Click the price button in the upper left corner of the page. Download this os installer how to upgrade to macos sierra on. Ive never done a clean reinstall of mac os x lion over the internet without any physical media. Cant download additional components apple community.
Cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x. Late 2012 macs unable to reinstall os x or restore from time machine backups j. Can not download the additional components needed to install mac os x. If you are having problems downloading mountain lion to your new mac from the mac app store, you may not be alone. On my new ssd the download progresses fine however the download of mountain lion is stuck in a loop of downloading additional components. Just did a factory restore on my 2012 mba and wanted to do a clean install of osx. Even easier, is to use one of the apps that specialize in creating installer partitions.
Download os x mountain lion from the mac app store 1. I saw the same problem on this discussions forum, but it didnt helped for me. Have fitted a 480gb ssd and tried using the internet recovery to install mountain lion. How to install os x mountain lion with pictures wikihow. After being unable to install snow leopard, lion, and mountain lion on my fatherinlaws stubborn 2009 imac, i followed this guide to the t and mountain lion. You need to install a newer version of osx macos i would. Cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x, anyone have any ideas on how to fix this info. But if you already own mountain lion and have downloaded it from the apple store then theres a simpler solution. Mac os x lion cannot download additional components. Recovery disk included with macbook doesnt work either. I just bought a macbook air with mountain lion installed on it and am trying to download.
Big problems with the installation of operating system on. Cant download the additional compone apple community. I am authenticated using my apple id and i can begin recovery of lion. Cant download additional components needed to install os x after that the download stopped, unfortunately. Cant download the additional components needed to install macosx discussion in mac os x guest os discussion started by rebelinblue, sep 4, 2011. I thought this video might be helpful to some people. Im a bit of a mac noob so i didnt realise it had deleted the os along with my files. Macbook pro mid 2012 cant download additional components need to install mac os x 23. If youre using an earlier macos, use the app store instead.
Some new macs unable to reinstall mountain lion cnet. If yours is much smaller, then download ml on another mac, and make a new installer, following the instructions on a variety of sites. Cant download additional components to install mac os x. Apple os x mountain lion is the latest release of the worlds most advanced desktop operating system. I have messed up with my partition table, so i rescued my files using ubuntu livecd, reformatted the entire drive and going to make a clean install. Another potential solution is to remove any ram over 4gb run the install and then put the additional ram back in after even then try and limit the ram slots to one, so not 2gb in each rather 1 slot with 4gb. Late 2012 macs unable to reinstall os x or restore from. Other possible causes include a damaged boot drive. I have wifi connection working but the same window appears over and over. Hey guys, i was wiping my macbook pro because its a few years old and theres a lot of stuff on there that was making it run a little sluggish. Cant install mac os x mountain lion macrumors forums.
I installed macos but it has a problem cant download. How to fix macbook pro flashing folder, blinking question mark, white screen, freeze randomly duration. After formatting the drive and starting the install i get a timer stating its going to take 2,393,938,938 and 8 minutes. This method of distribution is convenient, but it also raises a number of questions. Hi there i have used scottishs guide for making the mountain lion usb installer. The installer should show up in your applications folder. Officemac 2011 for apples mountain lion microsoft community. Cant download the additional components needed to install mac os. This is a good reason to download the official copy from the mac app store, or join the free public beta program if you want to try out a new version of the mac os early. Cant download the additional components needed to install. It goes to internet recovery and is trying to install lion.
I have fast internet but it says unable to install additional components. An email with a content code for the mac app store. Rightclick on the installer and hit show package contents. I like to use lion diskmaker, which currently works with either lion or mountain lion.
Macbook pro mid 2012 cant download additional components. How to fix this item is temporarily unavailable mac book. Can not download the additional components needed to install mac os x i have also tried to install lion with the usb key and. Hello apple community, i am in need of some desperate advice for my situation, i am trying to install mountain lion fresh, so i wiped my hdd since i didnt have anything important on it anyways, so i make a bootable usb. It is worth noting that i tried to restore lion previously this way and it came up with. After about 2mins it pops up saying cant download the additional components needed to install mac osx. If you do want to download before installing, borrow someone elses mac to. This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to mountain lion. Like lion before it, mountain lion is available only as a direct download from apples mac app store. I get this error cant download the additional components needed to install os x i have. Another potential solution is to remove any ram over 4gb run the install and then put the additional ram back in after even then try and limit the ram. I am using a bootable mac os x lion installation dvd which is fine and previously worked. If you have lion, or mountain lion, installed before attempting a clean build a partition will be created to allow you to access components to rebuild the machine.
If youre using macos mojave, choose apple menu system preferences, then click software update where youll find the upgrade. Cant download the additional components needed to install os x. How to make a clean install of mac osx lion with a usb memory stick. Cant download additional components need apple community. Big problems with the installation of operating system on imac. A window appears saying cant download the additional components needed to install os x. And just like lion, getting mountain lion is as easy as downloading an installer from the mac app storea few clicks and. I get this message when trying to install lion on a fresh hard drive, cant find the solution anywhere online. I installed macos but it has a problem cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x. Ask a friendacquaintance at workschool who owns a mac to download the mountain lion installer from the app store and use it to create a bootable usb installer drive. Mountain lion includes over 200 new features to update your mac into the best computing experience yet. With the new messages app, you can send text, photos, videos, contacts, web links, and documents to anyone using another mac, iphone, ipad, or ipod touch you can even start a.
Find your usb and click on the install os x folder and go to restore tab. Okay so i decided to reinstall lion on a macbook air 11 mid junejuly which my dad gave me after he used it for a while. Click on the mountain lion button, or search for mountain lion. Youll need to supply them with a usb drive 8gb or larger, and possibly buy them a beverage of their choice to say thanks afterwards. The error message is in danish and translates to something like. However, i get cannot download additional components. We also have a complete guide to installing and upgrading to mountain lion os x 10. This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to lion os x 10. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question. Reinstallation of os x lion on a 2011 macbook air youtube. From the macbook, connect to the apple store and redownload the mountain lion installer. Mac installation errors you may encounter and how to fix them.
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