cable that hs failed.
I would suggest you also SAVE a copy of that download of Mt Lion and create a USB install drive from it using Lion Disk Maker, once you get your system up and running. -
I have mountain lion OSX and parallels with Windows. Every time I click on a hyperlink in other applications it opens - some 7 Zip file explorer inside Parallels but doesn't go to Safari. Does anyone know solution?
I suggest that you run software update, after which you should have Safari 6.0.5 - then check Safari - Preferences - Privacy & see that 'Block cookies' is not set to Always.
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Track pad Gestures stops working after upgrading to mountain lion osx
I upgraded to Mountain Lion Osx from Snow Leopard on my Macbook pro (Mid 2011 model) last month. However, it happens so that sudden;y all kind of trackpad gestures stops working. I have tried to find options on System preferences but nothing really works. i have tried unticking and then ticking again all the options to no avail. Even though restarting machine sometimes help but not always. Are their anyone with similar problems and if it is did you manage to come out with possible soutions?? If you did please kindly share as it is quite annoying to use machine without those gestures
Thanks in advanceLaunch Terminal, type or copy/paste the following:
killall Dock
Hit enter. -
Lost use of word for mac 2004 when upgraded to mountain lion OSX
IVe just upgraded to Mountain Lion OSX and lost use of word for Mac 2004. how can i get in to work again
Office 2004 and Other Applications Don't Work in Lion/Mountain Lion
If you have Office 2004 which is a PPC-only suite, it will not work in Lion/Mountain Lion. You need to upgrade to Office 2011 - Mactopia - or you can try the freeware suite, Libre Office, that is functionally similar to Office 2007 for Windows except it works on Lion/Mountain Lion.
You may want to consider as well:
These two suites are similar to Libre Office but not as current or as well-supported:
NeoOffice
Open Office
And, then there is Apple's iWork suite:
Pages - word processing and layout
Keynote - presentation
Numbers - spreadsheet
Each can open and save Office compatible files. They may be purchased separately via the Mac App Store for $19.99 each.
As for other software, any PPC-based software will not run in Lion or Mountain Lion because Rosetta is no longer part of OS X. You will need to upgrade to Intel versions of the software.
(Access to the Mac App Store requires Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or higher and an Apple ID.) -
I just upgraded to mountain lion osx and now my applications are crossed out and out of date. they will not run. how do i fix this?
Here is a recent post I assembled for a similar question:
Unfortunately you got caught up in the minor miracle of Rosetta. Originally licensed by Apple when it migrated from the PowerPC CPU platform that it had used from the mid-1990's until the Intel CPU platform in 2006, Rosetta allowed Mac users to continue to use their library of PPC software transparently in emulation.
However, Apple's license to continue to use this technology expired with new releases of OS X commencing with Lion (and now Mountain Lion). While educational efforts have been made over the last 6 years, the fact is that Rosetta was SO successful that many users were caught unaware UNTIL they upgraded to Lion or Mountain Lion.
Workarounds:
1. If your Mac will support it, restore OS X Snow Leopard;
2. If your Mac will support it, partition your hard drive or add an external hard drive and install Snow Leopard into it and use the "dual-boot" method to choose between your PowerPC software or Lion/Mt. Lion;
3. Upgrade your software to Intel compatible versions if they are available, or find alternative software that will open, modify and save your data files;
3. Install Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels:
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Full Snow Leopard installation instructions here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
NOTE: Computer games with complex, 3D or fast motion graphics make not work well or at all in virtualization. -
How do I download purchased Mountain Lion OSX on my second Mac laptop?
How do I download purchased Mountain Lion OSX on my second Mac laptop? The initial download was no problem on my MacBook Pro, but my MacBook already has Lion with only a little more than 2 GB of Memory left. This may be my compatibility problem. Ideas?
I think you'll need to find a way to delete or move files to an external drive to free up some space. Generally, you want at least 10% free space on the HD for best performance. In your case, you probably will not get ML to install. Assuming you are talking about 2 GB of hard drive and nor 2 GB of RAM.
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I downloaded Mountain Lion OSX and I can't get onto YouTube, nor do I have facebook notifications on the new feature... Help?
Not sure about YouTube, but facebook integration isn't available until this fall.
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I downloaded Mountain Lion OSX, but can't install the thing. Why not?
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Problem solved - I was using my Apple I.D. Password by mistake when I should have been using my Mac OSX password. Apple support gave me this solution and I was then able to install the Mountain Lion OSX with no problemo!
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I have noted after install of Mountain Lion OSX my system and aplication opening has slow
Open Console.app by clicking on Spotlight in the top-right of the screen and typing 'Console', then press 'return.
Look in the sidebar under 'FILES' for 'System Log' and click on it.
Click the 'Clear Display' icon in the taskbar, and then 'Insert Marker'. Make a note of the time on the marker.
Press the power button once to display the shutdown window. Make sure 'Reopen Windows when logging back in' is selected. Shutdown the computer (not 'Restart').
When the computer is off, press the power button again and log in. The Console window should be at the front of your screen. Skim through the messages and look for any obvious hangs or repeated messages. -
Hi, during the upgrade to Mountain Lion OSX, I seem to have lost iPhoto altogether. Is there any way I can recover it without resorting to buying the App. Thank you.
Mountain Lion is here:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion?afid=p238%7CuYXg65 Ew-dc_mtid_1870765e38482_pcrid_52243317370_&cid=aos-us-kwg-pla-apple+accessories
It's not free but I think it's the best option for you.
I'm also avoiding Yosemite. -
Mountain lion osx wifi keeps turning to "off" setting by itself.
Mountain lion osx wifi keeps turning to the "off" setting by itself and when I try to turn it back on again it doesn't change from "off" to "on" Any ideas about whats wrong? The only way I can solve it is by restarting the macbook.
I have a macbook pro
2.53 ghz intel core 2 duo
8gb memoryYou are running a pretty old version of the OS if your information is correct above and there have been quite a few improvements to the WiFi systems in recent releases.
You may want to try to reinstall the OS. If that does not work you may consider upgrading the OS. -
Mountain Lion OSx. Big problems following upgrade
i have just installed mountain lion OSx as an upgrade on MacBook Early 2009. Now various apps don't work e.g. iPhoto, iWork. Also Safari keeps crashing. Should I try to unistall and go back to my old reliable OS or try to sort it out as a complete novice ? All help greatly appreciated.
Back up all data.
Boot in safe mode.* This will cause certain caches maintained by the system to be rebuilt. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Shut down your computer, wait 30 seconds, and then hold down the shift key while pressing the power button.
When you see the gray Apple logo, release the shift key.
Safe mode is much slower to boot than normal.
When the login screen appears, reboot as usual (not in safe mode) and test. There's no need to log in while in safe mode.
*Note: If FileVault is enabled under OS X 10.7 or later, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t boot in safe mode. In that case, proceed as below.
You must be logged in as an administrator to carry out these instructions.
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 the line below to select it, then drag or copy into the Terminal window — do not type — and press return:
sudo update_dyld_shared_cache -force
You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up.
Reboot and test.
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