Thanks Ronni On 14/06/2013, at 2:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> > > On 14/06/2013, at 2:15 PM, Barry Sexstone <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At long last I am thinking of upgrading from Lion to Mountain Lion. >> Prior to doing that I would appreciate advice/comments from the group as >> well as the following specific queries. >> >> Is my current machine - 27inch late 2009 3.06GHz Intel core 2 Duo 12GB >> 1067MHz DDR3 - suitable for an update? > > Here are the Macs that can run Mountain Lion: > > iMac7,1 or newer- MacBook5,1 or newer- MacBookAir2,1 or newer - MacBookPro3,1 > or newer - Macmini3,1 or newer - MacPro3,1 or newer - Xserve3,1 or newer > > If your Mac isn’t on this list (or has an older model number), then > regardless of its age or speed, it won’t run Mountain Lion. > >> >> When updating from SL to Lion I had problems with parallels and had to >> upgrade from Parallels desktop 6 to version 7. Does anyone know whether an >> update to Version 8 would be necessary? > > I am running Parallels Desktop 8 in Mountain Lion, but Parallels Desktop 7 > will run if you have updated to the latest build 7.0.15104.778994 > > I am going to update to OS X Mountain Lion, what should I do to prepare > Parallels Desktop 7 before? > 1) Launch Parallels Desktop 7 > > 2) Go to the Parallels Desktop menu and click “Check for updates” > > 3) This will download the latest build (Parallels Desktop 7.0.15104.778994, > released on July 10, 2012) for you. > > <http://blogs.parallels.com/consumertech/2012/7/26/making-your-copy-of-parallels-desktop-7-mountain-lion-ready.html> > > >> Any obvious downsides of upgrading. > > As long as you backup and do the preparation before upgrading and after > installation completes. > You might like to check out my Tutorial "“Prepare For Mountain > Lion-Installation-What to do after Installing”. > If you find the tutorial helpful I would greatly appreciate a donation. > > <http://ronnibrown.net/tutorials/prepare-for-mountain-lion/index.html> > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > >> >> Thanks >> >> Barry >> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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