Friday, July 27, 2012

How to upgrade your Mac to Mountain Lion

ImageSo you've heard a lot aboutApple's new operating system, Mountain Lion, and think you're ready to upgrade your Mac computer. Your options depend on what computer you have now. 

* If you bought your Mac on or after June 11. 

The upgrade is free. You can get Mountain Lionas a download through the Mac App Store

* If you bought your computer in late 2009 or after. 
Be sure you have either the Snow Leopard or the Lion version of the operating system installed. 

The upgrade will cost $20 through the Mac App Store. That's $20 for all your Macs, not each one. 

* If you have an older computer. 

You must first upgrade to Snow Leopard if you don't have either that or Lion already. That costs $29 and is available for shipping through Apple's online store. 

It's possible an older computer won't work with Mountain Lion at all. You need at least 2 gigabytes of memory and 8 GB of available storage. Specific computers supported by Mountain Lion are listed here: http://www.apple.com/osx/specs . 

Even if you can run Mountain Lion, it's possible some features won't work on older machines.

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