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Am i ready for Mountain Lion?

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MrMacBookPro

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Been thinking about upgrading to Mountain Lion now that i've upgraded Ram to 8GB.. I want to upgrade so i continue to get updates because eventually we won't anymore with Snow Leopard..

Will i notice any slower speeds with ML or will it essentially stay the same?

Any one advice not to do this or stay with SL? thanks
 
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You will be fine.
 
Somewhere there is a graph of battery usage under different OS, same hardware. That's the only thing I can think of if battery life is anywhere important to u.
 
MrMacBookPro said:
Been thinking about upgrading to Mountain Lion now that i've upgraded Ram to 8GB.. I want to upgrade so i continue to get updates because eventually we won't anymore with Snow Leopard..

Will i notice any slower speeds with ML or will it essentially stay the same?

Any one advice not to do this or stay with SL? thanks
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What sort of updates are you worried about not getting anymore?
 
mrsir2009 said:
What sort of updates are you worried about not getting anymore?
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I believe iWork doesn't ... well, work. At least I tried to download it from the store with some older mac (I think it was 10.6) a few weeks ago and it said I needed to upgrade.
 
skitzogreg said:
It's a relatively inexpensive upgrade path anyway. You'll want not only the OS security updates, but the features as well. Not to mention future software compatibility.
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thats what i was thinking and for $20 is really a now brainer.. Think i'll do this tomorrow..

i do have one more question.. How do i back up things like itunes, photos, and Apps before the new OS is downloaded... Do i use time machine?
 
MrMacBookPro said:
thats what i was thinking and for $20 is really a now brainer.. Think i'll do this tomorrow..

i do have one more question.. How do i back up things like itunes, photos, and Apps before the new OS is downloaded... Do i use time machine?
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Honestly? Don't use TM, in case for some reason ML becomes picky with an old backup. Still do a TM backup, but also partition the drive and ONLY put on it your iTunes/iPhoto/etc. to just do a drag/drop.
 
skitzogreg said:
Honestly? Don't use TM, in case for some reason ML becomes picky with an old backup. Still do a TM backup, but also partition the drive and ONLY put on it your iTunes/iPhoto/etc. to just do a drag/drop.
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How do u partition the drive for itunes and photos only? Sorry i'm new to this
 
I'm a little confused on how to set up Time Machine.. I tried to set it up and it ask me to set up 'Time Capsule" but there is nothing there?

I just want to back up itunes, Apps, and desk top image..

THanks
 
since this thread i've recently upgraded my HD to a Seagate 750GB 7200rpm..

and now using my original HD as my external.. Looks like i have plenty of space to run the 4GB of ML... 😀

how does the does everyone use the iMessages on ML? how well does it work?

Seems like there are some really cool features that SL just doesn't have..
 
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