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Should I Update my OS from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion?
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Good to hear that OP upgraded to ML without a hitch.
Personally, I have a Mac Mini still running Snow Leopard, and a new Mac Mini running Mountain Lion.
I don't see a reason to upgrade my SL Mini to ML... I use a Logitech mouse, so I won't be using multitouch gestures anytime soon.
Plus, Rosetta is a keeper.
Personally, I have a Mac Mini still running Snow Leopard, and a new Mac Mini running Mountain Lion.
I don't see a reason to upgrade my SL Mini to ML... I use a Logitech mouse, so I won't be using multitouch gestures anytime soon.
Plus, Rosetta is a keeper.
Similar question to OP, but for a different machine. I'm running a mid-2009 13" MBP 2.26 GHz core 2 duo processor with 2 GB of RAM. I was upgraded to SL from leopard about a year ago when I got a new hard drive. The HDD is still only 160 GB. I just got an iPhone 5 a few months ago and would really like to be able to use iCloud for iTunes Match and other features. I'm just wondering if this machine would be able to handle ML or if it would just be better to buy a new MBP eventually. I know the tech specs say it can, but I have to wonder if a 4 year old laptop would be able to handle the upgrade. I've already gone through a few hard drive cables and had some issues where it wouldn't wake from sleep except for a hard restart. Finally fixed that issue. I also believe that I have one of those faulty MagSafe cables, but my trusted authorized service place couldn't replicate the issue (light flickers, doesn't always charge when connected, area around connection gets very hot). As enticing as ML is, I have to wonder if this is the machine to run it on. Unfortunately I'm a college student, so I can't just from $1200+ on a new computer. Although i5 and a 500 GB hard drive sure is enticing. I guess I'm just wondering if anyone else has successfully upgraded their older MBPs. I would also consider upgrading to Lion if it would run better.
I have had Lion & then Mountain Lion running since it came out, with that little RAM you may find it a little slow but still useable. I have it running on my 2010 Imac but i have upgraded my RAM to 16gb for a mear cost of £60 i thought if i was going to up the RAM i might as well take it to the maximum
I don't know if it has been mentioned in this thread, but it also appears that Java has left people with SL and below behind...
don't know if that matters to you. it's driving my wife nuts because she likes to be able to print coupons and she apparently can't do it without the latest iteration of Java.
don't know if that matters to you. it's driving my wife nuts because she likes to be able to print coupons and she apparently can't do it without the latest iteration of Java.
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I don't see anyone getting specific such as: This or that was working poorly in 10.7 but now the problem is solved in 10.8....DO YOU?
I say, stay with 10.7 I am running 10.8.3 and have had to do a reinstall twice and find no clear benefit to 10.8.3. I made the horrible mistake thinking 10.8 must be better than 10.7 because its the next BIG THING
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
I bypassed 10.7, so I don't know what that was like. I did do exactly what was just quoted above and it worked out pretty well. For the most part. 10.8.3 seems to be running fine on both my older iMac and the new rMBP. And that migration worked just exactly as I hoped.
The lone downside for my situation was losing ready access to some old PowerPC software via Rosetta and a solid business printer that was no longer supported in drivers. Some important (to me) applications have no Intel-based upgrade at any price. So, before I made the change, I bought a firewire 2.5", mirrored the SL install to that and now I boot back into that when I need access to those programs. It's not that often but it is a hoop through which I wish I wouldn't have to jump. I also purchased a more modern printer and sold off an old reliable one. Net: the change ended up costing about $500 when you factor in the hardware purchases to mostly maintain the same capabilities I had before.
For the most part though, I mostly like 10.8.3. I've found iCloud to be somewhat useful though it could IMO use some refinements. All in all, I still think SL was the better OS but you don't have that many choices with Apple. Eventually, you have to move or increasingly lose functionality and newer software advances.
The lone downside for my situation was losing ready access to some old PowerPC software via Rosetta and a solid business printer that was no longer supported in drivers. Some important (to me) applications have no Intel-based upgrade at any price. So, before I made the change, I bought a firewire 2.5", mirrored the SL install to that and now I boot back into that when I need access to those programs. It's not that often but it is a hoop through which I wish I wouldn't have to jump. I also purchased a more modern printer and sold off an old reliable one. Net: the change ended up costing about $500 when you factor in the hardware purchases to mostly maintain the same capabilities I had before.
