Mountain Lion on the Air - Page 5

MacUser09 · Aug 1, 2012, 03:02 PM

There are several threads on this website describing how to do a clean install of ML.

Here is a description: http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/25/how-t...mountain-lion/

Or just try Google, or Youtube. Plenty of stuff out there now.

I used the above, to make a Mountain Lion installer on a 4Gb USB thumb drive, but there are some videos on YTube.

sukai · Aug 1, 2012, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MacUser09

There are several threads on this website describing how to do a clean install of ML.

Here is a description: http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/25/how-t...mountain-lion/

Or just try Google, or Youtube. Plenty of stuff out there now.

I used the above, to make a Mountain Lion installer on a 4Gb USB thumb drive, but there are some videos on YTube.

They seem to require a usb flash drive. Can it be done without it?

oneMadRssn · Aug 1, 2012, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by sukai

They seem to require a usb flash drive. Can it be done without it?

It can be done with a USB DVD drive.

If you want a clean install, you have to boot from something other than your internal drive. Be it USB thumb drive or USB DVD drive or anything, you will always need some kind of local external source.

sukai · Aug 1, 2012, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by oneMadRssn

It can be done with a USB DVD drive.

If you want a clean install, you have to boot from something other than your internal drive. Be it USB thumb drive or USB DVD drive or anything, you will always need some kind of local external source.

I just found a thread on using the built in recover, will be trying it now to see if it works.

oneMadRssn · Aug 1, 2012, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by sukai

I just found a thread on using the built in recover, will be trying it now to see if it works.

Good luck. I believe it will reinstall Lion for you, not ML.

sukai · Aug 1, 2012, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by oneMadRssn

Good luck. I believe it will reinstall Lion for you, not ML.

Thank you!

Its installing ML. Following the instructions of the thread starter I did an upgrade first then clean install using cmd R. it is currently almost done installing.

Cheffy Dave · Aug 1, 2012, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Smileyboy

Anyone have a aftermarket ssd? I have the 480gb in mine. Anything to notice with that?

Nope installed it on our 3 2010 11" MBA's without a hitch,screaming fast,faster than usual,especially Safari,and Chrome, well a rocket

plucky duck · Aug 1, 2012, 08:30 PM

Had 7GB free prior to ML install, after install it shows 11GB free. Nice!

Where can I find out how to remove nonessential items in OSX? Like fonts, voice controls, etc?

asting · Aug 2, 2012, 10:38 AM

Is anyone else having webcam issues? My camera doesn't show up in the system profiler and still doesn't after a smc reset and a clean install. I think it might be a hardware problem.

macjonny1 · Aug 2, 2012, 10:46 AM

I have a C2D 2010 and a i5 2011 13" and 11" respectively and it works fine

bembol · Aug 2, 2012, 10:47 AM

Not happy that QuickTime changed. I just found out that I can no longer Trim to iTunes.

Also my other Mice, Microsoft 5000 Bluetooth the Back Button no longer works.

asting · Aug 2, 2012, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by macjonny1

I have a C2D 2010 and a i5 2011 13" and 11" respectively and it works fine

Thanks. Mine is a 2012 so I guess I'll be calling them later today.

jj97101 · Aug 2, 2012, 04:08 PM

If I get a new one with nothing on it and I get lion, do I need to do a clean install of Mountain Lion or will the upgrade be fine?

TheMadBrewer · Oct 31, 2012, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaylor

The original base macbook air cost $1,700US and the maxed out air cost a little over 3 grand. Just curiously, do you have an idea of how much you spent on it?

Only about 3 months late in responding

I had the max with a traditional disk, (1.80GHz Intel Core 2 Duo w/2GB, 80gb 4200rpm drive) Was $2178 for that, plus $99 for super driver, $29 for ethernet adapter, etc, etc.

gr997s · Nov 23, 2012, 02:12 PM

Just bought that special 2011 MBA with 2G's of ram. It appears that reading the past 5 pages that upgrading ML will be fine on this machine, or did I miss something? True?..Thanks...

AMDGAMER · Nov 23, 2012, 06:11 PM

2010 mbair w 4GB ram and its quick. very pleased for 20 bucks to upgrade.

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Aug 1, 2012, 03:02 PM	#101
MacUser09 macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK	There are several threads on this website describing how to do a clean install of ML. Here is a description: http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/25/how-t...mountain-lion/ Or just try Google, or Youtube. Plenty of stuff out there now. I used the above, to make a Mountain Lion installer on a 4Gb USB thumb drive, but there are some videos on YTube.
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plucky duck macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2012	Had 7GB free prior to ML install, after install it shows 11GB free. Nice! Where can I find out how to remove nonessential items in OSX? Like fonts, voice controls, etc?
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Aug 2, 2012, 10:38 AM	#109
asting macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2012	Is anyone else having webcam issues? My camera doesn't show up in the system profiler and still doesn't after a smc reset and a clean install. I think it might be a hardware problem.
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Aug 2, 2012, 04:08 PM	#113
jj97101 macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2012	If I get a new one with nothing on it and I get lion, do I need to do a clean install of Mountain Lion or will the upgrade be fine?
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Nov 23, 2012, 02:12 PM	#115
gr997s macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2010	Just bought that special 2011 MBA with 2G's of ram. It appears that reading the past 5 pages that upgrading ML will be fine on this machine, or did I miss something? True?..Thanks...
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