Updated mountain lion today now can't sign in to access my computer

Updated Mountain Lion today and now cannot sign in to access computer. Changed my password on Apple ID but no luck. Talked to tech, not eligible for tech support. Can someone help......

You say 'sign in to access computer'. Are you talking about the main login screen when you first boot the Mac up? If so then that's completely different to an Apple ID and you need to go about resetting that PW in a different manner.
Apple ID's are used for purchases through the iTunes Store, the Mac App Store and for logging into iCloud.

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I downloaded the recent software update Mountain Lion and now my microsoft word, powerpoint, etc. are no longer supported. Why is this? What can I do?

I downloaded the recent software update Mountain Lion and now my microsoft word, powerpoint, etc. are no longer supported. Why is this? What can I do?

Depending upon how extensive your library of legacy Microsoft Office data files are, you may want to consider continuing to use Microsoft Office 2004.
Microsoft Office's 2011 version is compatible with Lion and presumably either works with Mountain Lion or an update will make it so. The problem with this approach is that Office 2011 will "convert" your earlier data files and there lies the rub! For example, I have the need to weekly open a chart created in Excel 2004, but Excel 2011 trashes the chart in its "conversion."
So I have approached the overall problem differently.
The reason your applications do not work in Mountain Lion is that they were written for the older PowerPC CPU that all Macs used up to 2006. When Apple made its transition to the Intel CPU, they licensed software that they included in all versions of OS X (from Tiger to Leopard and optionally, Snow Leopard) called Rosetta.
Rosetta miraculously allows PowerPC applications to work on the Intel processor transparently; you do not know it is even present.
The problem is that after 6 years of the transition, Apple's license to use the underlying software expired for OS X Lion and all version thereafter (and it is doubtful that the current owner of the software, IBM, would relicense it, even if Apple were inclined to do so).
So for those of use that need to run Lion, I have offered the option to install Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels 7:
[click on images to enlarge]
And now Mountain Lion:
Full Snow Leopard installation instructions into Parallels 7 are here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
Snow Leopard is $29 and Parallels 7 is $79 retail (cheaper from competitive sources) and Parallels offers a 14 day free trial of Parallels 7 on their website:
http://www.parallels.com/download/desktop/

I have 2nd generation apple tv, and this has always worked well with Lion, have now upgraded to Mountain Lion, and now can not connect to itunes, all other things work, can buy or rent films.

I have 2nd generation apple tv, and this has always worked well with Lion, have now upgraded to Mountain Lion, and now can not connect to itunes, all other things work, can buy or rent films, but can not listen to my music or show photos. Can anybody help please?

I have 2nd generation apple tv, and this has always worked well with Lion, have now upgraded to Mountain Lion, and now can not connect to itunes, all other things work, can buy or rent films, but can not listen to my music or show photos. Can anybody help please?

Hi Iv'e downloaded mountain lion but now can't open mail?

Hi Iv'e downloaded mountain lion but now can't open mail?

Office 2004 Applications Won't Work in Lion
You must have Office 2004 which is a PPC-only suite and will not work in 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.
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.
(Access to the Mac App Store requires Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or higher and an Apple ID.)

Updated to iOS 6, now can't sign in to iTunes

Updated to iOS 6 and now can't sign in to iTunes or App Store. Have been unable to update apps or download new magazines that I have subscribed to.

Go to the app store and get the "Live Street View" app.

I have just upgraded to mountain lion and now can not use iphoto how do I get to my photos?

iPhoto just has a no entry sign on it after up dating to mountain lion how do I now use iPhoto please?

Hi Anitra,
Did you updated from OSX Lion to Mountain Lion? And iPhoto was installed on your Mac? Then iPhoto and the Library must still be on your Mac.
Go to finder and slect 'Applications'. iPhoto must be in that folder. Open iPhoto. See what happens. Are all your pictures/events displayed?
If not, please reply and we will try to locate the iPhoto Library.

Installed Mountain Lion and now can't open safari.

