Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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How to upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion

Posted On - Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Mountain Lion is counted as the best Operating System by Apple till date. Apple has made this Operating System better, fast, clean and a lot more intelligent then its predecessors. OS X Mountain Lion brings a lot of great things from the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch to your Mac. For all its new features and intelligence, this OS received a huge welcome from Mac users, surpassing 3 million downloads in just 4 days.

With over 200 new features added, Apple has completely renovated the old Lion OS, and in many ways made Mac more handy with this new OS.

  • The New Notification Center, doesn't lets you miss any new update, be it a new mail in your inbox, a new software update or any calendar event approaching.
  • Also, the current Social Sharing Trend is considered seriously and Sharing Buttons can be accessed all over the Mac, making you socially connected, whatever you do.
  • Even Facebook and Twitter Apps are integrated, letting you post your status update or Tweet directly from your Mac without opening your browser.
  • Other changes include, all new Game Center, New, improved and making your Mac more protected, its all new Gatekeeper software.
  • Also, the all new features for China are even worth praise. Typing traditional Chinese characters on your Mac was never this easy, and with Chinese dictionary included, things are more sorted out for English people. 

We hope this short, yet interesting review was enough to make you update you Mac to this all new OS X Mountain Lion. If not, take look at complete features of this OS on Apple's official Website.
Here we have now, some simple steps to explain to you, How to upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion.


Step 1

Make Sure your Mac can Run Mountain Lion

Your Mac must one of the following models :
  • iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
  • MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminium, 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)
If you are running Lion, you can very easily find whether your Mac qualifies by clicking the Apple icon at the top-left corner of your screen, and choosing "About this Mac", then clicking on "More Info".



Step 2

You must have Lion or the Latest version of Snow Leopard

In the "About this Mac" window, check the version of OS X your Mac is running. 

  • If you are running Lion (10.7.x), you can directly update to Mountain Lion. 
  • If you are running Snow Leopard (10.6.x), update to the latest version of OS X Snow Leopard, before purchasing the new Mountain Lion OS.
To update your OS X to Snow Leopard v10.6.8 (latest version), Click the Apple icon, and choose "Software update" to install.



Step 3

Download OS X Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store

Open the Mac App Store from your Dock to buy ($19.99) and download Mountain Lion. Then follow the simple onscreen instructions to install it. In case, you don't have Broadband access, you can also visit any nearby Apple Retail Store to get help with downloading.

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