Why won't mountain lion download?

I downloaded mountain lion on my iMac without much hassle but the MBP wont down load the os. I have 20 gb Space and 2 of memory. -I've turned sleep and energy saver off for both battery and elec source on my MBP and attempted to download seven times but it gets to the end and the status on App Store shows I need to down load it. I spotlight searched mt lion and it isn't on my machine. I disk repaired and still nothing. Any ideas? Thanks!

On the MBP you can try an App Store reset.
Reset Learned from Old Toad

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I have a fast internet connection, why is mountain lion downloading so incredibly slow?

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Hi, i'm having trouble downloading Mountain Lion to my laptop, I bought it from the app store downloaded it to my Imac and everything went fine. Now I'm trying to download it from my purchases to my MacBook Pro and it says the following:
We could not complete your purchase.
The product distribution file could not be verified. It may be damaged or was not signed.
I don't get it, please help!
tip: Could it be because i recently signed in with another apple id in this computer??

Thanks for the reply.
I found this worked for me..
Southern_Star
Re: Corrupt Mountain Lion File @ App Store?
Jul 26, 2012 1:32 AM (in response to NoPCZone)
What worked for me - no restart required - after reading all these posts...
1. Disable Virusbarrier X6 (Launch X6, go to preferences > advanced tab, and switch the big slider to 'off'.
2. Launch the Console.app (in Applications > Utilities)
3. Once Console launches, go to View > Clear display (this clears the screen, gets rid of the clutter)
4. Launch the App Store, and try to buy Mountain Lion - you'll get the error message as before.
5. Quit the App Store.
6. Go back to Console - and open the folders of information displayed in the viewer window.
7. In amongst all the gobbledegook text on screen is a parth to the var/folders/ directory. The folder you are looking for will have a name like d3 or zz (it differs on each machine).
8. Once you know the name of the problem folder - go to the Finder, and choose 'Go to Folder' (Cmd-Shif-G)
9. Type in /var/folders in the Go To Folder dialog and click 'Go'
10. In the window that appears, you should see the folder you're looking for, and maybe 1 or 2 others.
11. Drag the problematic folder out on to the desktop (you may need to authenticate to do this) and save this folder in a new folder - 'old var file' or whatever.
12. Select the problematic folder from it's original window, and delete it - Cmd-Delete, and it disappears (but you have the backup copy, just in case. Apparently a new folder will automatically be re-created (by FInder or App Store) - so don't fret too much about removing this folder. And you can always copy your 'backup' back here, if there's a problem.
13. Re-launch the App Store, and try purchasing Mountain Lion. For me - this now worked!
The above worked on a mid-2009 MacBook Pro. I tried a few other suggestions - e.g. re-installing the 10.7.4 combo update but it didn't make a difference. It certainly looks like VirusBarrier X6 is the culprit.
I am currently downloading Mountain Lion - but I did update X6 beforehand to the latest verison, which is supposedly 'Mountain Lion ready'. Once downloaded and installed, I'll go back to VirusBarrier and switch it back on.
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Why won't Mountain Lion install on my new 13" Macbook Pro Retina?

I just received my Macbook Pro 13" retina 2 weeks ago. I did a time machine restore and have now decided a fresh install of everything would be better since there are a lot of unnecessary programs and files from my previous macbook pro. I did the reinstall by pressing command+R on restart and reinstalled Mountain Lion and it installed 10.8.1. I then tried to do the Mountain Lion 10.8.2 update, which I previously purchased from the App Store, and it says it is not compatible with my machine. There is no newer machine on the market than mine, so why isn't the latest Mountain Lion compatible? Please help! My iPhoto and other iLife apps are no longer compatible with this OS and I want my Mountain Lion back!

You did it wrong. Do this:
Install or Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the
      left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on
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4. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Install button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
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Why is my Mountain Lion download hanging after 53 MB

I am trying to download Mountain Lion from the AppStore and am unable to complete the download. I have a MacBook Pro from early 2011 with OS 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard). I have done the partial download multiple times, trying to pause and resume as well as canceling and purchasing the app store item again. I have tried downloading while in Safe Mode. Each time the download runs fine up to the point where it reaches 53.25 MB and then it hangs. At that point it is frozen and doesn't restart no matter what I do. Does anybody have a similar problem? Does anybody have a solution?

Hi, I posted this reply on a similar discussion - this solved it for me...
I was also getting stuck at 53.25mb and tried several solutions on the forum.
A possible reason I have found is if you are (as I am) on BT Broadband using a 2-Wire Hub because there is apparently a 2GB download limit (not heard this of this before). I read this on MacRumors and that BT plan to release a firmware upgrade to sort the problem.
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Ive tried restarting, that doesn't work. Please tell me I haven't just wasted £13.99!?!?
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ive just obtained a password by email, entered it when asked, but then nothing happened No download started at all, not in dowloads and cant fnd what to do.
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On the average 3Mbps home network connection, it will take 3-4 hours to download.

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Looks like I found the solution off in another thead:
"If you open your smart playlists and set "limit to" you can choose how you want your songs or podcasts to be sorted, including the ways they were sorted before. You should only have to fix each playlist once then forget about it."
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why cant i find Mountain Lion download in the APP store?

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For some reason yet to be discovered I always seem to have issues downloading large files on my Mac.
I have a work around where I download the SW packages at work and save to a USB thumb drive and then copy and install on my Mac.
Can someone tell me where the Mountain Lion download is located and what I need to do if I already have the purchase recoreded in the apps store?
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Mmmmm now thats a problem!
Any ideas why when I download it tells me that I have a "hash mismatch" problem. I guess that the checksum is failing????
I've noticed in the past that large downloads seem to get corrupted.
Any suggestions or workarounds?
In the past with major updatyes that have don this then I've gone to the downloads page and downloaded from my PC at work and then copied the .dmg to my mac and its worked.
This problem only seems to have started when I moved to a cable modem from DSL?? not sure if this is a clue or not
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Exactly. Some of us don't understand the situation in India. This is a country with sickest internet speeds. The internet segment is dominated by fraudulant companies. There is no consistency that is why most of the data transfer here is through Pen drives and torrent websites. We have never seen a good downlooad speed here. And on the top of inconsistency lies the Mac book Air without a built in RJ45 port.
If i have to do it in an internet cafe it will cost me more time and money than to purchase a Mac book air itself. Apple should start giving us software loaded flash drives at least at premium.

4 GB Mountain Lion Download quits @ 425 MB. 1.6 GB FCP X downloads OK!

That's it really!
If a 4 GB Mountain Lion Download from the App Store repeatedly quits at 425 MB but a 1.6 GB FCP X download from the App Store works perfectly, it surely must be a fault with the App Store - but if anyone knows a way to contact Apple and report this, they're doing better than I am.
Andy

Well, I managed to contact Apple on this matter.
The problem turned out to be my BT (British Telecom) 2Wire 2700 HGV Router.
I bought a new router online, and Mountain Lion downloaded perfectly.
Goodness only knows why Final Cut Pro X downloaded fine, but Mountain Lion repeatedly stalled at 425 MB - but that's computer equipment for you!
Andy

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