Pls Help Want To Upgrade To Lion Mountain

How did you buy Mountain Lion using Leopard? It can only be bought from the App Store, and Leopard does not have that.

Yes, purchase the Snow Leopard install DVD from Apple and install it so that you can purchase the next version of OS X from the App Store on 10.6.8

Check to be sure that you Mac meets the specs for Mountain Lion

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Allan

This is actually making me really mad as I want to upgrade from Leopard to Mountain Lion on the iMac that I am currently using as I have previously purchased a so called "multi-use" Mountain Lion install using my other iMac (which was using Snow Leopard). Surely there's a way for me to install Mountain Lion on this Mac without having to first purchase Snow Leopard. I can't stand paying for the same thing twice! 😠

First: you're not going to pay twice as surely SL is 129$ (right?) but updates to Lion or M. Lion have been released with at a very cheap price (good policy as it is a minor update - can't remember but around 29$).

Second: technically speaking and coherently with Apple's statements I have never been able to install Lion or M. Lion on a Mac with Snow Leo 10.6.5 or earlier. 10.6.6 is needed and 10.6.8 is recommended.

HTH
Simon

luxuryliner67 wrote:

First: you're not going to pay twice as surely SL is 129$ (right?)

No, SL is $20

You're right, I did a mistake. Therefore it is very interesting to upgrade to M. Lion.

Cheers

Simon

Upgrade to Snow Leopard, then update to 10.6.8

Snow Leopard Purchase

Check that your computer is compatible with Mountain Lion.

To check the model number hold down the option/alt key, go to the Apple menu and select System Information.

• MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) model number 5,1 or higher
• MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) model number 3,1 or higher
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) model number 2,1 or higher

Your Mac needs:

• OS X v10.6.8 or OS X Lion already installed
• 2 GB or more of memory (More is better)
• 8 GB or more of available space

Check to make sure your applications are compatible. PowerPC applications are no longer supported. Application Compatibility

You can also check by going to the  menu, select About this Mac, click on More info…, then click System Report and select Software/Applications.

If you have applications that you want to use that aren’t compatible, you can retain Snow Leopard and create a new partition to install Mountain Lion on or you can run Snow Leopard server in a virtual mode.

If your computer isn't compatible, you might be able to upgrade to Lion. Computer Compatibility - Lion

If you can/do upgrade, I recommend you make a copy of the installer and move it out of your Applications folder. The installer self-destructs. The copy will keep you from having to download the installer again. You can make a bootable DVD/USB stick to install using this free program.

Bootable Drive DVD or USB Flash Drive – Lion Diskmaker

From Kappy

Install Mountain Lion Successfully from 10.6.8

I don't think you quite understand my issue. I have a Mountain Lion install all ready to go until I find out that it is, in fact, not able to be used on Leopard. I've already spent $30 on an upgrade, so why should I have to spend $30 to upgrade just so I can use my other upgrade!

Is Apple trying to suck money out of me or something, because it's outrageous that I have to buy two upgrades just so my Mac can run Java!!!

And how did you purchase Mountain Lion without having at least Snow Leopard (10.6) on the computer?

I purchased it on my other Mac (which was running Snow Leopard). I remember it said that the install was multi-use, however they neglected to mention that multi-use did not include Macs running on Leopard...

Quote from Apple site below.

System requirements for OS X Mountain Lion

Learn the system requirements for OS X Mountain Lion.

OS X Mountain Lion system requirements

To install Mountain Lion, you need one of these Macs:

iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)

MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)

MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)

MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)

Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)

Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)

Xserve (Early 2009)

Your Mac needs:

OS X v10.6.8 or OS X Lion already installed

2 GB or more of memory

8 GB or more of available space

plime97 wrote:

I purchased it on my other Mac (which was running Snow Leopard). I remember it said that the install was multi-use, however they neglected to mention that multi-use did not include Macs running on Leopard...

Make an installer from the other Mac, use it for this Mac.

Use this to make the installer, you'll need a 4GB (minimum) USB drive.