How to re download os x mountain lion installer from the mac app store. As with mavericks and mountain lion, 2 gb of ram, 8 gb of available. To fix, go into the terminal and manually set the time to current. Cant download the additional compone apple community. How to make a bootable mountain lion install drive macworld. Just click the mac app store icon in your dock, purchase mountain lion, and follow the onscreen instructions to install it. How to solve the error there was a problem installing mac os x try reinstalling with this tutorial it shows that the time and date are the problem of this er. Its seem that the 4gb flash drive option isnt working.
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. I ve manage to find an 8gb flash drive and try again. Regular booting just brings me to a flashing folder with a question mark, which means the macbook cant find an os or something. But before you rush to install mountain lion, youll want to check out our indepth guide to preparing your mac for mountain lion, downloading and. A window appears saying cant download the additional components needed to install os x.
I am using a bootable mac os x lion installation dvd which is fine and previously worked. Cant download additional components needed to install os x the only option available to me is restart. Big problems with the installation of operating system on imac. Problem using internet recovery on 2011 macbook air. All macintosh products capable of running os x mountain lion v10.
I was downloading os x mountain lion and was faced with the same issue. This is a hackintosh mountain lion installer, it can be used to install os x mountain lion on a normal desktop or laptop computer. Os x install fails without a descriptive error youtube. Cant download additional components needed to install os x after that the download stopped, unfortunately. Big problems with the installation of operating system on. I installed macos but it has a problem cant download. Cannot download additional components for mac os x lion. Download the latest official version of mac os x mountain lion. Mountain lion includes over 200 new features to update your mac into the best computing experience yet. Discussion in mac os x guest os discussion started by fuzzyreets, aug 9, 2015. After about 2mins it pops up saying cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x. When apple releases os x mountain lion to the public later this month, the software will. Lion disk maker is an application programmed with applescript that you can use with mac os x 10. Some new mac users cant reinstall mountain lion and how.
When i try to redownload mas os x lion it gives me the cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x prompt. How to install os x mountain lion without an internet connection. However, i get cannot download additional components. How can i go back to my old last os x mountain lion, and to keep. Mac os x lion couldnt be installed, because the disk volume name is damaged and cant be repaired. I installed macos but it has a problem cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x. Os x was the first operating system to ship as a single install that could boot into either a 32bit or 64bit kernel, either of which could run 32bit and 64bit applications at full native performance. I had to look for a faster internet connection and it worked. Reinstallation of os x lion on a 2011 macbook air youtube. Cant download additional components need apple community. An installation error occurs sometimes for when upgrading from os x snow leopard to os x lion cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x check your network configuration as the install needs to pull down software over the internet.
This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to mountain lion. Os x mountain lion makes this as easy as possible by putting almost all of the settings in one place. How to redownload os x mountain lion installer from the. Everything works fine initially, but then at the end it just says cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x and below with it says check your interent connection. Have fitted a 480gb ssd and tried using the internet recovery to install mountain lion. Macbook air is stuck at downloading additional components. However, to take full advantage of the handoff feature, additional minimum system requirements include a mac with bluetooth le bluetooth 4. It comes with a safe official mac os x mountain lion 1085 offline installer. Download this os installer how to upgrade to macos sierra on another mac. Hands on with mountain lions os x recovery and internet. I booted up my computer via internet recovery and erased my hd via disk utility but when i tried to reinstall the mac os x lion it always says that i. Os x mountain lion was released on july 25, 2012 for purchase and download through apples mac app store, as part of a switch to releasing os x versions online and every year, rather than every two years or so. Cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x. As soon as you launch the application, it tries to find the os x.
Cant install ml cant download additional components. Click restart to restart your computer and try installing again. 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. Apple os x mountain lion is the latest release of the worlds most advanced desktop operating system. You need to install a newer version of osx macos i would recommend. Mac os x lion cannot download additional components. The installer must download from apple for this to work. Cant download the additional components needed to instal. So, now im stuck with a pretty much bricked macbook and i dont know what to do. Some new mac users cant reinstall mountain lion and how to fix it by ian kar february 27, 20 new mac computers are causing problems for some users who tried to reinstall os x or restore. Cant download the additional components needed to install.
Clean install of os x lion from usb cant download the additional. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question. Mac app store wont let you download os x mountain lion if. But on this one it gets to the end and reports cant download the additional components needed to install os x. Ive never done a clean reinstall of mac os x lion over the internet without any physical media. After formatting the drive and starting the install i get a timer stating its going to take 2,393,938,938 and 8 minutes. Ive gone into recovery mode and attempted to reinstall mac os x lion from there but once ive selected the destination and its begun downloading, the estimated time pops up as something ridiculous like 2942831,088410 hours and 39 minutes or something to that effect, it does this for a few minutes before a window pops up saying mac.
Cant download additional components apple community. At some point, youll probably need to change some of the settings on your computer. You can only legally download mountain lion for free if. After a few minutes or less, it tells me that it can. I saw the same problem on this discussions forum, but it didnt helped for me. Just did a factory restore on my 2012 mba and wanted to do a clean install of osx. The error message is in danish and translates to something like.
How to make a clean install of mac osx lion with a usb memory stick. Hi there today i restarted my macbook pro and now i cant start it because when i try to reinstall mac is x it says its not. Home forums parallels desktop for mac mac os x guest os discussion cant download the additional components needed to install macosx yosemite guest. The imac is online as its wired and i can use safari from the help option to visit any site. You wont be able to purchase mountain lion if your mac cant handle it. Im trying to do internet recovery to reinstall os x 10. With the windows media components for quicktime by flip4mac, you can play windows media files. Os x mountain lion is available now as a download from the mac app store. This is an official os x mountain lion installer from apple, it can be used to reinstall or upgrade to mountain lion on a mac. Cant download the additional components needed to install os x. Starting with mountain lion, os x exclusively uses a 64bit kernel, but it continues to run both 32bit and 64bit applications. Mountain lion will not only make your mac work better, it also makes your mac work even better with your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch.
Late 2012 macs unable to reinstall os x or restore from. As i searched for your error cant download additional components, etc, one thing that. Does anybody know how to get fix this installation issue. I have fast internet but it says unable to install additional components.
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