Big problems with the installation of operating system on. The mountain lion skin pack is probably the best theme to transform your windows xp, windows 7 and even the latest windows 8 to mac os x mountain lion. I am using a bootable mac os x lion installation dvd which is fine and previously worked. Apple os x mountain lion is the latest release of the worlds most advanced desktop operating system. After about 2mins it pops up saying cant download the additional components needed to install mac osx. Cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x, anyone have any ideas on how to fix this info. This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to mountain lion. Im trying to do internet recovery to reinstall os x 10. The software ran on all of apples computers until it was replaced by the os x 10. I dont think its normal, unless youre using internet recovery which i dont recommend. Much like os x lion before it, os x mountain lion is a minor upgrade. How to reinstall os x with internet recovery on a mac. I had to look for a faster internet connection and it worked.
Some new macs unable to reinstall mountain lion cnet. Hey guys, i was wiping my macbook pro because its a few years old and theres a lot of stuff on there that was making it run a little sluggish. Mountain lion includes over 200 new features to update your mac into the best computing experience yet. Oct 29, 2011 another potential solution is to remove any ram over 4gb run the install and then put the additional ram back in after even then try and limit the ram slots to one, so not 2gb in each rather 1 slot with 4gb. Restore mac to factory settings without disc macbook pro. How to redownload the os x lion installer on lion because im pretty sure that when you buy and install an app for the first time, no matter what, the installer run by itself and install the app and then vanished as in, theres no real way to get a complete copy before the first install. This for mac is one of the best and successors of 2011 and it is followed by the for mac of 2007. Mountain lion requires lion or snow leopard os x v10. Nov 29, 2017 the following method allows you to download mac os x lion, mountain lion, and mavericks. If you are having problems downloading mountain lion to your new mac from the mac app store, you may not be alone. Os x mountain lion was released on july 25, 2012 for purchase and download through apples mac app store, as part of a switch to releasing os x versions online and every year, rather than every two years or so. Download the latest official version of mac os x mountain lion. I have messed up with my partition table, so i rescued my files using ubuntu livecd, reformatted the entire drive and going to make a clean install. Just click the mac app store icon in your dock, purchase mountain lion, and follow the onscreen instructions to install it.
Home forums parallels desktop for mac mac os x guest os discussion cant download the additional components needed to install macosx yosemite guest discussion in mac os x guest os discussion started by fuzzyreets, aug 9, 2015. Experience music, tv, and podcasts in three allnew apps, which together replace itunes. I am trying to format and reinstall mac os x and it is taking. If your mac isnt compatible with macos high sierra, the installer will let you know. Ive never done a clean reinstall of mac os x lion over the internet without any physical media. Apple today july 25, 2012 announced that os x mountain lion, the ninth major release of the worlds most advanced desktop operating system, is available as a download from the mac app store. The problem seems to be a compatibility issue with the mountain lion installer available in the app store. So basically my os x install on my mba corrupted itself somehow i put it to sleep, and it never woke up. Let us know in comments if any link is not working, we will update asap. If youre using an earlier macos, use the app store instead. Mountain lion, like lion before it, lets you boot your mac into a special recovery mode called os x recovery. Os x lion reinstall takes forever apple dslreports. The install seems to be failing during the creation of the recovery partition phase.
Cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x lion. Cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x uh oh. The mac os x mountain lion was a closed source software with multiple open source components. After you install mountain lion, the recovery partition will allow a clean install of it, overwriting the previous lion recovery. Mountain lion will not only make your mac work better, it also makes your mac work even better with your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. On another laptop, everything fell into this drive without problems. Nov 27, 2012 if i were to give you advice on upgrading from lion, i would probably install mountain lion through os x, then head to the recovery partition and clean install it from there. Because it comes with icloud, your mail, calendars, contacts. Os x was the first operating system to ship as a single install that could boot into either a 32bit or 64bit kernel, either of which could run 32bit and 64bit applications at full native performance. Mac os x lion cannot download additional components. This one, which delves into the specifics of os x 10. Before installing any upgrade, its a good idea to back up your mac.
