OS X Mountain Lion Launching Tomorrow, July 25

[goinskiing]

I'm hoping for a bootcamp update to fix the turboboosting issue with the 2012 i7 MBAs!

Stoked about ML. Happy new OS eve!

 

[gloss]

i'm torn… it should improve some of what i hate in lion, so that's good, but it's likely the end of all but the most-critical updates for snow leopard, which i'm not so happy about.

That's mountains for you though, lots of ups and downs.

best movie

 

[davidgnomo]

"We are also really looking forward to the amazing new products we've got in the pipeline."

Is it just me or anyone else feels like he's making fun of people waiting for up to date desktops ???

 

[quietstormSD]

So if I buy a built to order macbook pro today from apple, will it come pre installed with mountain lion when it ships?

Most likely no. But you will be able to get a free upgrade.

 

[mszpara]

Yay!
I'm on my first Mac so who can help me out here...

I currently have Lion, and I have a bunch of photos and some movies stored locally. Do I have to back everything up before running the update? is this going to be a fresh install?

 

[Apple fanboy]

"Apple followed a similar tactic last year, announcing at the start of its July earnings conference call that OS X Lion would launch the following day."



That definitely means a new iMac.... Either tomorrow or by the end of the year...

Lets hope so. Getting sick of waiting now.

 

[maswriter]

Here, kitty, kitty. (But back up first, though.)

 

[BanterClaus]

I think last year it was about 1pm Uk time

That's correct. I seem to remember it being around 1:30pm.

 

[fel10]

OMG

 

[Flood123]

"
That definitely means a new iMac.... Either tomorrow or by the end of the year...

That's a rather LARGE window of opportunity for your prediction to be correct.
LOL!

 

[nsfw]

My Retina MBP is ready for it! All stuff/files saved in drop box. Woot!

What does your machine type and being ready or not ready for it have to do with anything? Unless you have a 2008 core 2 duo white macbook, I think all of us are ready for it.
You know who's not ready for it? App devs who will have to plow through the massive amounts of error logs that their paying customers will be generating.

 

[AcesHigh87]

I think I’m going to wait it out a bit this time. I jumped on the Lion train as soon as it left and was a little disappointed with what I got so I’ll see what people think this time before I get Mountain Lion.

 

[ChristianVirtual]

OMG

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Fits better compared to the (yet missed) Frey ...

 

[mrtravel123]

I created a Lion USB and did a clean install via my USB. (Download Lion, go into disk utilities, tinker around, etc).

Will it be the same with Mountain Lion? Can I download, create a Mountain Lion USB... and then do a clean install via that USB?

I'd like to do a 100% clean install on my SSD, etc.

 

[benwiggy]

I currently have Lion, and I have a bunch of photos and some movies stored locally. Do I have to back everything up before running the update? is this going to be a fresh install?

Every OS upgrade allows you to install the OS over your existing installation and keep your user files and settings intact. I've upgraded my current Mac through every OS from 10.4 to 10.7 and never wiped the disk.

But, even if the disk got wiped, it won't matter, because you've got a backup of your files, right....? You're running Time Machine every hour onto an external drive, right...?

 

[mnsportsgeek]

when will the up to date page go back up? Perhaps this evening? Guessing probably not till release.

 

[drivebass]

Why $19.99 and not $20.00? What's the catch?

 

[ian.]

I thought Lion was released Midnight EST last year. Hopefully that's what they'll do tonight (11 PM CST here!)

 

[frankdogg]

i hope the servers are ready for me, and you and you and you and you and you.

 

[techsmith]

Yay!
I'm on my first Mac so who can help me out here...

I currently have Lion, and I have a bunch of photos and some movies stored locally. Do I have to back everything up before running the update? is this going to be a fresh install?

If you haven't already set up Time Machine either with an external USB drive or a Time Capsule. The money you spend for either solution will be far less than what you would have to pay to recover your data should the worst happen, and there is no guarantee that you'd be able to get any data back. Alternatively I like to use Carbon Copy Cloner, which makes a bootable clone. Having no backup is a very bad idea, and doing something major like an OS upgrade with no backup is a very VERY bad idea. The update will keep all your data intact IF IT WORKS RIGHT, but THINGS GO WRONG.

 

[moderngamenewb]

Is this the first time they announced something like this during an earnings call?

This is actually the second time they've done it. They did it with Lion as well last year. I had expected that they would do it again for Mountain Lion

 

[26139]

Yes

Any idea on when the redemption codes will work?

Edit -- And has it been proven that you can make USB install disks for Mountain Lion as well? Would be very helpful to get a few test iMacs up and running with it tomorrow!

I have two developer friends that have already made USB install disks with the GM.

You're good.

 

[IzzyJG99]

Brace yourselves...for the 109 hours, 109 minutes remaining on your download tomorrow.

 

[drivebass]

Yes, but why $19.99 and not $20.00? what's the difference? Is it that $19.99 just looks cheaper?

 

[miss.manson]

just me who read that in The Joker's voice?

You're not alone!