It'll do it as an upgrade, and yes, if it says downloading dimmed, that means it's going, and eventually your installer window will pop up on the screen. Be ware, I have a really really sweet connection over here, and even for me, it took a day and a year to finish the download, so don't be alarmed if it takes forever and a day. That's perfectly normal.
Your system will restart twice. Once to start the actual install, and a second time once it's finished. Be ware that after the first restart, Voiceover will need to be enabled again with command F5, or FN+Command+F5, depending on how you had it previously set. No, it won't wipe your drive, if you go through the app store to do it. It's simply an upgrade. Now, having said that though, I still would encourage you first to make a backup. Be ware that because of the fact you're upgrading to a new version of OSX, I do not think, though I could be wrong, that you will be able to restore from a ™ backup from a previous version of OSX. Your best bet would be either manually to back things up to an external drive, or to DVD's, or even better, do what I did, and buy a copy of Super Dooper. Trust me. It's really worth it! OK, there is the free Carbon Copy Cloner, yes, but me personally… I never really could get that thing to work correctly. Don't really know why, but it kept giving me errors left and right when I tried cloning. Chris. On Jul 25, 2012, at 10:08 AM, Steve Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > Silly question here, but this is the first time I've ever bought an OS or OS > upgrade through the Mac app store. I clicked the purchase button and > followed that with the Convirm purchase button. I now see a button that is > dimmed but says "Downloading." I can't see any progress bars or dialogs; does > this mean it is actually downloading the OS for me? Just wondering. Hope I > didn't miss any critical steps. I plan to just download it for now and look > into a full re-install instead of an over-the-top upgrade. > > On Jul 25, 2012, at 6:52 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I just installed Mountain Lion, and it’s simply amazing. Here’s what I’ve >> noticed to be fixed or improved with VoiceOver. >> >> •VO now comes up speaking every time upon boot, unlike in Lion when you had >> to press CMD+Tab to see if it was running or not. >> •We now have access to menu bar apps, such as Dropbox, in an ‘Extras’ menu, >> accessed the same way you’d access the battery status, etc in Lion. >> •Notification Center is 100% accessible, as it is in iOS. >> >> As I continue to fine more tweaks/features, I’ll write back. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
