Will this model of iMac get me a free upgrade to OSX Mountain Lion?
I understand that Apple is letting some users upgrade their previous OSX to Mountain Lion FOR FREE.
I have never purchased a Mac before and I was about to buy this iMac http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/apple/imac-21-5-inch-desktop-sku-69131/
The model number is MC309X/A and the current OS is Snow Leopard.
I was wondering, after purchasing, if I will be able to use the FREE upgrade program with this link http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/
Thankyou!
Am I eligible for the free upgrade?
See Apple - Free OS X Mountain Lion upgrade Program.
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Have macosx 10.5.8 model iMac7,1 can I upgrade to osx Mountain lion?
I have a Mac osx 10.5.8
model: iMac
model identifier iMac7,1
Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4GHZ
Can I upgrade to osx mountain lion Or to something higher than what I currently have and if so how?
Thanks!Start by checking if you can run Snow Leopard:
Requirements for OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard'
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575
The OS 10.6 Snow Leopard install DVD is available for $19.99 from the Apple Store:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
and in the UK:
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
but nobody knows for how long it will be available.
When you have installed it, run Software Update to download and install the latest updates for Snow Leopard to bring it up to 10.6.8.
You should now see the App Store icon, and you now need to set up your account:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4479
To use iCloud you have to upgrade at least to Lion, but some functions are only available in Mountain Lion:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4759
You can also purchase the code to use to download Lion (Lion requires an Intel-based Mac with a Core 2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 or Xeon processor and 2GB of RAM, running the latest version of Snow Leopard), or you can purchase Mountain Lion from the App Store - if you can run that:
http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/ -
my friends mac book pro never got an upgrde that allowed her to have the app store on her dock, now I can't help her to upgrade to OSX mountain lion... any ideas on how to do this?? it's driving me crazy!
Bad choice, since the cost is exorbitant. Snow Leopard ($29 USD) is available from its online store's telesales agents.[1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753) or Customer Service and Sales Support at 1-800-676-2775.]
Additionally, you can get a MAS redemption code via the same route. See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4140947?tstart=0 for details. -
Upgrade to osx mountain lion will final cute version 5 still run?
if I have final cut pro version 5 and I upgrade me mac to OSX maountain Lion to be able to use aperture. Will I still be able to use my final cut pro on version 5 runing fine with the new OSx mountain lion? many thanks for any advice!
You also might be better off asking your questions in the Final Cut Studio forum, since this is the Final Cut Pro X forum.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/final_cut_stud io -
Will upgrading to osx mountain lion upgrade my Logic Pro 9.1.6 to 9.1.7?
I wanna know if upgrading m computer to osx mountain lion will upgrade my Logic Pro to it's current update to 9.1.7.
I wanna upgrade to the new osx im worried if it will update all my software as wellFirst, you can (and should) always back up your copy of Logic before updating, that way you can always go back to the earlier version if you need it. If you do that you might as well update to the latest version of Logic.
Going to 10.8 won't update Logic, but you'd probably want to update Logic (and most other apps) to the newest versions if you do a major OS update like that. -
Mac OS X
Version 10.5.8
Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core duo
Memory 2 GB 800 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.29f1
Serial Number (system): QP90301DZE3
Hardware UUID: 5DEE0F1A-A6C8-5DA8-B42A-7B721EF3B258
After downloading both Lion and Mountain Lion, a popup tells me you can no use this version of the application install OS X Mountain Lion.app with this version of Mac OS X.
What can I do?You downloaded it from where, how? You need Snow Leopard, 10.6.8 (or at least 10.6.7) to purchase the DL from the App Store. Sounds like it might have been a corrupted, pirated and illegal copy, if you got it from 10.5.
Btw, you will need more than the 2GB RAM you have. You need to max that out.
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Upgrade to OSX mountain lion will airplay run ok
Hi,
My 2009 iMac with 10.6.8 with the latest updates on it. And will play airplay now OK, I have airport express and apple TV, just brought and installed. But will not connect to icloud so I can link all my apple products, so I am looking at paying for the upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion. Then I read about all the problems people have had doing this! What can I expect, and is it worth the cost and maybe troubles I may get with this upgrade?
Your help and advice will be greatfully received.
Thanks SteveRead the posts listed over on the right under the heading More Like This for solutions
Allan -
Will upgrading to OSX Mountain Lion erase my rEFIT dual boot Windows?
Hi All,
At the suggestion of one of the users in a different section of the forum, I am posting my question here in hopes of finding someone who might have already done this upgrade and can speak from experience.
