Assuming you want to do so, click Continue twice. Click Other Network Options to use Ethernet instead. If you opt to transfer accounts and settings from a Snow Leopard or Lion Mac or drive, the setup procedure will continue much as if you upgraded from Snow Leopard or Lion, respectively.
Incompatible software warning : If you upgraded a Snow Leopard or Lion Mac, the first time you boot into Mountain Lion you may see a dialog box informing you that some of the existing software on your Mac is incompatible with the new OS, and listing that software. Apple provides more information about such software in a support article. In either case, OS X automatically moves this incompatible software to a folder called Incompatible Software at the root level of your startup drive.
You may find, despite your pre-installation checks , that some of your existing software needs updates. Even if no updates to Mountain Lion itself are available, you may find that, after installing OS X Choose one, and OS X will see if drivers are available. Click Add to download it and add this printer. Thanks to Macworld contributor Joe Kissell for this tip. If any of these services have been disabled, and you want to use them, turn them on now.
For most people, Mountain Lion—like Lion before it—is easy enough to get and easy to install. But, also as with Lion, upgrading to OS X But if none of these fixes have an effect, reinstalling macOS can likely help speed up your system.
This is especially the case if your Mac is approaching a decade of life. It also depends on how securely you erase your hard drive because some programs erase your disc times to make sure none of the data is recoverable. I'd estimate anywhere from 1 to 5 hours would be the norm but it's possible for it to take up to 12 hours.
The macOS Catalina installation should take about 20 to 50 minutes if everything works right. This includes a speedy download and a simple install with no issues or errors. As long as you bought a Mac from June 11th onwards, you're eligible for a free upgrade to Mountain Lion! Just make sure you request your upgrade within 30 days of Mountain Lions ' release and the free upgrade is yours! Each update is provided with its own installer as a stand-alone version in case users experience problems with the Software Update tool.
Download and apply the update , then restart the computer, if prompted. Reinstalling Mountain Lion Restart your computer, and immediately hold down command-r until the gray Apple logo appears.
If prompted, select your main language and then click the arrow. Follow the instructions on the screen, and then choose your hard disk. Apple has just announced the latest version of OS X, It's worth noting that the discount doesn't extend to OS X Server. The latest Server 3. It's a free update, and it delivers a whole host changes, most notably a revamped visual style that's a lot more colorful than the OS X you're used to. If your Mac isn't compatible with macOS Catalina , the installer will let you know.
Steps Find out what computer model you have. Click the "Apple button" in the upper left corner of your screen. Posted on Aug 11, PM. Page content loaded. Update: It has been more than 5 hours now, and the mac book air is saying about 24 hours and 45 minutes more I have found a post saying it took 2 hours and 20 minutes to download a.
Aug 11, PM. Update2: There is something very wrong with wireless on mountain lion recovery. I don't know what the problem is, but this link may explain:. Wireless recovery would start out with over 25 hours estimated and kept on failing. It turns out to be a two step process of downloading a few Mbytes then a 4Gbyte. I bought the thunderbolt to gigabit ethernet adapter, plugged it in, restarted recovery and download of a little more than 4Gbytes took less than an hour.
My limiting factor was probably comcast home internet rate of 12Mbps. The wi-fi wireless connection should be able to do over Mbps, so wireless shouldn't be much slower than wired, except wi-fi wireless is broken. Now that ML is installed and updated, wi-fi seems fine now, as I am using it right now, but I haven't tried downloading a big file yet. Aug 13, PM. Question: Q: How long should os x mountain lion recovery take? Communities Get Support.
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