Trying to update to Mountain Lion from 10.6.8
I currently am running all the tech requirements that are stated on apples requirement page, but when i click to buy it from the app store it says I am not compatible. Is there something I may be missing? I have 2 gigs of ram and I have 8 gigs of free space. I am using a macbook that I believe to be a 2009 model (not sure how to check the model year.).
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I am using a macbook that I believe to be a 2009 model (not sure how to check the model year.).
Please go to Menu > About this Mac > and tell us Version, Processor & Memory specs on your Mac. Also available hard disk space by choosing your Macintosh HD and "Get Info" (cmd-i)
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This mini is operating OSX 10.6.8 and trying to update to Mountain Lion but upgrade stops and a black overscreen displays saying to power off and power on. The upgrade fails. What's the problem?
Hi Fred,
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at the top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.) -
How to update to Mountain Lion from 10.5?
How do i update an 2008 macbook pro with OS 10.5 to Mountain Lion?
First see if your MBP meets this criteria:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444
If so, get a Snow Leopard disk fro Apple and install same on your MBP and the update to 10.6.8. This is a prerequisite.
Then purchase Mt. Lion from the App store and download and install it.
Ciao. -
Updating to Mountain Lion from OSX 10.5.8
I am wanting to update my macbook to the latest version of Mountain Lion in hopes that my 4 year old computer will run faster and more efficent.
Do i need to purchase every single update that has come out in the last 4 years and do one at a time, or is there a way to skip some or all??
Thanks for your help!!!
Ai just recently did this. i had the same software version as you exactly. you need snow leopard before lion. once you get those two versions it should be getting there, and i think another new one just came out a few months ago? check out the apple store.
heres another thread asking the same thing:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4431984?tstart=30 -
How does one update to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard?
My friend has Snow Leopard and wants to up date to Mountain Lion, how is it possible for her?
See Here > Upgrade to Mountain Lion
Would Also Recommend that you do a Bootable Clone Backup of your current Hard Drive Before attempting any Major Upgrade...
By far the easiest way to make a Backup, is to use something like
SuperDuper http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
or CCC http://www.bombich.com/
That way, should anything untoward happen during the Upgrade...
You will NOT LOSE ANYTHING.
(Get an EHD that is at least equal to your current Drive...)
Also, Check here for compatibility of 3rd party Software you may be using...
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table -
Do I have to download lion before I can download mountain lion?
No...
See Here for Upgrading to ML...
First check the Compatibility of your Mac...
Upgrade to Mountain Lion
Then... Before attempting any Major Upgrade... get yourself an External Hard Drive... and create a Bootable Clone Backup of your current Hard Drive...
By far the easiest way to make such a Backup, is to use something like
SuperDuper http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
or CCC http://www.bombich.com/
That way, should anything untoward happen during the Upgrade,
you will NOT LOSE ANYTHING.
(Get an EHD that is at least equal to your current Drive...)
Also, Check here for compatibility of 3rd party Software you may be using...
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table -
Widgets world clock can't change country when I update to Mountain Lion
Hello everyone,
When I update to Mountain Lion (from Lion), the widgets world clock can't change other country (the clock can't show the information button).
Is this a bug ? Do you have the same problem ?
My mac is Macbook Pro (2011 Later)
ThanksI had the same problem. It looks I was able to fix this using the steps below:
1. Make sure you have a current backup, such as a Time Machine backup!
2. Go into Dashboard and close the World Clock widget(s).
3. Rename or trash the file:
~/Library/Preferences/widget-com.apple.widget.worldclock.plist
I'm not sure if it's needed but I also deleted:
~/Library/Preferences/widget-com.apple.widget.worldclock.plist.lockfile
4. Open Terminal and type the following command (case-sensitive): killall Dock
See if that works. -
Since updating OS to Mountain Lion from leopard, I get the following error message when trying to backup with time machine on external drive. "Could not complete backup to media share. The network backup disk does not support the required AFP features." What are AFP features and how do I get Time Machine to backup to my current external backup?