For the most part though, I mostly like 10.8.3. I've found iCloud to be somewhat useful though it could IMO use some refinements. All in all, I still think SL was the better OS but you don't have that many choices with Apple. Eventually, you have to move or increasingly lose functionality and newer software advances.
Dictation makes Mountain Lion the best!
I don't know how people miss the biggest feature of Mountain Lion.
Double Tap your function key....Talk.... converts to text,
ANYWHERE you can type, online, email, etc.
Programs that do this run $50 to $150, but you get it for $20 plus all the other features.
I don't know how people miss the biggest feature of Mountain Lion.
Double Tap your function key....Talk.... converts to text,
ANYWHERE you can type, online, email, etc.
Programs that do this run $50 to $150, but you get it for $20 plus all the other features.
I'm in the middle of an upgrade from SL to ML, sorta. Bought a new computer and am learning ML. Biggest problem for me is external drives. I have all Minis, so externals are pretty necessary. And they will NOT stay mounted with ML unless I set the system to never sleep. It fails to remount as it should at system wake, both USB and FW drives for me. Massive thread about this at Apple's forums.
Theres one good reason for me not to migrate from Snow Leopard and that is, as far as I am aware, both Lion and Mountain Lion will force me to 'upgrade' to iTunes 11 as it comes as part of the OS release.
iTunes 11 lacks features that I need and that are in iTunes 10.x
I know you can 'downgrade' back to iTunes 10 but TBH there's no real incentive that I can see to migrate to Lion or ML (for me).
iTunes 11 lacks features that I need and that are in iTunes 10.x
I know you can 'downgrade' back to iTunes 10 but TBH there's no real incentive that I can see to migrate to Lion or ML (for me).
So I am about to upgrade from SL to ML on my 2009 unibody Macbook. 2.4 GHz, 4gig RAM.
If I want to keep the option open to go back to 10.6.8 after I upgrade for whatever reason, all i need to do is do a time machine backup, not do one after I upgrade and then i can just do a fresh SL install and restore with time machine. Correct?
sorry to threadjack, just didn't see the point in starting a new topic while this one was still current.
thanks!
If I want to keep the option open to go back to 10.6.8 after I upgrade for whatever reason, all i need to do is do a time machine backup, not do one after I upgrade and then i can just do a fresh SL install and restore with time machine. Correct?
sorry to threadjack, just didn't see the point in starting a new topic while this one was still current.
thanks!
DisplacedMic, I've got the same machine you do...though I upgraded to 8Gb RAM. I upgraded to ML and quickly regretted it since I lost access to the PowerPC programs. It took the better part of two days over ridiculously slow wifi, but I did a restore from my Time Machine back to SL.
I'm now considering going BACK to ML for the iCloud features and I now am not tied to the PowerPC applications anymore.
I'm now considering going BACK to ML for the iCloud features and I now am not tied to the PowerPC applications anymore.
Holy cow! I just saw your post and I tried it out in Mail and it works! And now I'm using it here and it's working! I just upgraded to Mountain Lion a few days ago maybe there's other features that I don't know about. You're right this is well worth it!
Thanks for your post. Now what am I gonna do with my hands now that I no longer need them to type
PhoneValet ?
Hello Darryl -
I know this is a real long shot but if, by any chance, you've decided to abandon PhoneValet and happy to actually still have it, I'd be keenly interested in purchasing the hardware and license code (if the license is for PhoneValet 6)
I can be contacted at typetome[at]earthlink.net
Thanks !
Hello Darryl -
I know this is a real long shot but if, by any chance, you've decided to abandon PhoneValet and happy to actually still have it, I'd be keenly interested in purchasing the hardware and license code (if the license is for PhoneValet 6)
I can be contacted at typetome[at]earthlink.net
Thanks !
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Thanks for the interest. Actually, I found that I needed the functionally bad enough (and lacked the desire to go Windows for something like it) that I bought a used Mac Mini which now runs Snow Leopard mostly for this ONE thing. Sorry I couldn't help.
Thank you very much for replying so quickly! I'm obviously disappointed (but not at all surprised). Believe me, I TOTALLY understand.
Thank you again.
Thank you again.