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To optimize your Mac, it is quite necessary to reinstall and start from a clean slate. Here are couple of reasons we can think of: One, your existing Mac OS X inherited documents, files and applications that take up a lot of unnecessary storage space. But first, why should you clean install the Mac OS X Mountain Lion at all? Unfortunately in Mac the process can be a little more complicated and less well known. Reminder: QuickBooks 2011 not supported on Mountain Lion (9to5mac.In the Windows’ analogy, this is like reformatting your Macbook or iMac and reinstalling a brand new version of Mac OS X Mountain Lion.Mountain Lion installed on a MacPro1,1, here’s how to do it ().Mountain Lion is live at the Mac App Store for $19.99 ().Don’t expect to try out OS X Mountain Lion at some Apple retail stores on launch day ().

OS X Mountain Lion up-to-date program officially goes live ().RoaringApps tells you what apps are compatible with OS X Mountain Lion, just in time for tomorrow’s launch ().Apple confirms: OS X Mountain Lion available tomorrow on the Mac App Store for $19.99 ().Apple releases OS X Mountain Lion Server for $19.99 on Mac App Store ().

If you have any issues or want to make a donation (recommended), visit Diskmaker’s website. That saves a lot of time if you have many machines to update or do not have broadband. From there, you can install local copies of Mountain Lion, even from scratch, without having a 4GB download each time. On a Retina MacBook Pro with a 8GB SD Card, the process took about 10- to 15 minutes.

Make sure your 8GB or greater USB Stick/Drive/SD card is mounted. ( Amazon has a great selection of 8GB and up USB Sticks and SD Cards starting at $4.99, by the way.)Ĥ. If it does not, browse to the image in your applications folder (or wherever you moved it), and then select “Create a boot disk”. Download the latest version of Diskmaker (4MB), and then open it. Download Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store (Note: the default install deletes the installer image after installation, so you will need to re-download it from Mac App Store/Purchases if you already deleted it.)Ģ. Lion Diskmaker has been updated to allow you to make a bootable USB or SD Card installer on a 8GB piece of media.ġ. That does not mean you cannot sneaker net the install around your home, office or lab like Apple Store employees do (sometimes). Apple will not offer a USB or Optical Disk external installer to Mountain Lion (as far as we have heard).