Hello, I have a Macbook 2008 late with leopard 10.5.8 and I want to upgrade to the OS X Mountain Lion. How can I do this? My macbook is compatible? If the answer is yes, how can I do this. Thanks for any help
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Macbook late 2008 (metal)
Phone the Apple Store and order a Mac OS X 10.6 DVD, install it, run Software Update, and get Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store.
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Upgrading to Mountain Lion
You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99. To access the App Store you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later installed.
If you need to purchase Snow Leopard contact Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service. The price is $29.00 plus tax. You will receive physical media - DVD - by mail.
Third-party sources for Snow Leopard are:
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store.
If you need to purchase Lion contact Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download.
Be sure your computer meets the minimum requirements:
Apple - OS X Mountain Lion - Read the technical specifications.
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps - App compatibility and feature support for OS X & iOS.
For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion.
Thanks for yours quick answer, they help me understand how it works. So, if I have a Snow Leopard dvd from my Wife's Macbook pro 2010, can I use it to upgrade my Macbook late 2008 aluminium, and then buy the mountain lion???
No. You need to use a retail DVD to upgrade.
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And if I format my Macbook from cero???? Why I need to pay 30$ if I'm not goin to use the snow leopard. That's have no sense. Or I can buy a new hard drive, and then install the ML, but I need the ML OS in DVD right?
Because the OS disk which shipped with a specific Mac will only install onto that Mac model, and the Mountain Lion installer can't be launched from Mac OS X 10.5.8, not even if you download it from a newer system and move it to that Mac. If you can put the MacBook into FireWire Target Disk mode and hook it up to the MacBook Pro, you should be able to upgrade that way without a separate 10.6 DVD.
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pls help me. I have almost the same problem.
I want an OS X UPGRADE but i am currently using Macbook late 2009 (the white one) 10.6.3, I want my OS to urgrade to 10.8.3. Is it possible?
I have been working with this since i've purchased the OS 10.8.3 but its not workingvia the APP STORE ($19.99).. please help me. i really need to upgrade because i cannot purchase other apps because the requirements to some apps is at least 10.7.1 or later....
pls pls pls. help!
Hello, I have a Macbook 2008 late with leopard 10.5.8 and I want to upgrade to the OS X Mountain Lion. How can I do this? Thanks for any help