I have a MacBook Air that is currently setup to dual-boot OSX Lion or Windows 7 with Boot Camp. The Windows 7 was a requirement in order to be able to use my laptop for work. I want to upgrade to Mountain Lion but I also don't want to erase the partitioning on the hard-drive and I want to keep my Windows 7 installation intact. If I choose to upgrade (instead of a clean install) will this delete the Windows partition and wipe out my disk or will it retain my dual-boot option as it currently is?
Thanks for your help.Then wait on update, and plan to (goes without saying hopefully) to have backups of both that you can always restore. Especially as this is a work computer in essence.
Lion had trouble until 10.7.1 and the Lion 4.0 Windows Support Software itself was buggy for those that were installing Windows (or upgrade their boot camp drivers with Lion's).
Until people look at the Lion Recovery partition and whether that changed in size or something, or other changes to the partition tables.
WinClone 3 and CampTune can both help preserve your installation and Carbon Copy Cloner to make bootable backup of Lion and Lion Recovery, in addition to TimeMachine. (TimeMachine has been improved and more flexible).
And store your ML install package somewhere - given how slow it is DL'ing I'd wait days to even bother. -
After upgrading to OSX Mountain Lion I cannot get icloud e-mails on Mail
After upgrading from Lion to Mountain Lion I have not been able to receive e-mails from my icloud account. I can send email with both my acccounts (including icloud) and I can receive email with my alternative account. All my servers have been previously working with Lion. I guess this might have to do with the identification of my ingoing mail server that is currently set as “p-03-imap.mail.me.com”. Am I correct? and how can I change my ingoing mail specification to get Mail working? Please help me! Thank you!
I am having the same or a similar problem. When I open iCloud in system preferences and tick on Mail I get the message 'mail can't enabled at this time - Wait a moment and then try turning on Mail again'. I did this several times and it didn't work. I then completely turned off iCloud completely and restarted it, but I was still unable to access mail using iCloud (I was, however, able to access all of the other iCloud services). I then waited three days, to see if the issue would resolve its self, but it hasn't. Any suggestions as to how I can resolve this would be appreciated.
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After upgrading to Mountain Lion 10.8.2, I'm not able to update iMovie. I think this app came with my MacBook Pro, late 2011. Any help is greatly appreciated!
First, see > http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4236?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
If it doesn't work, open App Store > Featured > Account > Show hidden purchases, and show iMovie to be able to update this application. If nothing work, contact with App Store support > http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/contact -
I just upgraded to OSX Mountain Lion from OSX Snow Leopard, thinking this was the thing to do. I have NEVER had any problems with Snow Leopard, but
after just a few days after downloading OSX Mountain Lion when I turned the computer on, the screen was white. Stayed white. I had to go onto another
computer to find out what to do. What caused this and will this happen again?Did you see a circle made of light grey hash marks in the center/bottom of the screen? My iMac is 5 years old and for every update until 10.8.2 I would get the same white screen and the first few times I paniced and thought the machine was broken! Just let it play out until the desktop comes back up and it should not do it again until you do a system update.
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With the coming of OSX Mountain Lion, will apple be supporting a late 2006 I mac currently running OSX Lion?
Ahhhh. Well, now you have earned a "Slap Kappy" coupon good for one slap. Expires in 30 days.
The 64-bit kernel thing will leave a lot of use behind. My main machine is a 2006 Mac Pro on which I've spent some money putting in two 4-core CPUs and an ATI 5770 GPU in the past year. If I want to run ML I can't do so. The only options I have for a desktop Mac is either a newer Mac Pro model - post 2007 - used or refurbed or a recent or new iMac. This assumes the Mac Pro line may be dropped. Apple has been very mum on that.
Clearly, Apple wants to get users of older hardware to buy new machines in order to run ML now and in the future. Because it is possible to boot the older models with the 64-bit kernel via some hacking, Apple might have been able to install ML on them by adding some code and retaining 32-bit drivers where needed, but they've chosen not to take that route. I think it's a bit of a marketing ploy to help drive up sales of new Macs, but I appreciate that Apple has chosen to abandon legacy support in the past in order to avoid having an OS like Windows - bloated by support for older and older hardware. -
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When upgrading from osx 10.7.4 to osx mountain lion I get the following Alert! This update requires OS X version 10.8.
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Whwn Purchasing Mountain Lion, why do I get this message: We could not complete your purchase. OS X Mountain Lion is not compatible with this computer. Currently I have Mac OS 10.7.4
because you mac does not meet the technical requirements to run Mountain Lion.
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