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How To Download Mac Os X 10.8; How To Upgrade Mac Os X 10.8; If you get a Mac that didn’t come with OS X Mountain Lion preinstalled. If you have a catastrophic hard-drive crash that requires you to initialize (format) or replace your boot drive. If you buy an external hard drive and want it to be capable of being your Mac’s startup disk. How to prepare your Mac for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Apple's next major operating system upgrade is just around the corner, making the upcoming days a perfect time to prepare. OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) MacRumors attracts a broad audience of both consumers and professionals interested in the latest technologies and products. We also boast an active community focused on purchasing decisions and technical aspects of the iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Mac platforms.

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This tutorial shows you how to get Mac OS X 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion) running on a late-2006 Mac Mini (model A1176), which officially can only support up to Mac OS 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), according to this Wikipedia article. Although I have not tested it myself, the same steps would probably work if you have an early-2006 Mac Mini.

Hardware upgrades

• This tutorial shows you how to get Mac OS X 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion) running on a late-2006 Mac Mini (model A1176), which officially can only support up to Mac OS 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), according to this Wikipedia article. Although I have not tested it myself, the same steps would probably work if you have an early-2006 Mac Mini.
• OS X Mountain Lion (version 10.8) is the ninth major release of OS X (previously Mac OS X, now called macOS), Apple Inc.' S desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. OS X Mountain Lion was released on July 25, 2012 for purchase and download through Apple's Mac App Store, as part of a switch to releasing OS X versions online and every year, rather than every two years or so.

Mac Mini 2006 comes with a Core Solo or a Duo Core processor, whereas Mac OS X Mountain Lion requires at least a Core 2 Duo, so you will need to upgrade the processor on your Mac Mini first before continuing. Although it is possible to patch the installer to run on a Core Duo, I would still recommend upgrading for a straightforward installation experience. Compatible processors can be found on eBay for as low as US$20 and available at a wide variety of speeds – 2GHz, 2.16GHz or 2.33GHz. A detailed step-by-step guide on how to upgrade the processor can be found here.

Optionally, to make the whole process worthwhile, it is also recommended to upgrade the RAM. Although the Mac Mini 2006 comes with the Macmini1,1 firmware which can only support up to 2GB of RAM and will not boot if more than 2GB is installed, you can install up to 4GB (2 pieces of 667MHz laptop DDR2 SDRAM) by updating the firmware to Macmini2,1, originally meant for the Mac Mini 2007 family. The steps are summarized below:

1. Download the newer firmware from here http://www.mediafire.com/?lfangrn69rxln3q and extract it
2. Put the extracted files in /System/Library/CoreServices/Firmware Updates folder. Check the permissions of the files, or just do a chmod 777 on the files to be safe.
3. Run the following command in terminal:
   sudo bless-mount /-firmware/System/Library/CoreServices/Firmware Updates/EFIUpdaterApp.efi-payload/System/Library/CoreServices/Firmware Updates/LOCKED_MM11_0055_08B.fd-options “-x-apple-efi payload0-data” -verbose
4. Turn off the computer by shutting it down from the Apple menu.
5. Wait for a few seconds and press the power button until the power LED flashes. Wait until the flashing stops.
6. At this point the firmware upgrade is completed. You may see some distorted pictures on the screen, which is normal. Simply turn the Mac Mini off by pressing the Power button, and turn it back on
7. After a reboot, the Mac Mini should recognize 4GB of RAM.
8. If the machine doesn’t boot up or doesn’t recognize the extra RAM, check that the memory modules have been securely inserted. If it still doesn’t work, try to do a PRAM reset.

The machine can only use around 3.3 GB out of the total of 4GB that is recognized, due to limitations of the 32-bit processor. And while you are at it, take the time to upgrade the hard disk (a 2.5″ SATA drive) to an SSD, preferably 128GB or more. The final configuration, 2GHz Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD, will make your Mac Mini 2006 machine performance more or less in line with the Mac Mini 2009, a much later model.

