Purchased MacBood Air. Want to install Mountain Lion to our MAC. How do you do that?

I purchased a MAcBook Air, and want to install the OSX Mountain Lion that came with it to my MAC. How do I do that?

You have to purchase Mountain Lion for the other Mac. That's because the Mountain Lion license that comes with the MacBook Air only allows you to install it in this MacBook Air.
In your other Mac, follow these steps to upgrade to Mountain Lion > http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade Note that, if you have 10.5 or 10.4, you will have to upgrade to Snow Leopard if it's supported > http://support.apple.com/kb/sp575
Before upgrading, make a backup of your files and check that your apps are compatible > http://www.roaringapps.com

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For some reason osx mountain lion has disappeared from my purchases and now when i want to install mountain lion on another mac with the same apple id it wants to charge me for the program even though i have already purchased it. what do i do?

for some reason osx mountain lion has disappeared from my purchases and now when i want to install mountain lion on another mac with the same apple id it wants to charge me for the program even though i have already purchased it. what do i do?

Open the Mac App Store on the other Mac and in the Quick Links sign into your account. See if the Mountain Lion purchase is among hidden apps in the iCloud area of your account info.

HT5293 Have a older MacBook Air want to install Mountain lion but every time I try it comes back and says you cant down load on this coumputer. Why apple support said i could after they got my Serial Number. HELP

How do I install Moutain Lion Apple support said I could after they got my serial number. but evry time i try it comes back and say's cant download on this computer.

Check that your computer is compatible with Mountain Lion/Mavericks.
To check the model number hold down the option/alt key, go to the Apple menu and select System Information.
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) model number 2,1 or higher

I want to install Mountain Lion on my 2008 iMac. My current OS is Snow Leopard 10.8.6. I've heard ML may be too much for this iMac. I would appreciate anyone's advice.

I want to install Mountain Lion on my 2008 iMac. My current OS is Snow Leopard 10.8.6 and there is 4GB RAM. I've heard ML may be too much for this iMac and may slow it down. Has anyone had any problems with this upgrade?

See > http://www.apple.com/osx/specs OS X Mountain Lion requires a Mid 2007 iMac or newer, and your iMac can run Mountain Lion without any problem. 4 GB of memory are enough for Mountain Lion, but if you are going to use heavier applications, maybe you will need more RAM
Before upgrading, you must make a Time Machine backup and/or a clone with Carbon Copy Cloner, and check that your applications are supported > http://www.roaringapps.com

I want to install Mountain Lion, but I forgot my password. How can I retrive or reset my password. I'm using Mac OS X, version 10.6.8

I want to install Mountain Lion, but I forgot my password. How can I retrive or reset my password. I'm using Mac OS X, version 10.6.8

OS X: Changing or resetting an account password

Can I install Mountain Lion in my Mac Pro

Can I install Mountain Lion in my Mac Pro? This is my main computer and i only wnt to move forward if I know that it is 100% compatible with OS 10.8. They tell you to look to see when it was built but there is no date that I can see. I'm pretty sure I got it in early 2008 ... Here's the Hardware overview, without the serial number:
Model Name:          Mac Pro
Model Identifier:          MacPro3,1
Processor Name:          Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed:          3.2 GHz
Number Of Processors:          2
Total Number Of Cores:          8
L2 Cache (per processor):          12 MB
Memory:          16 GB
Bus Speed:          1.6 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MP31.006C.B05
SMC Version (system):          1.25f4
Serial Number (system):
Hardware UUID:          449CFA37-8EAE-5A08-9027-1236BC17C747
Thanks much.

Yes, you can.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. 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.
     OS X Mountain Lion - System Requirements
       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 Identifier 5,1 or later
         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.
     For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion.

How do you install mountain lion on additional macs?

How do you install Mountain Lion on additional Macs?

Log in to App store on other computer with the apple ID that Mountain Lion was purchased with.
Click on Purchases icon at top of page.
Download and install.
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Instal Mountain Lion on a mac book pro from october of 2008

Is it advisable to install mountain lion on my mac book pro, bought in october of 2008 (first generation aluminum body), or will it not work/work very slow?
An search on the internet gives different outcomes..
thank you!

JJDDSS wrote:
Is it advisable to install mountain lion on my mac book pro, bought in october of 2008
The date of purchase is not a reliable indicator that your Mac Book Pro meets the requirements for Mountain Lion.
Check out exact technical informaitons for supported models here:
http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/
Even if your computer meets the requirements for Mountain Lion doesn't necessarily mean it's advisable to do so. For example, if you rely on applications that are not compatible with Mountain Lion.
Matt

I have my Mac Book Pro with the OS Yesomite since a month and I am feeling that my mac is getting slower than before a month. I want to install OS Lion on my mac. I think i have a DVD of OS Lion which comes when i bougnt Mac laptop in 2011.

