If I install Mountain Lion without backing up my system, will I lose all my data? I have VMWare fusion with Windows 7 and Kurzweil 1000 installed, and my external hard drive, which would hold all of this, still does not work at the moment.
Any thoughts of what I should do? Thanks, Harry On Jul 25, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Out of curiosity, has anyone done this with bootcamp? I have refit > installed, so I press m for mac or w for windows when I push the power > button. Should I press m after each reboot, or just leave it alone? > I've managed to update to 10.7.2, .3, and .4 okay, but I've never done > a full OS upgrade (my mini came with Lion). > > On 7/25/12, Doug Lawlor <doug.law...@gmail.com> wrote: >> When your system reboots for the first time you can turn on VoiceOver at >> this point to get your percentage of your install progress and the >> approximate time left. When my system rebooted for the second time >> VoiceOver came up speaking. >> >> Doug >> >> On 2012-07-25, at 2:53 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >>> Ok, Les, how do you know when it's ok to turn VoiceOver on when you're >>> installing Mountain lion? I got my computer three days before Lion, and I >>> did my install of Lion at the Apple store. I mean, until you get VoiceOver >>> going, your computer has gone bye-bye for a while. >>> >>> Eugenia Firth >>> gigifi...@sbcglobal.net >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jul 25, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: >>> >>>> Your question is a good one. Let me assure you that you can do this. >>>> First, you should do a complete backup of all of your data. Also, make >>>> certain your programs are all up-to-date. You can check in the App Store >>>> by searching for the word Updates to see if there are any updates >>>> available. It's also a good idea to run Software Update to make certain >>>> you have the most current updates for Lion. Now, once you've done this, >>>> just purchase Mountain Lion. It will download and your system will >>>> re-boot. You may have to turn on VO when your system restarts, but you >>>> will then have speech through the remainder of the installation process. >>>> It took me about an hour to do the install, just finished, and all went >>>> well. >>>> >>>> Les >>>> On Jul 25, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Kirsten Edmondson >>>> <kirsten.edmond...@btinternet.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I plan to install ML on Friday or Saturday, when I come back from being >>>>> away. However, my Mac, which I got 10 months ago, came with Lion >>>>> installed. So I've never had to install anything big like this on a Mac >>>>> before >>>>> >>>>> I'm not very good at doing this sort of thing, so I wondered if there >>>>> was a pod cast or some tips which I could use when I install it so that >>>>> I get it right. >>>>> >>>>> Is there anything I need to do before I install? >>>>> >>>>> Where do I put it? >>>>> >>>>> Will it more or less do it for me? Or do I have to get it to do things. >>>>> >>>>> If anybody could direct me in the right place that would be great. >>>>> >>>>> Sounds totally inept and stupid I know… But… >>>>> >>>>> There's no rush, as I said, I won't be doing it till the weekend. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> Kirsten >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > mehg...@gmail.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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. 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