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Apple Launches OS X Mountain Lion via Mac App Store for $19.99
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Same here. Kinda wish I had a SSD installed to half that 34mins
Anyway, all up and running and its beautiful.
still no email... after about 19 hours...
I guess they sold much more laptops that are eligible for the upgrade than what they were expecting.... or some fools are just trying their luck with non-eligible laptops and bugging down the system
this should be easy really - match the serial number with the order number, check the date and voila. I could probably build this with automator or something else
Why won't Mountain Lion work on slightly older Macs which work perfectly well with Lion? Surely it's not that different to its predecessor?
Backing up is a sensible precaution to take at any time, but particularly when performing extensive software or hardware updates.
Say you find that a critical piece of software no longer works, or you just don't like it, you can just roll back to the previous state. You'd be unlucky if anything worse than this happened, such as data loss or a hardware failure.
My suggestion would be at least a Time Machine backup. If you have another spare drive, create a bootable clone of your previous system with something like CCC too.
Edit: I should have said, no, your Lion apps will not be overwritten. Apps for Snow Leopard or earlier may not work though.
Why won't Mountain Lion work on slightly older Macs which work perfectly well with Lion? Surely it's not that different to its predecessor?
Apparently the video cards in older machines don't have 64 bit drivers: https://www.macrumors.com/2012/07/1...ally-drops-suport-for-some-older-64-bit-macs/
Yeah, don't know why it takes so much time. I submitted mine 8 pm yesterday and I still haven't got an email.
Just tried out AirPlay Mirroring between my mini and Apple TV3. Worked like a charm. Had no issues with speed or quality. For me, this alone was worth the upgrade
Still no code here either. Really hope it arrives in the next few hours as the wife is away tonight so I'd get to do the u/g in peace
Been almost 24 hours and have not gotten my code. Called Apple 6 times, they said they would send it. Resubmitted my claim 3 times, to no avail. Inching closer and closer to just hitting the 'Buy Now' button for ML. I don't want to cough up 20 bucks even if 20 bucks is REALLY cheap for an OS. Very frustrated, not that I can't "Live" without it, I have just anticipated it for a long time. I really do hope they send the email, even though a lot of you said they would send it in 72 hours or so, I talked to 5 apple guys, 1 person twice. They all said they would send the email. My pointer finger has cramps from pushing the refresh button too much
and have not gotten my code. Called Apple 6 times, they said they would send it. Resubmitted my claim 3 times, to no avail. Inching closer and closer to just hitting the 'Buy Now' button for ML. I don't want to cough up 20 bucks even if 20 bucks is REALLY cheap for an OS. Very frustrated, not that I can't "Live" without it, I have just anticipated it for a long time. I really do hope they send the email, even though a lot of you said they would send it in 72 hours or so, I talked to 5 apple guys, 1 person twice. They all said they would send the email. My pointer finger has cramps from pushing the refresh button too much Been almost 24 hours
Oh same here.... Im gonna call them in 20min, because then there has been 24 hours between they confirmed my "order" and now and i haven't got any code...
Still waiting. To add insult to injury Apple have managed to send me an email advertising ML though
If you do an update you *shouldn't* lose any data, but always back up just in case.
Been almost 24 hours
I think it's useless complainig at the call center, nowadays something like this SHOULD be istantaneous. I mean, serial number ok, purchase date ok, autoemail back with the secret code...1min perhaps? The reason it's taking so long (I'm waiting alongside u) I think that apple is deliberately holding back all the "free" copys of ML to save server power and give a better and faster experience to the people who are actually paying for it. There is no reason why we (free ML users) shouldn't get the code PREVIOUS to release and be able to download as soon as it comes into purchase...
So, from Apple support, that message is indicative of server overload. Just wait and it'll all be OK. Pretty much their answer for everything that went wrong in the past 2 days. Note to self: need more Kool Aid.
Just installed it. It's a really nice update and really smooth. Love the new look Safari, especially the progress bar. The new dock is also cool.
i have exactly the same setup as you!
how is the performance of mountain lion on your machine?
Better than Lion, do recommend.
Alright thats all i needed to know. I dont have much on my macbook, but enough for it to be annoying to install a lot of the little stuff. I rarely use my laptop