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Hello,
Anyone has tried Mountain Lion on his machine. I've tried to install it on my Mac Pro end 2006 but it doesn't want to install on this machine. I have a MacBook Air 2010 but I don't know how it can work on it. This machine is supposed to be less powerful than my Mac Pro even if one is older than the other. Am I correct ?
February 17, 2012 11:38 pm
Works fine on a 2011 MacBook Air. It doesn't run much differently from Lion, aside from 3rd party app stability issues.
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February 18, 2012 6:14 am
Warbrain wrote:
blue_fireball_eater wrote:Works fine on a 2011 MacBook Air. It doesn't run much differently from Lion, aside from 3rd party app stability issues.
It's pretty stable. I'm enjoying it so far.
Not too much problems with your softwares ?
February 18, 2012 5:19 pm
LaurentR wrote:
Warbrain wrote:blue_fireball_eater wrote:Works fine on a 2011 MacBook Air. It doesn't run much differently from Lion, aside from 3rd party app stability issues.
It's pretty stable. I'm enjoying it so far.
Not too much problems with your softwares ?
I haven't found anything that doesn't work.
February 18, 2012 11:38 pm
I had trouble with Sparrow, but I wanted to test out Mail anyways.
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February 19, 2012 7:47 am
LaurentR wrote:
Hello,
Anyone has tried Mountain Lion on his machine. I've tried to install it on my Mac Pro end 2006 but it doesn't want to install on this machine. I have a MacBook Air 2010 but I don't know how it can work on it. This machine is supposed to be less powerful than my Mac Pro even if one is older than the other. Am I correct ?
@LaurentR,
This article could help you:
http://www.j4mie.co.uk/blog/2012/02/18/ … -macpro11/
Eric
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February 20, 2012 5:00 am
ericsan wrote:
LaurentR wrote:Hello,
Anyone has tried Mountain Lion on his machine. I've tried to install it on my Mac Pro end 2006 but it doesn't want to install on this machine. I have a MacBook Air 2010 but I don't know how it can work on it. This machine is supposed to be less powerful than my Mac Pro even if one is older than the other. Am I correct ?
@LaurentR,
This article could help you:
http://www.j4mie.co.uk/blog/2012/02/18/ … -macpro11/
Eric
Thank you for the URL. I have two questions concerning this howto.
1) It contains a patched version of EFI32.pkg. Is it safe for the machine on which I'm installing this ? I would have a PC, I wouldn't touch to the BIOS. From what I've read, EFI is the same for Mac hardware, is it correct ?
2) I can't restore the image disk on a USB key. There seem to be some problem with the dmg file. It fails when I try to analyze it. Is it because the image disk is writable or because the size has changed with EFI32.pkg ?
I've already installed Mountain Lion on my Macbook Air 2010 and it works fine, so I would like to do it on my Mac Pro, but I want to be sure before 
February 21, 2012 4:36 am
How is performance vs. lion / snow leopard? I noticed a small (<5%) dip in speed in lion vs. snow leopard. This is the first mac OS I've used that actually decreased performance (however slight). I am curious if there is a performance difference.
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February 26, 2012 2:51 am
mtaylor wrote:
How is performance vs. lion / snow leopard? I noticed a small (<5%) dip in speed in lion vs. snow leopard. This is the first mac OS I've used that actually decreased performance (however slight). I am curious if there is a performance difference.
Considering I never saw a drop in speed between Lion and Snow Leopard I'm not sure what the issue could be.
February 26, 2012 4:30 am
How are you guys getting it now? Are you all devs?
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February 28, 2012 8:46 pm
March 1, 2012 6:27 am
Sparrow works swimmingly with Mountain Lion now. The new Mail is a big step up from the design of Mail in Lion, but still not my cup of tea.
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April 17, 2012 9:05 pm
No RSS support in Mail.app and Safari.app. Apple is aiming at improving the world's productivity!!!
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April 20, 2012 11:39 am
Mountain Lion requires an advanced GPU chipset so certain Mac's will not be able to run ML even if they run Lion... but of course there are some work arounds as you are finding out.
May 23, 2012 3:43 am
LaurentR wrote:
Anyone has tried Mountain Lion on his machine. I've tried to install it on my Mac Pro end 2006 but it doesn't want to install on this machine. I have a MacBook Air 2010 but I don't know how it can work on it. This machine is supposed to be less powerful than my Mac Pro even if one is older than the other. Am I correct ?
If you look at this Apple webpage, you'll see Mac Pro computers manufactured before 2008 aren't supported.