Preparing the installation

Before you proceed you will need to upgrade the OS on your Mac Mini to Snow Leopard 10.6.8, the last officially supported version. Next, get your Mountain Lion installer media ready – which can be a .DMG image or an actual DVD. After that, download MLPostfactor 0.3 from here, needed to patch the original Mountain Lion installer disk, which does not support the Mac Mini 2006, to run on your machine.

As at the time of writing this article (May 2015), MLPostfactor 0.3 only supports Mac OS up to 10.8.4. Versions 10.8.5 or above are not supported, so make sure that your installer is of the right version.

To make it easier to switch the boot partition without holding the Option key, you may also want to install a boot manager such as rEFIt.

Bypassing MLPostfactor limitation

Here comes the trick. The user interface for version 0.3 of MLPostfactor apparently only supports OS X Lion (10.7) and will refuse to run on 10.6. I tried to trick it by changing the system version number in /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist but things would still not work – MLPostfactor started but could not find Install OS X Mountain Lion.app in the Applications folder even though the installer was clearly there. A workaround would be to use MLPostfactor 0.2, which can run on Snow Leopard, to upgrade the system first to 10.7, and from there upgrade it to 10.8 by running MLPostfactor 0.3 again. I did not attempt this method because it seemed time consuming and most importantly, I had no installer disc for 10.7.

My relief came when I read this article which showed me how to use MLPostfactor from the command line. Apparently there is another MLPostfactor.app folder inside the original MLPostfactor app which can be invoked using the following command to patch the installer:

Surprisingly, there is no version check in the command line version of MLPostfactor and this method actually works to create the 10.8.4 installer partition. There are a few other commands that need to be done to patch the installer partition – refer to the original article for details.

Using MLPostfactor from bash script

A simpler way would be to use the MLPostfactor script written by pjherron available from github. With this script, the steps to upgrade to 10.8.4 from 10.6.8 on your Mac Mini can be summarized as below:

1. Download MLPostFactor 0.3 and unzip it to desktop
2. Copy the ‘Install OS X Mountain Lion.app’ folder from your 10.8.4 installer disc to the Applications folder
3. Create a 8 GB or larger partition on the target drive to host the patched installer. The volume label should be Install and it should be automatically mounted at /Volumes/Install
4. Create another partition, 20GB or more, on the target drive where you will install 10.8.4. Alternative, if you do not need the original Snow Leopard partition, you do not need to create this partition and can simply choose to install on the Snow Leopard partition later, losing all existing data.
5. Run the upgradesl2ml.sh script and give it 30 minutes to an hour to complete. When done, reboot the machine and choose to boot from the 10.8.4 installer partition just created
6. When prompted, choose to install 10.8.4 on the partition created in step 4, or simply overwrite your Snow Leopard partition. It is highly recommended to format the partition and perform a clean install – do not perform an upgrade as there are known issues.
7. Let the installer run. The process will either end in an error or a white screen – this is normal. Reboot the machine when this happens.
8. Choose to boot from the 10.8.4 installer partition again (not the partition where you installed 10.8.4 to).
9. When the installer finishes starting up, choose MLPostfactor from the Utilities menu and let it repair the partition where you’ve just installed 10.8.4
10. When the repair is done, reboot your system and choose to boot from your fresh Mountain Lion partition. It should boot normally
11. Done, you can now enjoy Mountain Lion on your Mac Mini 2006!

If the installation is successful, the About This Mac dialog should show something similar to below:

Common issues

In my experiment, the final system runs fine without major issues. Application such as Firefox, Skype or even xCode and the iOS simulator could run well. VLC player works well to play normal DivX or Xvid videos. The only major application that is problematic is Dropbox, which couldn’t even install due to error ‘no mountable filesystems’ when mounting the installer DMG. Tuxera NTFS can install and appears to work but will later cause random kernel panic when browsing NTFS partitions in Finder. I had to resort to removing Tuxera and learn to live with read-only NTFS support for now.