I have my Mac Book Pro with the OS Yesomite since a month and I am feeling that my mac is getting slower than before a month. I want to install OS Lion on my mac. I think i have a DVD of OS Lion which comes when i bougnt Mac laptop in 2011. Should i install OS Lion? What wil happen if i install OS Lion, do i lost my Applications or ...????

Hi, the last install dvd that came out for mac's was Snow Leopard,10.6.3. Lion is a download from apple. You cannot just install it over Yosemite. You would have to backup your drive to save files you want and do a clean install. You might want to look into getting more memory. You can run 8 Gig"s of memory on your Macbook Pro.If your Macbook Pro is getting really slow you might want to download EtreCheck and then post the results here.http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck Check out this article. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19031

I purchased numbers but want to install in my new iMac. how?

I purchased numbers but want to install in my new iMac. how?

If you purchased it from the Mac App Store, sign in with the Apple ID used to buy it, click on the Purchases tab, and download it from there.
If you purchased it from the iTunes App Store, you can't without getting the Mac OS X version.
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My wifi is very slow after installing mountain lion on my Mac book pro

My wifi is very very slow after installing mountain lion on my MacBook pro.
What can I do?

Ha ha, I misread that as "My wife is very slow after installing mountain lion on my Mac book pro"
BTW on my MBPro (late 2009 with max RAM) Mountain Lion runs very well with no slowing down.

Brand new Mac, had to erase drive through disk utility as time machine back up failed. Now disk utility only has the option to install Mountain Lion which my Mac won't allow. Anyone any ideas as my Mac won't load anything up but disc utility!

Brand new Mac, had to erase drive through disk utility as time machine back up failed on initial setup, USB cable popped out Now can only access disk utility as won't load to log in screen. The only has the option in disc utility is to re-install Mountain Lion which my Mac won't allow or loading another time machine back up but after an hour of it processing, that didn't resolve the issue either! The time machine back up is the latest back up of my Mac Book Pro which was using OS X Maverix. I'm guessing I'm going to have to take my Mac to the store but that would be a hassle so does anyone have any ideas?

Follow this guide using another Mac.
Insert your newly created Mavericks USB into you Mac, press the power button and then hold down 'option,' until it gives you an option to boot from the USB. You will then be able to erase the internal disk with Disk Utility and reinstall Mavericks straight after.
After that you should be able to use Migration Assistant to restore your applications and user data.

After installing Mountain Lion on my Mac I have no Internet. Safari doesn't work.

After install Mountain Lion on my Mac I don't have Internet. Do not know what has happened.

Try a PRAM reset and an SMC reset.

HT1338 I've just tried to download Mountain Lion on my Mac Pro and it says that I can't install it on this computer. Help

I just tried to download Mountain Lion on my Mac Pro and it says that I can't install it on this computer.
I have version 10.7.4 installed and I'm using Lion at the moment.
Could you advise me as to how I obtain Mountian Lion on this computer.
Thank you

Check the complete list of supported machines here:
http://applehelpwriter.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/will-mountain-lion-work-on-my-ol d-mac/
(ToU Disclaimer: this link to my site contains other links which promote my services as a technical writer)

Installed Mountain lion on my Mac book pro. Now My IRONKEY flash drive is not launching.

Installed Mountain lion on my Mac book pro late 2011. After that my IRONKEY flash drive is not launching. Before it was launching OK.The flash drive has updated software.

You have some other problem with your boot drive that has corrupted data backed up to the TimeMacine drive.
My advice is to boot into each operating system and manually backup just your Users files each to separate regular external drives (no Timemachine or backup software) and disconnect.
Make a note of any serial numbers, emails, address book contacts, export bookmarks etc. that isn't typically in your users folders data.
You might be able to Winclone 3 the Windows as a whole thing as it's appearing not to have issues but it's your MacintoshHD partition that is so that will have to be rebuilt from scratch.
Most commonly used backup methods
If your OS X parititon doesn't boot, you can use this to recover files.
Create a data recovery/undelete external boot drive
Without any further detail about your machine I can't advise specifically what to do, but it involves using Disk Utility to Zero Erase (move slider one spot to the right or in 10.6 using Security Option) the ENTIRE boot drive and reformatting, then installing OSX fresh and then setting up BootCamp again.
If you wish to switch your boot drive for something better, this is a good time to do this.
Install/upgrade RAM or storage drive in Mac's
If your machine is capable of Internet Recovery, then use that, then upgrade.
If your machine came with 10.6 or earlier, then use the 10.6 install disks and work up from there.
Erase, formatting, OS X installs on Mac's

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