OS X Mountain Lion Released

[mithrilG60]

Originally Posted by King James

You should be good for the free upgrade. It applies to most Macs purchased after June 11, whether from the apple store or refurb store.

I'm sure her MBA is eligible, just going through the process...

[cmitch]

I'm learning that those with Leopard are screwed. Must have Snow Leopard to install Mountain Lion and Snow Leopard is no longer available unless you manage to find a second hand copy.

[King James]

Originally Posted by cmitch

I'm learning that those with Leopard are screwed. Must have Snow Leopard to install Mountain Lion and Snow Leopard is no longer available unless you manage to find a second hand copy.

It is possible to go from leopard to mountain lion if you create a bootable mountain lion install drive, but it would be like a clean install so you would have to backup all your files, music, apps, etc you currently have, and then re-install them onto mountain lion from the backup. Technically violates the license agreement, but if you can't find snow leopard anywhere its the only way (I think)

[mithrilG60]

Originally Posted by cmitch

I'm learning that those with Leopard are screwed. Must have Snow Leopard to install Mountain Lion and Snow Leopard is no longer available unless you manage to find a second hand copy.

Can you not just go into your local Apple Store? I'm sure they must have a solution for people in your situation (other than buy a new Mac of course).