If your dock in Finder appears to be transparent after the installation, open Terminal and run the following command to fix it:

Read here for other useful tips and tricks.

Other than the above issues, my installation of 10.8.4 on the Mac Mini is stable and serves me well as my daily work machine. My next attempt would be to install 10.9 (Mavericks) or 10.10 (Yosemite) on this computer. As far as I know, although there are proof-of-concept attempts, nobody has managed to get a stable working system yet, presumably due to challenges in getting graphics drivers to work properly.

See also

Upgrading the SSD in a mid-2012 Macbook Air
Keyboard issues in GRUB bootloader on a Mac Mini booting Mac OS, Windows and Ubuntu Linux

Can Mac OS X 10.8 5 be upgraded?

Mac OS X 10.8.5.

Mac OS X 10.8.5 and versions below are not supported in ID-porten.

To update your mac OS X, go to the website www.apple.no/osx and click “Upgrade now”.

You can find out which version of OS X you have by clicking the “Apple icon” in the upper left corner, then click “About this Mac”.

How do I update my Mac to 10.8 5?

To download the new OS and install it you’ll need to do the next:

• Open App Store.
• Click Updates tab in the top menu.
• You’ll see Software Update — macOS Sierra.
• Click Update.
• Wait for Mac OS download and installation.
• Your Mac will restart when it’s done.
• Now you have Sierra.

Can I upgrade from OS X 10.8 5 to El Capitan?

Older versions of OS X eligible for upgrade. According to Apple, these older OS X operating systems can be upgraded to El Capitan. If you’re running a version of Snow Leopard prior to version 10.6.8, you must upgrade to that version.

What operating system is 10.8 5?

OS X Mountain Lion

How do I upgrade to High Sierra NOT Mojave?

How to upgrade to macOS Mojave

1. Check compatibility. You can upgrade to macOS Mojave from OS X Mountain Lion or later on any of the following Mac models.
2. Make a backup. Before installing any upgrade, it’s a good idea to back up your Mac.
3. Get connected.
4. Download macOS Mojave.
5. Allow installation to complete.
6. Stay up to date.

Should I update to Mojave?

There is no time limit like on iOS 12, but it is a process and takes some time so do your research before you upgrade. There are many good reasons to install macOS Mojave on your Mac today or to install the macOS Mojave 10.14.4 update. Before you start, you need to consider these reasons you shouldn’t upgrade yet.

Can I upgrade from Lion to High Sierra?

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If you are running OS X Lion (10.7.5) or later, you can upgrade directly to macOS High Sierra. There are two ways to upgrade macOS: directly in Mac App Store, or upgrade using an USB device.

How do I update my Mac to Mojave?

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• Go to the  Apple menu and choose “System Preferences”
• Select the “Software Update” preference panel.
• Choose “Update Now” when MacOS 10.14.4 appears.

What macOS can I upgrade to?

Upgrading from OS X Snow Leopard or Lion. If you’re running Snow Leopard (10.6.8) or Lion (10.7) and your Mac supports macOS Mojave, you will need to upgrade to El Capitan (10.11) first.

Should I install macOS High Sierra?

Apple’s macOS High Sierra update is free to all users and there is no expiration on the free upgrade, so you don’t need to be in a rush to install it. Most apps and services will work on macOS Sierra for at least another year. While some are already updated for macOS High Sierra, others are still not quite ready.

Can I update from El Capitan to Mojave?

The new version of macOS is here! Even if you’re still running OS X El Capitan, you can upgrade to macOS Mojave with just a click. Apple has made it easier than ever to update to the latest operating system, even if you are running an older operating system on your Mac.

Is Mac OS Sierra still available?

If you have hardware or software that isn’t compatible with macOS Sierra, you might be able to install the previous version, OS X El Capitan. macOS Sierra won’t install on top of a later version of macOS, but you can erase your disk first or install on another disk.

