Re: [iPad] How do I Get and Install Mountain Lion

 

One other point.

I may keep the iMac, or my wife will use it, if I like MAC enough to replace my Wintel laptop with a MBP. I don't want to mess with my iTunes between this iMac in case I get caught out with any issues that are as yet unknown to me, given I am new to MAC (I use iOS and Windows)

iTunes is on my laptop, and this is for our 2 iPhones and 2 iPads and one iPod Classic.

When I setup the iMac, I can add my Apple ID at some point in the install? Or that is later?  I want my Apple ID on it, so I can buy Lion/Mountain Lion, but Ii do not want my iTunes anywhere near it, that is possible? If I replace my laptop with this iMac, or another, I will then migrate my iTunes over.

Thanks again!

 


From: Tony <tdale@xtra.co.nz>
To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, 5 November 2012 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [iPad] How do I Get and Install Mountain Lion

 
Thank you Jackie, and Jack, much appreciate the help, and detail. Looking forward to attacking this tonight.
 


From: Jackie Klinnert <jklinnert@cableone.net>
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, 5 November 2012 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [iPad] How do I Get and Install Mountain Lion

 
I would use the original Snow Leopard disks to get a clean install, use Software Update (or download a combo update) to get to 10.6.8, then go to Mountain Lion from there. Here is a link that tells you how to upgrade:

http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/

I would not download it to your Windows laptop. Somewhere in the directions it will tell you how to put it on a flash drive, and that's a good option for future installs.

Jackie
Moorhead, MN

On Nov 4, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Tony wrote:

> I am now using an iMac, my first MACOS experience.. It was left to me by my recently passed away Auntie. It is 2009, Snow Leopard.
>
> I wish to install Mountain Lion, but I also wish that to be a clean install, as Auntie had two profiles, I only know one password, and I woudl like to start with an as new, out of the box OS.
>
> I've read that there may be more issues upgrading then clean installing, is this true. I believe I have the Snow Leopard disks, do these have rego codes as Windows does?
>
> Can I download Moutnoan Lion on my Windows laptop, via iTunes, as a file that can be rin form DVD?
>
> Cheers all
>
> PS
> I am a newbie, so sorry if any of this is basic
>





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