I guess you gotta go into universal access, enable announcements after late mouse or whatever it's called, press enter on that field, and slide around to the date you want. Look back at the post that I know explains it a lot better than I did, lol. Sorry.
On 7/25/12, Shaun Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: > I found this as well. I tried to enter my date of purchase and it would not > allow me to enter it. I must say this is inconvenient. Any help regarding > this would be greatly appreciated. > > On 26/07/2012, at 8:01 AM, josh gregory wrote: > >> Right, I get that. But when attempting to type into this field, >> voiceover wouldn't do it. >> >> On 7/25/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello Josh, Tim, and Others, >>> >>> I've changed the subject line because you are talking about the program >>> for >>> getting a free upgrade to Mountain Lion if you purchased either a new >>> Mac >>> from Apple or a qualifying reseller between June 11 and July 25, 2012, or >>> a >>> refurbished Mac from Apple between those dates. This program also >>> applies >>> to new Macs that you buy from qualifying resellers after today, but >>> which >>> come with Lion installed. The program is called "Up-to-Date", and you >>> have >>> to file a request with Apple through their web form either by August 24, >>> 2012 (in the case of purchases before today), or within 30 days of your >>> purchase date (in the case of new Macs purchased after today, but which >>> have >>> Lion loaded as the operating system). >>> >>> The way this works is that after your purchase is verified you get a >>> coupon >>> code to apply for your purchase of Mountain Lion through the Mac App >>> Store, >>> but I've heard there have been some problems with some of these codes >>> not >>> working in the massive startup today. >>> >>> For more information, check the web page explaining the Up-to-Date >>> program: >>> http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/ >>> >>> Josh, the date text field is supposed to refer to the date of your >>> purchase, >>> so they can check for eligibility. I think this is probably easiest if >>> you >>> purchased from an Apple Store or through their online store, because >>> they >>> can immediately match the records to verify your transaction. >>> >>> HTH. Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> On Jul 25, 2012, at 11:53 AM, josh gregory wrote: >>> >>>> My mom had to help me do it, the field for the date just said date >>>> text And I don't think it'd let you complete it without it. I emailed >>>> Apple about it. >>>> >>>> On 7/25/12, Timothy J. Meloy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I think you have to fill out a form for the free mountain lion >>>>> upgrade. >>>>> I >>>>> believe it is on Apple's website. >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 25, 2012, at 5:30 PM, josh gregory <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> What's different about it? Sorry don't mean to sound rude at all but >>>>>> I'm still waiting for apple to email me with the link or whatever it >>>>>> is to get it free, since I got my mac a month ago. >>>>>> >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at >>> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, >>> virus >>> and worm-free! >>> >>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by >>> visiting >>> the list website at: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Ways to Connect with me: >> >> facebook.com/evercuriousmasteryodo >> >> twitter.com/joshg93 >> Skype: joshgregory93 >> FaceTime, iMessage and iChat: [email protected] >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > -- Ways to Connect with me: facebook.com/evercuriousmasteryodo twitter.com/joshg93 Skype: joshgregory93 FaceTime, iMessage and iChat: [email protected] <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. 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