Will I have to be on Lion to upgrade to Mountain Lion?
I am currently on Snow Leopard and debating whether to get Lion but with Mountain Lion out in summer, can i just directly upgrade from Snow Leopard or do I have to have this version of Lion in order to upgrade?
Cheers
If You have Snow Leopard, then upgrading to Mac OS X Lion is only $29.99 via the Mac App's Store, a one time fee for all your Macs if you download it to your devices first before you actually install it to avoid paying more than once. If you have Mac OS X Lion, then Mac OS X Mountain Lion is only a one time purchase fee of $19.99. Mountain Lion will be available as a single software upgrade via the Mac App Store beginning in July 2012. The BEST PART is you only have to purchase it one time to upgrade all of your Macs. So its like $50 bucks total for ALL your Macs to get both Lion and Mt Lion. The same price it was total for family pack when Snow Leopard came out for upto 5 systems. Exept this time you get 2 upgrades for about the same price as 1 upgrade before.
To watch an exciting video from the WWDC/June2012 regarding what Developers, APPs, Mountain Lion, iPhone4S, and IOS6 will brings to the table, click below:
http://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2012/
I can't wait.
Good Luck,
Jenn
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