All this means you should set some time aside and get comfortable. Tell us how it goes. Sign up. How long will it take to install Mountain Lion? Choose one, and OS X will see if drivers are available. Click Add to download it and add this printer.
Thanks to Macworld contributor Joe Kissell for this tip. If any of these services have been disabled, and you want to use them, turn them on now. For most people, Mountain Lion—like Lion before it—is easy enough to get and easy to install. But, also as with Lion, upgrading to OS X Even worse, if your ISP enforces caps on your Internet-data usage, you could end up paying a hefty price for the privilege.
I suspect that will continue to be the case with Mountain Lion. Businesses, schools, and other organizations and institutions that need to install Mountain Lion on many different computers : When Lion was released last year, we heard concerns from large installations—schools, businesses, and the like—about the Mac App Store-only distribution.
These organizations often need to roll out new versions of OS X to many Macs, and forcing each user to download and install Lion presented significant technical, logistical, and support issues. This is especially the case if your Mac is approaching a decade of life. It also depends on how securely you erase your hard drive because some programs erase your disc times to make sure none of the data is recoverable. I'd estimate anywhere from 1 to 5 hours would be the norm but it's possible for it to take up to 12 hours.
The macOS Catalina installation should take about 20 to 50 minutes if everything works right. This includes a speedy download and a simple install with no issues or errors.
As long as you bought a Mac from June 11th onwards, you're eligible for a free upgrade to Mountain Lion! Just make sure you request your upgrade within 30 days of Mountain Lions ' release and the free upgrade is yours! Each update is provided with its own installer as a stand-alone version in case users experience problems with the Software Update tool. Download and apply the update , then restart the computer, if prompted. Reinstalling Mountain Lion Restart your computer, and immediately hold down command-r until the gray Apple logo appears.
If prompted, select your main language and then click the arrow. Follow the instructions on the screen, and then choose your hard disk.
Apple has just announced the latest version of OS X, It's worth noting that the discount doesn't extend to OS X Server. The latest Server 3. Should it take this long? The router is a netgear wnrLv2 if anyone cares, stock firmware updated yesterday. I have seen posts saying to use wired ethernet, it is faster, like 3x, but I haven't seen anything saying just how many minutes or hours to expect.
Is this typical? Can I figure out why, where the bottleneck is? Obviously I would like to understand what is going on here for just plain old use. But again, if my math is right, to re-install 20GB, it should take:.
I wish I had ordered it when I ordered the mba, and I sure hope it works with the recovery software. Or can I? Once I am done with this install, before setting anything else up, I plan to command-r start up and copy the disk image to a 32Gbyte SD card or usb drive.
And then when I am running again, I can do download tests various ways and see what I get. Posted on Aug 11, PM.
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