how to upgrade my os to mountain lion from snow leopard with a os back up

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how to upgrade my os to mountain lion from snow leopard with a os back up

Hi to all in community

Currently am using MacBook with Mac os X 10.6.8 snow leopard. i would like to upgrade to mountain lion and i found the way to upgrade it.

Now am here with an issue, i have the snow leopard os backup software in a cd which i got when i purchased my MacBook in sep' 2010. how can i get the mountain lion backup when i upgrade it, so i can use this backup cd when my os gets crashed or do i need pay $19.XX again to get my mountain lion os?

My Configuration:

processor : Core2Duo

RAM : 2GB

HDD : 250 GB

iPhone 4, iOS 4.3, i am using Mac os x(snow leopard)

Posted on Jan 30, 2013 4:48 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 30, 2013 4:59 AM in response to Thomas Franjo P J

Hello,

external hard drive solves the problem. First make a full time machine backup, then install the new software on your computer.

Next you use the migration assistent to move data from the external drive into the new system.

I did this when i changed all of my iMac core 2 Duo snow leopard data into the new mountain lion OS.

Everything worked fine

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Answer 2

Jan 30, 2013 9:06 AM in response to Thomas Franjo P J

• how can i get the mountain lion backup when i upgrade it, so i can use this backup cd when my os gets crashed or do i need pay $19.XX again to get my mountain lion os?

You buy Mountain Lion from Apple. They keep a record of your purchase. If you need it again sometime later, there is no additional charge. You just download it again.

If however you want to save a copy yourself, that can be done. Here are the instructions:

http://lifehacker.com/5928780/how-to-burn-os-x-mountain-lion-to-a-dvd-or-usb-fla sh-drive

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