When trying to open Safari I get an 'internal error. An uncaught exception was raised. Choose "continue" to continue running in an inconsistent state or "crash"...'
Can't uninstall Mountain Lion or reinstall Lion. Or update Safari.
Please help.

i have this same problem too. i upgraded my macbook pro from OS X Lion 10.7 to OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 just now. Everything seems to be working well except for Safari.
Here's the screenshots. i tried selecting both crash and continue but it still won't work. Help

I downloaded Mountain Lion and now can't find a driver for my scansnap scanner. They say I have to contact Adobe. True

I downloaded Mountain Lion. I love it..but now my Fujitsu Scansnap scanner will not work. Fujitsu says I need to contact Adobe for the driver. Yet Adobe doesn't list a driver, only the pricey upgrades. Is this true?

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I downloaded mountain lion and now can't find my external drive

I recently downloaded mountain lion for my new operating system. Now I don't see my external drive in Finder. How do I find it again?

Check the settings in the General tab of the Finder's preferences.
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I upgraded to OS X mountain lion, but now can't open any of my office documents - what can i do?

Can anyone help me here? I had no idea that my version of office would become inaccessible once I upgraded to Mountain Lion. What do I need to do to gain access to these important documents?

Office 2004 Applications Won't Work in Lion
You must have Office 2004 which is a PPC-only suite and will not work in 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.
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.
(Access to the Mac App Store requires Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or higher and an Apple ID.)

I had facetime and I have mountain lion, but I can't find face time on my computer. Doesn't it come with mountain lion?

I had facetime and I have mountain lion. However, after an update facetime disappeared. Doesn't it come with mountain lion? What do I need to do to find facetime? Do I need to repurchase it?

You need to find the Domain.sites2 file that contains your website data and double click it to launch the site iniWeb.
The default location of the file is shown here...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/iWeb-Tips.html
Since you are using iWeb '08, you need to publish the site from iWeb to a local folder and upload it using an FTP application...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Search-Engine-Optimization/Upload.html
to your new hosting service....
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Website-Hosting.html

I "upgraded" to 10.8 Mountain Lion and now can only email one photo at a time

With 10.8 I can now send only one photo at a time from iPhoto through Mail - e.g., two "small" photos with a combined file size of 400 kb will "resize (null)" and freeze Mail, whereas I can send one "actual size" photo 5 mb in size. This stinks since before I could send multiple photos limited only by the size of my pipe.

I am from France , and I have the same problem with multiple photos ! I have 2 IMacs, one gives no problem, and the other freeze while sending more than one photo!
I did not find any solution (except using the mail module from IPhoto, or adding the photo by sliding manually into mail)
Are we the only 3 in the world having this problem?!
More seriously, did you found any solution?
Thank !

Installed update for iPad today now can't get my apps to open such as my kindle help

apps won't open what is the problem?

If the preinstalled apps work - like Safari, iTunes or the app store - try downloading any app - a free app. That seems to reset the other apps.

After updating mountain lion, my key is locked but pad works. I cant login of course.

After updating mountain lion today, my keyboard is locked but the pad works. I can't login of course.
I would really appreciate anyone's help!

Hope info from this article helps.
If other keys don't work
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10680
Best.

Yay - got Mountain Lion. Boo - can't send e-mail

I've just downloaded and installed Mountain Lion and now can't send e-mail.
I'm getting mail OK, but when I try to send I get a message saying both of my e-mail accounts are offline.
I've checked settings again against those on iPhone and they're right.
I've tried clicking Take All Account Online, and it's greyed out, but I still can't send.
What's gone wrong in the upgrade?
Nick

Just seen a solution in 'more like this' that has worked for me:
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Re: Can't send mail since downloading Mountain Lion Jul 30, 2012 2:23 AM (in response to HelenCW)
I was having this problem with my O2 email aswell. I found a fix that worked for me. go in to mails preferences, choose the accounts tab and click on one of your O2 accounts. find the drop down menu for the outgoing servers and choose 'edit server list'. click on the O2 smtp server then click on the advanced tab. there are 2 check boxes, one for 'use preferred ports' and one for 'use custom port'. mine was set to preferred port, I changed to 'use custom port' and used port number 25. this worked for me, hope it works for you too. you'll obviously need to make sure the port you choose is open in your firewalls.
Thanks Kid4today!

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