Upgrade on Mountain Lion, Must I install other Progs new?

For Synchronisation with iphone and using icloud I`ve to upgrade from Snow Leopard on Mountain Lion. Must I install all my other progs after the upgrade again? Thank you!

No, although some may need to be updated to work with Mountain Lion, & others may not work at all.

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    Yes. You can download it on a standard account, and after it's downloaded, run the installer from your admin account. Or you could download it on another Mac, and transfer the installer to your Mac.

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    12C60
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    Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333
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    Report Version:  10
    Interval Since Last Report:          49824 sec
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    Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   6
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    0x2faf000 -  0x3054ffb +com.microsoft.ole (14.1.0 - 14.1.0) <7E409CD5-7F65-4C6B-18DC-04663216C2A8> /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/*/MicrosoftOLE.framework/Versions/14/MicrosoftOLE
    0x3075000 -  0x34ecff3 +com.microsoft.chart (14.1.0 - 14.1.0) <7250B005-7CE6-8497-5A06-B257894F5376> /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/*/MicrosoftChartPlugin.framework/Versions/14/MicrosoftChartPlugin
    0x8fed7000 - 0x8ff09e57  dyld (210.2.3) <23DBDBB1-1D21-342C-AC2A-0E55F27E6A1F> /usr/lib/dyld
    Model: iMac12,1, BootROM IM121.0047.B1F, 4 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.5 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.71f21
    Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6750M, AMD Radeon HD 6750M, PCIe, 512 MB
    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4348392020
    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4348392020
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x9A), Atheros 9380: 4.0.70.23-P2P
    Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f33 10885, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
    Serial ATA Device: ST3500418AS, 500.11 GB
    Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-STDVDRW  GA32N
    USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424  (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 3
    USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4
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  • Hard drive packed up, but had Time Machine backup. I installed new sad and upgraded to Mountain Lion., but I can't find iPhoto library and photos or iTunes songs? Is there an answer to this?  Graham

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    Thanks so much but none of that helped.  It was driving me crazy because it would back up another external drive.  I just changed the name of the drive from iPhoto/iTunes Library to Media Libraries and IT WORKED!! I guess for some reason it didn't like the drive being called iPhoto or iTunes ???? I don't understand but I have tried so many solutions and exchanging things out but the name change did it????!!!
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  • If I upgrade to Mountain Lion on the computer that will install it, will my WIFI still work on the computer that cannot be upgraded? I know this is a very basic question

    If I upgrade to Mountain Lion on the computer that will install it, will my WIFI still work on the computer that cannot be upgraded? I know this is a very basic question. Trying to hold out as long as I can, but purchasing an iPhone for Christmas and new iMac next year when warrently expires.

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    Hi,
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  • Will Photoshop CS6 work with Snow Leopard or must I upgrade to Mountain Lion on the Mac Book Pro?

    I will be purchasing PhotoShop CS6 & installing on my Mac Book Pro. Adobe tells me that I should upgrade to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard in order for it to work best. Any thoughts on this? Thank you, Paul

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  • I have upgraded to Mountain Lion. Do I need to retain my OS X Lion Install Thumbdrive?

    I've just upgraded to Mountain Lion.
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    Planning ahead, if I need/want to do a complete re-install of Mountain Lion, do I need (with my current set of tools/packages) to retain the Lion Installer, run that first and then do an upgrade to Mountain Lion or is the application that I downloaded sufficient on its own.
    Short version: does the Mountain Lion installer operate as a complete fresh install if you run it off a thumbdrive?
    On a side note, does the Lion Installer Thumbdrive come complete with iLife applications (I understand they're not bundled in the Mountain Lion Installer)?
    Thanks!

    Yes if you create a ML install thumb drive you can install ML clean without any previous version of OS X installed on the system.
    No neither Lion or Mountain Lion come with the iLife Apps. They are completely separate from the OS. To my knowledge there is no way to download and save them from the Mac App store. They are downloaded and installed as a Package from the MAS.
    If your system came with Lion preinstalled then when you do a clean install of either you then have to go to the MAS, look in your Purchases area, and download/install those.
    If by chance your Mac came with Snow Leopard Pre-Installed then there is also an Applications Reinstall DVD that came with your system. You would need to use that DVD to reinstall the iLife apps then update them with Software Update.

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