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June 22, 2012 7:34 am
mikeyfindlay wrote:
LaurentR wrote:Anyone has tried Mountain Lion on his machine. I've tried to install it on my Mac Pro end 2006 but it doesn't want to install on this machine. I have a MacBook Air 2010 but I don't know how it can work on it. This machine is supposed to be less powerful than my Mac Pro even if one is older than the other. Am I correct ?
If you look at this Apple webpage, you'll see Mac Pro computers manufactured before 2008 aren't supported.
In fact there is this, even if I'm not sure that it stills works with the last preview :
June 26, 2012 12:09 am
I have Mountain Lion (10.8.1) loaded on my Late 2007 MacBook Pro. It just so happens that my machine I have it loaded on is the oldest machine that Apple officially supports for Mountain Lion.
I don't use that machine as much as my current Machine (late 2011 MacBook Pro) but it seems to run everything I've tried. I know that http://www.roaringapps.com has a list of apps and what others have said about how they are working under Mountain Lion, perhaps that list can help you out a bit.
September 16, 2012 2:24 am
I'd wait til 10.8.2 is released. Should be within the month. Fixes all the battery life issues and bugs with Mountain Lion in first release and 8.1
rocks & socks
September 16, 2012 12:23 pm
For all of your portable users - how has your battery life fared so far after your upgrade to Mountain Lion? I'm looking forward to upgrading my 2011 MacBook Air, but I haven't heard anything conclusive yet about a fix being issued.
Also, what about WiFi? My mom's Mac mini is suffering from the notorious Lion WiFi issues, and I'm hoping that Mountain Lion might help fix that once and for all.
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September 16, 2012 1:05 pm
Mountain Lion is better than Lion in pretty much every way I can think of. Supposedly there was a battery drain issue in 10.8.0 and 10.8.1 but it did not have a big effect on my mid-2011 MacBook Air.
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September 16, 2012 6:11 pm
10.8.2 coming out in a hot second is said to fix all battery drain issues.
Obvies no problem if yours is a desktop
rocks & socks
September 17, 2012 5:45 pm
Still not as polished as snow leopard, but I think ML is my favorite OS ever, largely because of documents in iCloud.
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September 17, 2012 8:06 pm
I'm on the fence about upgrading. I'm on an early 2008 MPB, so I could run it. I'm not a fan of some of the tweaks that iOS-ify some of the interface, but I know they can be undone. I can't use features like Airplay. I also haven't heard for sure if Rosetta Stone and a couple other big apps I use are 100% supported. Haven't been happy with Apple for the last half year or so. They nerfed FCP, and they're taking the overall UI of OSX in a direction I'm not entirely fond of. This is the first year I haven't been jumping up and down to upgrade my tech.
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September 17, 2012 11:51 pm
So far, Mountain Lion is working pretty well for me. I haven't had any non-functioning apps that I'd consider a deal breaker, though I did thin down my app collection a ton beforehand.
And now that I think about it, I think I am running into some Wifi problems. Good to know they're just because of ML, and not my aging MBP. It's a little annoying, but it's only that my computer doesn't auto-connect to my network after waking from sleep.
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September 18, 2012 3:31 am
I'm still on Snow Leopard, but that is because I have sucky internet connection and now have to seek out an apple store. 
I'm going to upgrade very soon.
I personally hate rosetta stone apps, so I would be fine losing it if it comes to that. Only problem is I won't know if it is ML or my modem for the crappy wifi after upgrading. LOL
Wait a minute... I can complain...
Why can't MacHeist magically make my comp have ML? Or they could at least provide me with a stable modem and internet connection that is fast. I mean really... How. Dare. They. 
Of course I'm a mermaid... what did you think? 
September 18, 2012 11:10 pm
melheist wrote:
Why can't MacHeist magically make my comp have ML? Or they could at least provide me with a stable modem and internet connection that is fast. I mean really... How. Dare. They.
If I had a DVD drive I would just burn you an install disk. However, I have a MacBook Air and never needed to buy an external dvd drive...
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September 19, 2012 6:03 am
rampancy wrote:
For all of your portable users - how has your battery life fared so far after your upgrade to Mountain Lion? I'm looking forward to upgrading my 2011 MacBook Air, but I haven't heard anything conclusive yet about a fix being issued.
I'd wait til 10.8.2 is released. Should be within the month. Fixes all the battery life issues and bugs with Mountain Lion in first release and 8.1 - http://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/10/os- … on-levels/
rocks & socks
September 19, 2012 7:54 am
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