Comments on: 3 Simple Things To Do Before Installing OS X Mountain Lion

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:26:46 +0000

I have windows 7 installed on MBP via boot camp. Do I need to take extra steps to upgrade or it will wipe off the bootcamp while upgrading to ML? please advise…

By: Junior

Junior — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:56:59 +0000

I loose the projects i have in the final cut? I need make backup? or once I upgrade Mac just keep the projects?
thanks!

By: costi

costi — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:41:08 +0000

please tell me , i have a MBP with Lion and i have vindows with parallel program , if i upgrade to the Montain lion i loos the parallel program impicit the windows?

please answer me . thank you

By: Benja

Benja — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:32:04 +0000

My MacBook of 2007 is running Snow Leopard, and cannot be updated to Mountain Lion, but I think it could be to Lion. Is there any way of updating to Lion instead of Mountain Lion?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:14:02 +0000

Can anyone recommend a good online backup system instead of an external hard-drive? Pros/Cons to that approach?

I was thinking of Carbonite or something similar.

Thanks!

By: nikos gs

nikos gs — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:58:38 +0000

i have snow leopard and bootcamp windows 7.if i upgrade to mountain lion i will lose the bootcamp??and if i lose what i have to do to keep the bootcamp after..
p.s. i have many programs in windows dont want to install again if possible
thank you

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:05:44 +0000

Hi guys, sorry im new in mac OS, i have a simple question… I have Mac OS 10.7.4 and i want to upgrade to the newest 10.8, i have Photoshop and other apps intalled, so my question is, do I loose the apps I have already installed? do I need to re-install them after the upgrade? or once I upgrade Mac just keed the apps?
thank you,

Daniel

By: John

John — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:57:34 +0000

If you have Antivirus installed…remove it first.

First hand experience – Trend Micro AV caused a panic, reboot, panic, reboot, panic, reboot (LOOP Continously)

Safe Mode, uninstall.

By: rahul

rahul — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:25:11 +0000

Tell me the exact process to install mt coz i dont hav hdd to backup…

By: BT

BT — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:08:58 +0000

Usually there are no problems, but things can go wrong so it’s always good to have a backup. Personally I would never recommend upgrading anything without backing up your crucial files at least.

By: Thalia

Thalia — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:42:07 +0000

Hello, I wanted to ask. I don’t have an external hard drive and I want to update to OS X Mountain Lion right now. Is it okay if I don’t back up? I mean, will any files be lost? If not it’s good if yes well i need to buy a drive. Thank you.

By: Tyrell

Tyrell — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:19:09 +0000

Thanks a lot Bil!

By: Jer

Jer — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:03:12 +0000

Make sure to back up your apache conf and mysql database. The upgrade will wipe it all.

By: bil

bil — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:58:09 +0000

Carbon Copy Cloner is a good alternative to Time Machine–you can tell it what folders to back up. You can get an external drive and enclosure for less than $100, or check out the newer tech Universal Drive Adapter and use a bare drive. If you exclude enough stuff, a usb key might suffice. But for backups you want three copies of your data, not just two….

By: Tyrell

Tyrell — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:44:29 +0000

Nothing will be lost. You can back the files up before you upgrade clean (which is preferable) or you can choose the option to install Mountain Lion by overwriting existing files, which would keep all your old files in place.