20 Most Recent Apple OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion - Page 2 Questions & Answers

If it says read only, they have been password protected.

Libre Office works fine and is compatible with Microsoft office documents.

You should be able to install Mountain Lion using the Mac App store. Check the applications folder to find the App Store.Make sure to back up your files before upgrading. After backing up, you will purchase the upgrade from the App Store. Once it has downloaded you'll be walked through the steps to upgrade.Hope that helps!

Hello,You should already have read/write access to your own Application Support folder. If you are referring to the /Library/Application Support folder, repairing permissions should set the proper permissions on the folder, but probably not the contents (you really shouldn't change permissions on system files and folders). Trying to move or change permissions on the contents of an entire folder may also fail if there are items in there that you don't have access for, such as those owned by another user (check the permissions of the specific folder that you are trying to copy to).

These ares more of a work around, but you can get a top notch open source free word processor at OpenOffice.org. Fully compatible with Microsoft.Or, if you have a MS SkyDrive account. It will open MS Office docs that are uploads and stored there. This the new MS office will be intergrated. Clo

Try repairing disk permissions by running the Disk Utility application until you get no errors (then restarting).Hope by doing that you get the solution.

You need to have bought your computer in mid June or so, after the 11th of the month. Go to the up to date place on Apple's website and see if you qualify if you dont it will be 20 dollars to purchase from the Apple Store.

AirPlay Mirroring does not cost anything to purchase, it allows you to watch stuff from your computer on your TV and vice versa.

This is something called Air Play. To set this up you need to follow these steps:

• Already have or buy an Apple TV version 2 or later.
• Have an iMac from mid 2011 or later, a Mac mini for mid 2011 or later, a Macbook Air from mid 2011 or later, or a Macbook Pro from early 2011 or later.
• Have a Wi-Fi or ethernet internet connection.

Now you have to go through the set up to get the devices to "talk" to each other. You do that by using these steps:

• Turn on your Apple TV and your computer
• Go to System Preferences and click on "Airplay Mirroring"

After this you can play around and see which resolution size you want your TV to have compared to your computer. It completely depends on your TV and computer, but I usually set it up to match up with my Apple TV since I watch stuff from my computer on my television (it sounds like you will do this too).

Unfortunately Apple does not have Facebook integration for Mountain Lion yet. It is expected to be released in the fall or so.You are able to integrate with Twitter however, if you use that social media site.

Hello Patrick,The most common problems I've experienced with Mountain Lion are the following:

• Reduced battery life. I've noticed about an hour to an hour and a half cut off from my battery life of my Macbook Pro. I'm not sure if this applies to you since you have a Macbook Air, but my recommendation is to try a reinstall if you experience battery problems and turn off some of the extra features like Twitter integration and iCloud when you're not using them.
• Safari is crashing. Safari is a browser that used to have little respect but now has actually gotten pretty decent. However, with Mountain Lion it actually crashes a lot more than usual. I don't have a fix for it offhand, but I would recommend just using Chrome (which I use anyways) or Firefox. And stay away from Explorer!
• Free upgrades to Mountain Lion. When I got my free upgrade to Mountain Lion (if you purchased a Mac after June 11, 2012 you can get one too) it took Apple about 5 days to upgrade me to Mountain Lion. This is a super low priority problem, but it's still something I hope they're working on.
• Notes synchronization. I have answered this on FixYa already, you can find it on the site.

Best of luck.

You can download Mountain Lion by going to the Apple Store. It costs $20 to get.However, if you purchased your new computer after June 11, 2012 (which your question seems to indicate you did) then it will not cost you anything and will be completely free.Go to this webpage and enter in your details to get your free copy.

You must have the following computer to download Mountain Lion:iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)Xserve (Early 2009)Once that is done, you must be updated to the most recent version of either Snow Leopard or Lion. If you don't have either of these operating systems (which is highly unlikely considering the other computers should have them, but I digress) then you will need to get them before Mountain Lion.After that, go to the Apple Store and download Mountain Lion!

All you do is go into "System Preferences" and then click on "iCloud". From there you will be able to activate your account and proceed.Please note that you will have to set up an @me.com email address from Apple. Without this you will not be able to sync between devices like you wish to do.

You can add your Twitter account, by visiting the System Preferences and the selecting Mail, Contacts, & Calendars. Once viewing this screen click the small + at the bottom of the left column. This will show you what types of accounts you can add.Twitter is an option, just click, enter your twitter credentials and you should be off to the races and tweeting from Mountain Lion!Hope that helps!

Apple stopped supporting OS X 10.5. Upgrades are only $20 to 10.7. If your Mac has 10.5, Lion, 10.7, is probably as high as you can upgrade. I would check either eBay or Amazon, as I've seen Lion disk sets selling for less than $5, then $4.95 shipping (or less on eBay). All the best to you, Kerry Hostetter

I would try updating with one of the combo packs, like 10.5.6 http://mac-os-x-10-5-6.en.softonic.com/mac Here's is Apple's main page for that version: http://www.apple.com/support/leopard/ Most of Apple's downloads are at: http://support.apple.com/downloads/ Hope those help. All the best to you, Kerry ">

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