This means that your NAS does not support the required encryption. Update your NAS to the latest firmware or ditch it and buy a Time Capsule (they are the most reliable when using TM).
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I keep getting "hash mismatch" when trying to download Mountain Lion from the App store
I've been trying to download the new Mountain Lion from the App Store & keep getting "hash mismatch" message. I was able to download on my 1 computer, but no luck on the 2nd computer, which is up-to-date on all updates & software. Support even put a fresh copy of the App in my account & I still get that same message. Someone suggested AppCleaner, but how do you delete the OS to re-install the new. Didn't think that was possible. Any suggestions - I've tried quitting & logging out of the App Store & even re-starting (several times)
- Temporarily disable anti virus software if installed.
- Apps such as Little Snitch, Net Nanny, and Hands Off can prevent apps from downloading including Mountain Lion.
How to re download apps from the Mac App Store:
Open the App Store. From the menu bar click Store > Sign In
Click Purchases from the top of the App Store window.
Select Mountain Lion. Then right or control click where you see Installed then click Install.
Make sure and use the same Apple ID used for the original purchase. -
Tried to install update to Mountain Lion and get this message: OSXUpdCombo 10-1.8 image data corrupted.
Try booting into the Safe Mode. Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once. You can download from the Safe Mode.
Safe Mode
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I have installed the most recent version of Snow Leopard on my MAC, and I am trying to install Mountain Lion from the Apple Store. It will not install, because it says I do not have 2GB of memory, even though I have over 200GB available. Please help.
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
One thing is the memory, and another thing is the hard disk space. You are telling me that you have 200 GB of free space on the hard disk, but the App Store is telling you that you have to install 2 GB of memory or more on your Mac if you want to upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion.
First of all, open > About this Mac > More Info, and copy "Model Identifier" here, so we can know what Mac you have got and how much memory you can install.
We recommend to buy the memory in OWC or Crucial (Crucial is cheaper and offers the same compatibility warranty as OWC) because you won't probably have any problem with the memory you buy there -
HI, SO I BOUGHT MOUNTAIN LION ON MY MACBOOK PRO TRYING TO UPGRADE FROM SNOW LEOPARD, AND WHILE TRYING TO REINSTALL THE OS SETUP AS IT SHOWED IT COULDNT BE VERIFIED, I CROSSED OUT MOUNTAIN LION FROM MY PURCHASES, ITS NOW GONE, DO I HAVE TO BUY IT AGAIN?
Please google search for "Mountain Lion disk crash" before upgrading you mac pro. You might need to replace you Mac hard drive after the upgrade.So many people had the same problems including me.
Be aware of the Mountain Lion upgrade problem. -
Unable to update to Mountain Lion 10.8.1 from 10.8 (NSURLErrorDomain)
I've been trying to update to Montain Lion 10.8.1 from 10.8 via the Mac App Store since it's release. Unfortunately after the bundle is downloaded I keep receiving the following error:
The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1100.)(102)
I'm on a Mid 2009 MacBook Pro (2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) running OS X 10.8 (12A269).Just found this in my Installer Log:
SUAppStoreUpdateController: error downloading product 041-6566: The file “OSXUpd10.8.1Patch.pkg” couldn’t be found on the server “swcdn.apple.com”. -
how do i delete from the startup disk? I am trying to get Mountain Lion from the App store and it says that the purchase was not complete because i need 4.06 GB space to download OS x 10.8. and to remove items from my startup disk to increase space. How?
ThanksYou can use iCloud with 10.7.5. You do not need to upgrade to Yosemite. You should provide a minimum of 15 GBs of free space or 10% of the hard drive's capacity, whichever is greater.
Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks' Storage Display.
2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
6. See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located. -
Dear all, I have just bought a MacBook pro with osx lion on 25th last month. I wanted to know if I can use the methods described above to update to osx mountain lion or I have to buy osx mountain lion from the app store?
Here are the rules to qualify for the free upgrade:
http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/
(has to be purchased from Apple or authorized reseller).
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