Preparing For OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Or Mountain Lion Server
Article ID = 72Article Title = Preparing For OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Or Mountain Lion Server
Article Author(s) = Graham Needham (BH)
Article Created On = 24th July 2012
Article Last Updated = 6th July 2021
Article URL = https://www.macstrategy.com/article.php?72
Article Brief Description:
A handy check list to do in preparing to install OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion or Mountain Lion Server
Preparing for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Client/Server
Here is a check list to do before installing Mountain Lion (Server):- Check whether you have a compatible Mac from this list:
- iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
- MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, 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)
- Check you do not need any of the following as Mountain Lion does not directly include them:
- Rosetta for running PowerPC software - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard users only
- Web Sharing - see our Mountain Lion FAQ for alternatives
- Xgrid Sharing - see our Mountain Lion FAQ for alternatives
- X11 - see our Mountain Lion FAQ for alternatives
- Java - see our Java article for more information
- Make sure you are connected to the internet (preferably with a fast connection and with a large or no data cap in place).
- Make sure you have an Apple ID (use the iTunes or App Store application to create one if necessary e.g. Go to Macintosh HD > Applications > App Store > Store menu > "Create Account…" to get started if you don't have an Apple ID).
- Consider whether you want the Mac App Store Apple ID to be the same for services such as iCloud, iTunes, etc if you are going to use them.
- Make sure your that Apple ID "account" has enough credit on it or has a credit card on file (with enough credit on it).
- OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion =
£14.00free as of the 30th June 2021 - OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Server aka OS X Server 2 = no longer available
- Check you have enough disk space (at least 10GB+ free).
- Go to Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility:
- Select the volume under the disk you are going to use for Mountain Lion on the left, then on the right of the window click "Verify Disk" - if problems are found you will need to repair your disk.
- Select the volume under the disk you are going to use for Mountain Lion on the left, check at the bottom that it states "Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". If it doesn't state "(Journaled)" you will need to turn journaling on by going to File menu > Enable Journaling.
- Repair your boot disk's permissions.
- Backup or clone your computer.
- Check that your favourite software is Mountain Lion compatible.
- Temporarily disable any third party disk encryption software.
- Temporarily disable any anti-virus software.
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