Apple's OS X Mountain Lion Up-to-Date Application Goes Live Ahead of Public Launch [Updated]

MacRumors · Jul 23, 2012

Alongside other OS X Mountain Lion announcements at its Worldwide Developers Conference last month, Apple announced an Up-to-Date program allowing any customer purchasing a Mac on or after June 11 to receive a free upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion once the operating system is released to the public. With OS X Mountain Lion being released only via the Mac App Store, the free upgrade is being delivered a redemption code for the store.

While the company has yet to officially announce it and almost certainly will not do so until OS X Mountain Lion itself actually launches, the company's Up-to-Date online application form is already live. Users are required to enter their date and location of purchase for the qualifying Mac, fill out personal contact information, and enter the serial numbers of machines eligible for the free upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion. Once all information has been submitted, Apple generates a reference number for the claim and the actual redemption code is delivered via email.

In our testing, the redemption code arrived as a password-protected PDF attachment within seconds of submitting the online form, with a second email containing a password for opening the PDF arriving at the same time.

Dear Apple Customer,

Thank you for participating in the OS X Mountain Lion Up-To-Date program. The content code that allows you to download and install OS X Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store is in the file attached below. You will receive the password to unlock the attached files in a separate email. Your content code may be redeemed immediately through the Mac App Store and will not expire.

Please follow these steps to redeem your copy of OS X Mountain Lion:

1. Open the Mac App Store application.

2. Select "Redeem" in the Quick Links section of the Mac App Store.

3. Enter your content code.

If you have questions regarding the redemption or installation of your software from the Mac App Store, visit www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/.

To redeem your content code you need the latest version of the Mac App Store application, an Apple ID, and Internet access (fees may apply). You can create an Apple ID at appleid.apple.com/us.

As a reminder, content codes may not be resold and can only be redeemed by people above the minimum age specified by the terms and conditions of the Mac App Store in your country. Apple is not responsible for lost or stolen content codes. You may review the Terms of Service for the Mac App Store at www.apple.com/legal/itunes/ww/.

Thank you for choosing Apple!

Attempting to redeem the OS X Mountain Lion code in the Mac App Store does not yet provide access to the update, however, as it has yet to go live in the store. Entering the code simply yields an error noting that it is "not recognized as a valid code".

OS X Mountain Lion will be released later this month, with hints suggesting that it could arrive this Wednesday, July 25.

(Thanks, Justin!)

Update 10:12 AM: Apple appears to have taken the Up-to-Date application offline.

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adztaylor · Jul 23, 2012

Clearest indication its days away!

AppleGuesser · Jul 23, 2012

Looking forward to using OS X ML this week

Good News for sure!

stevedun · Jul 23, 2012

I can haz dictation?

ayala421 · Jul 23, 2012

Today or Tomorrow...pretty please!

ryane67 · Jul 23, 2012

25th, christmas in july

Macman45 · Jul 23, 2012

This is sensible, it will spread the server load, which as usual will be insane. I have 3 Macs to do and will choose the early hours after the first rush is over before downloading.

slicecom · Jul 23, 2012

adztaylor said:
Clearest indication its days away!

That, and there's only a few days left in the month in which Apple said it was going to launch.

-Ryan- · Jul 23, 2012

Presumably it will be pushed to the Store before Wednesday or this email will leave customers confused.

Alcookie · Jul 23, 2012

Is this US only? Theres nothing on the UK website indicating the form is open.

Mac21ND · Jul 23, 2012

Form's already down in the U.S.

adztaylor · Jul 23, 2012

slicecom said:
That, and there's only a few days left in the month in which Apple said it was going to launch.

Well, there still is over a week left in this month and I meant in my post it will be here in the next couple of days.

dukebound85 · Jul 23, 2012

Mac21ND said:
Form's already down in the U.S.

not for me....

What is this "right to copy" option

roland.g · Jul 23, 2012

-Ryan- said:
Presumably it will be pushed to the Store before Wednesday or this email will leave customers confused.

They haven't announced the Up to Date is live. So most customers won't be looking yet. I think they may release Tuesday, announce and go live in one fell swoop, just to throw us off since everyone expects it Wednesday.

Edit: however after checking roaring apps yesterday, it seems many app have yet to be tested or verified as working on ML with some even marked as not working. I found this surprising as just like Leopard -> Snow Leopard, Lion -> Mountain Lion isn't such a huge upgrade that it should break compatability. But as such I may install on my new Air but leave the main iMac running 10.7 until I know I don't have any software issues.

rorschach · Jul 23, 2012

Got my redemption code! Doesn't work yet like it says in the OP but I'll keep trying.

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dukebound85 said:
not for me....

What is this "right to copy" option

It's for volume licenses.

BenMero · Jul 23, 2012

Alcookie said:
Is this US only? Theres nothing on the UK website indicating the form is open.

Not getting the form in the UK either, nor the US website actually

PBP · Jul 23, 2012

I wonder if they update iWork/iLife before ML is released to reduce the server load.

iamthekiller · Jul 23, 2012

dukebound85 said:
not for me....

What is this "right to copy" option

If you read the page, you'd clearly see:

If you are an Enterprise, Education Institution, or Government customer and you have purchased 20 or more qualifying systems, you can receive a Right to Copy license.

JS77 · Jul 23, 2012

Macman45 said:
I have 3 Macs to do and will choose the early hours after the first rush is over before downloading.

You do realize that your early hours will be somebody else's peak hours

Bobo Decosta · Jul 23, 2012

Only US I guess, I tried to fill in the form and noticed I couldn't fill in my country

3460169 · Jul 23, 2012

Hmm... wonder if a "restore from network" on a new mac (Air in my case) will pull over ML or not.

sudoash · Jul 23, 2012

UK users won't be able to get passed the Phone validation, so US only I guess.

PeterSharp · Jul 23, 2012

I bought my macbook in UK but my iTunes ID is US. Is there a way to redeem that lion voucher in different store?

Gregintosh · Jul 23, 2012

Got the code! Yay.

Mac21ND · Jul 23, 2012

BenMero said:
Not getting the form in the UK either, nor the US website actually

I have yet to see it in the US either... probably being updated as we talk.

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