What is the most up to date Mac OS?

The latest version is macOS Mojave, which was publicly released in September 2018. UNIX 03 certification was achieved for the Intel version of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and all releases from Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard up to the current version also have UNIX 03 certification.

What are the system requirements for mountain lion?

The official system requirements of OS X 10.8 are 2 GB RAM, 8 GB available storage, OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later, on any of the following Macs: iMac (Mid 2007 or newer. Late 2006 is supported if an app called MlPostFactor v0.3 is used.) MacBook (Aluminum, Late 2008), (Polycarbonate, Early 2009 or newer)

How do you install High Sierra?

How to install macOS High Sierra

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1. Launch the App Store app, located in your Applications folder.
2. Look for macOS High Sierra in the App Store.
3. This should bring you to the High Sierra section of the App Store, and you can read Apple’s description of the new OS there.
4. When the download finishes, the installer will automatically launch.

Can you upgrade from Yosemite to Sierra?

All University Mac users are strongly advised to upgrade from OS X Yosemite operating system to macOS Sierra (v10.12.6), as soon as possible, as Yosemite is no longer supported by Apple. If you are currently running OS X El Capitan (10.11.x) or macOS Sierra (10.12.x) then you do not need to do anything.

How do I download the full macOS High Sierra?

Confirm that you want to download the “Install macOS High Sierra.app” file, and then point it to a location to save on the hard drive. Close the “macOS High Sierra Patcher” app when the download is complete and locate the “Install macOS High Sierra.app” file you downloaded.

Is my Mac too old for Mojave?

That means that if your Mac is older than 2012 it won’t officially be able to run Mojave. macOS High Sierra has a little more scope. Apple said that would run happily on a late 2009 or later MacBook or iMac, or a 2010 or later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini or Mac Pro.

How long does it take to upgrade to Mojave?

If you are already on macOS Mojave this upgrade will likely take about an 30 minutes, but if you are on macOS High Sierra, it will be a larger download and take longer. On a 50Mbps down internet connection I was able to download and install macOS Mojave 10.14.4 in about 30 minutes.

Is macOS Mojave free?

MacOS version 10.14 — codenamed Mojave — is now available to download. The free update to Apple’s desktop operating system was first announced back in June with a number of new features including a dark mode, Stacks file organization, a redesigned Mac App Store, and enhanced screenshots.

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Which is the best OS for Mac?

I’ve been using Mac Software since Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and that OS X alone beats Windows for me.

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And if I had to make a list, it would be this:

• Mavericks (10.9)
• Snow Leopard (10.6)
• High Sierra (10.13)
• Sierra (10.12)
• Yosemite (10.10)
• El Capitan (10.11)
• Mountain Lion (10.8)
• Lion (10.7)

Is El Capitan better than High Sierra?

Bottom line is, if you want your system running smoothly for longer than a few months after the installation, you’ll need third-party Mac cleaners for both El Capitan and Sierra.

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What is the newest OS My Mac can run?

If you’re running Snow Leopard (10.6.8) or Lion (10.7) and your Mac supports macOS Mojave, you will need to upgrade to El Capitan (10.11) first.

How do I get 10.8 on my Mac?

Click Reinstall OS X, and then Continue. Follow the instructions on the screen, and then choose your hard disk. Click Install, and enter your Apple ID information if prompted. When the installation is complete, select App Store from the Apple menu, and install any available updates.

Can you buy Apple operating system?

The current version of the Mac operating system is macOS High Sierra. If you need older versions of OS X, they can be purchased on the Apple Online Store: Snow Leopard (10.6) Lion (10.7)

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Is Mountain Lion still supported by Apple?

OS X 10.8’s (Mountain Lion’s) lifespan assumes a final security update in September 2015. There’s no guarantee that Apple will stop supporting Mountain Lion with security fixes: Apple, unlike Microsoft and other major software vendors, refuses to spell out its support policies.

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