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Q: mountain lion download stuck?

Hi!!

 

Could anybody who has installed Mountain Lion tell me how long it took before it has downloaded?

Mine seems to be stuck.... 5 min it shows no progress on the icon....

 

Thanks!!

 

 

Hmmm... It seems it's moving... will take a while, must be internet connection....

MacBook Pro with Retina display

Posted on Jul 25, 2012 7:42 AM

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  • by lll,

    lll lll Jul 25, 2012 8:26 AM in response to diverter
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    Jul 25, 2012 8:26 AM in response to diverter

    I am in Montreal Canada and after 20 minutes , I'm half way there !

  • by Anthony Shaw1,

    Anthony Shaw1 Anthony Shaw1 Jul 25, 2012 8:27 AM in response to hyndman
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    Jul 25, 2012 8:27 AM in response to hyndman

    How can you tell it sticks at 53.25MB? I mean, is there somewhere to check the progress apart from watching the progress bars in the mountain lion symbol or in the Launchpad icon? Mine are still pea-sized and haven't lengthened in 30 minutes.

  • by Screaming.Pict,

    Screaming.Pict Screaming.Pict Jul 25, 2012 8:32 AM in response to Anthony Shaw1
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    Jul 25, 2012 8:32 AM in response to Anthony Shaw1

    Anthony- if you go to the purchases tab you will see it.

     

    It seems that most people are getting a slow but steady download. However there's a couple of us in the UK who find it just hangs or returns an error when it hits 53.25MB.

  • by hyndman,

    hyndman hyndman Jul 25, 2012 8:33 AM in response to Anthony Shaw1
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    Jul 25, 2012 8:33 AM in response to Anthony Shaw1

    Chek in the purchases tab of the app store. You will see progress at the top of the page for Mountain Lion.

  • by Anthony Shaw1,

    Anthony Shaw1 Anthony Shaw1 Jul 25, 2012 8:36 AM in response to hyndman
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    Jul 25, 2012 8:36 AM in response to hyndman

    Ah thanks hyndman, that's very helpful, just 11 hours 43 minutes to go!

  • by Anthony Shaw1,

    Anthony Shaw1 Anthony Shaw1 Jul 25, 2012 8:37 AM in response to Anthony Shaw1
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    Jul 25, 2012 8:37 AM in response to Anthony Shaw1

    Oops, thanks Screaming.Pict too!

  • by diverter,

    diverter diverter Jul 25, 2012 8:38 AM in response to hyndman
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    Jul 25, 2012 8:38 AM in response to hyndman

    Got it!!!!! Jihaaaaaaa!!!!!!

  • by Monty1945,

    Monty1945 Monty1945 Jul 25, 2012 8:46 AM in response to diverter
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    Jul 25, 2012 8:46 AM in response to diverter

    Greetings,

     

    I downloded ML about an hour and a half ago, and it took 33 minutes to complete the download. It started off slow, as yours did, but then it took right off.

     

    Install time was short, but I didn't time it - maybe 25 minutes. All is working as advertised, so far. I've never had a problem with any of the new OS X versions, but then I clear caches, do a repair permissions, shut down running startups, etc, before I install major updates.

     

    Cheers,

    M.

  • by Screaming.Pict,

    Screaming.Pict Screaming.Pict Jul 25, 2012 8:47 AM in response to diverter
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    Jul 25, 2012 8:47 AM in response to diverter

    Hyndman- I connected to my Mac at home and re-ran the purchase there and the download has happily run straight past the 53.25MB level that we were hitting. My download at work is still dying at 53.25MB so it must be something to do with the specific Apple download server that our ISPs are connecting to (the download was failing through Verizon and BT, working on a different machine at home through Virgin Media).

  • by taboozed,

    taboozed taboozed Jul 25, 2012 8:52 AM in response to diverter
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    Jul 25, 2012 8:52 AM in response to diverter

    One more in the UK. Tried on two Macs - both stop at 53.25MB.

     

    Best spent £13.99 ever.

  • by Screaming.Pict,

    Screaming.Pict Screaming.Pict Jul 25, 2012 9:29 AM in response to taboozed
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    Jul 25, 2012 9:29 AM in response to taboozed

    Taboozed, hyndman; What connections are you using?

     

    In my case I'm behind an ISA2007 firewall.

     

    Taboozed- if you can find a different mac on a different connection then that's your best bet (get the App store to download the installer and then copy it over with a memory stick). Small hope, I know, but it's all I can suggest.

  • by tabooze,

    tabooze tabooze Jul 25, 2012 9:34 AM in response to Screaming.Pict
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    Jul 25, 2012 9:34 AM in response to Screaming.Pict

    I'll try when I get home. I'm on BT both at home and work, so I'm not holding great hopes. Hoping someone may fix it by tomorrow, don't really want to waste hours trying to fix it myself.

     

    Thanks

  • by Screaming.Pict,

    Screaming.Pict Screaming.Pict Jul 25, 2012 9:40 AM in response to tabooze
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    Jul 25, 2012 9:40 AM in response to tabooze

    Tabooze - I'm wondering if it's something to do with my corporate firewall as this is a problem that others have had with other apple downloads from the office. The only weird thing for me was that it was happening when I then connected to our BT broadband test network as well, but it could be that the first download somehow tainted something so that switching to the broadband connection didn't help.

  • by hyndman,

    hyndman hyndman Jul 25, 2012 9:53 AM in response to Screaming.Pict
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    Jul 25, 2012 9:53 AM in response to Screaming.Pict

    Ahhh haaaa.  Looks as if BT may have issues. That was the ISP at work where I was failing. Wonder of they are deliberately blocking. I am off home to merrily install on Virgin Media I hope. 

  • by Screaming.Pict,

    Screaming.Pict Screaming.Pict Jul 25, 2012 10:02 AM in response to hyndman
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    Jul 25, 2012 10:02 AM in response to hyndman

    Don't jump too high- if it were BT issues we'd be seeing a lot more than the 4 of us with this issue. Additionally my initial download attempt was on my office's Verizon MPLS connection (although they could be using a BT exit to the Interwebs).

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