I am trying to format and reinstall mac os x and it is. Some features of mac os x lion are not supported for the disk volume name if this message pops up, youll still be able to install lion. If youre using macos mojave, choose apple menu system preferences, then click software update where youll find the upgrade. However, i get cannot download additional components. Cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x discussion in mac os x guest os discussion started by rebelinblue, sep 4, 2011. Os x mountain lion is available now as a download from the mac app store. A few minutes in, i get the following message on the screen. Everything works fine initially, but then at the end it just says cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x and below with it says check your interent connection. Feb 27, 20 some new macs unable to reinstall mountain lion. Have fitted a 480gb ssd and tried using the internet recovery to install mountain lion. Os x mountain lion was released on july 25, 2012 for purchase and download through apples mac app store, as part of a switch to releasing os x versions online. With more than 200 innovative new features, mountain lion includes icloud integration, the all new messages app, notification center, systemwide. How to mount os x lion to a flash drivehard drive and clean install mac os x lion. With the new messages app, you can send text, photos, videos, contacts, web links, and documents to anyone using another mac, iphone, ipad, or ipod touch you can even start a.
Mountain lion os x mountain lion was released on july 25, 2012. Mountain lion will not only make your mac work better, it also makes your mac work even better with your iphone, ipad and ipod touch. Os x mountain lion is available from the mac app store. First of all, the suspicion fell on the hard drive. Jan 04, 2018 installing mac os x on blank hard drive using internet recovery duration. Customers have to have an apple id and either credit such as itunes gift cards or.
Instead of just changing the windows color, sound, screen saver and wallpaper like what most of other themes do, this skin pack comes with 3rd party utilities to emulate the unique features. You can only legally download mountain lion for free if. Cant download additional components apple community. However, whether or not upgrading is worth it has little to do with its low cost. How to install os x mountain lion with pictures wikihow. To download mountain lion without app store simply get the torrent here. Feb 02, 2019 how to fix macbook pro flashing folder, blinking question mark, white screen, freeze randomly duration. Os x lion reinstall takes forever apple dslreports forums. It comes with a safe official mac os x mountain lion 1085 offline installer. Problem using internet recovery on 2011 macbook air. How to download the os x lion installer on lion mac. The following method allows you to download mac os x lion, mountain lion, and mavericks. Cant download the additional components needed to install. Now that my hard drive is formatted, i clicked on the installation of the lion os.
Select reinstall lion mountain lion and click on the install button. I thought this video might be helpful to some people. Cannot download additional components for mac os x lion. After disk utility declared that it couldnt be repaired, i deleted the. I was downloading os x mountain lion and was faced with the same issue. Macbook air is stuck at downloading additional components.
Starting with mountain lion, os x exclusively uses a 64bit kernel, but it continues to run both 32bit and 64bit applications. Just download the install mac os x lion app from the mac app store and let it walk you through the remaining steps. The requirements for running the software include 2gb ram and 8gb available storage. This mode includes a few essential utilities for fixing problems, restoring files. They installed mac os x lion, mac os x snow leopard on the 2010 macbook pro unibody. Cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x. Late 2012 macs unable to reinstall os x or restore from. An installation error occurs sometimes for when upgrading from os x snow leopard to os x lion cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x check your network configuration as the install needs to pull down software over the internet. But on this one it gets to the end and reports cant download the additional components needed to install os x. It brought developments made in apples ios, such as an easily navigable display of installed applications called launchpad and a greater use of multitouch gestures, to the mac. It incorporates some features seen in ios 5, which include game center, support for imessage in the new messages messaging application, and reminders as a todo list app separate from ical which is renamed as calendar, like the ios app.
However, as explained by apple, the installer wont. Some new mac users cant reinstall mountain lion and how to. After formatting the drive and starting the install i get a timer stating its going to take 2,393,938,938 and 8 minutes. This release removed rosetta, making it incompatible with powerpc applications. Time machine makes it simple, and other backup methods are also available. Oct 07, 2019 to find your mac model, memory, storage space, and macos version, choose about this mac from the apple menu. Reinstallation of os x lion on a 2011 macbook air youtube.
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