Questions & Answers for OS X Mountain Lion
12 Questions from the Community
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HOW DO I OBTAIN A FULL INSTALL DISK OF OS X
NEED A DVD
- Asked by Larry H from De Kalb
- 31/01/2018
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Have an iMac Mid 2007 with 2,4Ghz and 4GB SDRAM running Yosemite 10.10.5 new software purchase needs 10.11..will it run on this old computer?
- Asked by Gary H from San Diego
- 30/01/2018
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Will I be able to use one copy on multiple machines?
I need to upgrade too Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard, so I can download High Sierra.
Too start with I need too do it on 3 iMacs, but then another 5 ideally. Do I need to purchase 8 copies of this too achieve this or can I use just one?
Thanks for your help.- Asked by Tracy W
- 01/02/2018
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what year did the Mountion Lion verison came out?
- Asked by Sammy W from Garden Grove
- 04/08/2017
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Best Answer:OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion was introduced in July 2012
- Answered by Toon B
- 15/10/2017
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will this work on a Macbook from 2008 that has mac os x 10.6.8?
- Asked by Tyler O from Morton
- 03/11/2017
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Answer
I have a similar problem and I plan to partition my hard drive and re-install Mountain Lion in its own partition. Then I can choose to boot up in either Mountain Lion or Sierra. While in Mountain Lion, I then plan to plug in my back-up disk and *hope* the old applications will run from their previous back ups. Don't know for sure if this is going to work, but it's worth a try. It would cost me a fortune to switch from my older versions of Adobe Photoshop and Word to the newer versions...wish I had thought of that before upgrading. I never even wanted to upgrade, I liked my system the way it was, but was forced into the upgrade because Chrome and Safari no longer supported my OS. :(
- Answered by Colleen D from Van Nuys
- 18/07/2017
- Flag as inappropriate Answer (I need to use an application that needs Mountain Lion and is not yet compatible with Sierra which I upgraded to. How do I go back to Mountain Lion?)
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How to download Mountain Lion freely considering I already had this OS X system and want to downgrade from Sierra now?
- Asked by Amilton M from Campinas
- 07/11/2017
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Is there a download for Mountain Lion?
- Asked by Melinda G from Fort Myers
- 18/12/2017
- Flag as inappropriate (Is there a download for Mountain Lion?)
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If I’ll have Mac OS High Sierra then can I install mountain lion?
- Asked by Vinayak D from Mumbai
- 08/11/2017
- Flag as inappropriate (If I’ll have Mac OS High Sierra then can I install mountain lion?)
AnswerIf your system came with High Sierra, no. This is an EXTREME downgrade.
- Answered by Kim E from Orlando
- 11/12/2017
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can you install it on a blank hard drive that has no OS on it on a 2008 iMac?
- Asked by Layten N from Fort Mill
- 20/11/2017
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Answer
Probably not, if it is a MacBook (not a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air) and it is from 2007, it's not supported.
To be completely sure, check the "Model Identifier" from the Apple Menu (Apple icon in the upper left corner), then "About this Mac", in the window that opens, click "System Report", then select "Hardware", in the Hardware Overview you'll see the "Model Identifier" listed.
Only MacBooks, MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs with the following Model Identifiers can run OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion :
MacBookPro3,1 and higher
MacBookAir2,1 and higher
MacBook5,1 and higher
Judging from the info you've supplied, your Model Identifier is either MacBook2,1 or MacBook3,1 so you won't be able to install OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.- Answered by Toon B
- 15/10/2017
- Flag as inappropriate Answer (I have a MacBook from 2007, Current OS is something like 10.6, is it at all compatible?)