iFaith 1.5.1: feature-rich solution for users of iOS-jailbroken devices

iH8sn0w, a well-known developer of software tools for jailbreakers has released an update utility iFaith , providing an opportunity preservation of digital certificates SHSH blobs for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

The uniqueness of Windows-based applications iFaith is that it makes it possible to upload certificates for iOS-devices running older firmware, which is not available digitally signed Apple. IFaith update under the symbol 1.5.1 aims to support older models of smartphones and tablets, as well as correction of minor errors.

List of changes in iFaith 1.5.1:

• Important improvements in the code.
• Built-in check for updates.
• Ability to save dump for 5.1.x/6.0.x/6.1 on iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G and devices on A4.
• Rewrote the function Payloads.
• Now you can create IPSW for iOS 3.xx for iPod touch second generation.
• Fixed a problem with the memory on the latest models of iOS-devices.
• Besides saving SHSH program automatically searches for available SHSH in Cydia.

According iH8Sn0w, which is also responsible for the development of Sn0wbreeze, iFaith new version aims to fix bugs and improve the overall code. In the event that iFaith can not connect to iTunes, it warns the user. The update also adds support for improved encryption algorithm certificates.

Download iFaith 1.5.1 for Windows is available for free on the link below. In the near future, the developer will release a version for Mac.

Download iFaith 1.5.1 for Windows [ link ]

Office 2011 for Mac has been updated to 14.3 version, support for Office 365 Home Premium subscribers

Earlier this week, Microsoft officially launched Office 365 Home Premium subscription service , it allows the user to install the new version of Office on a PC or Mac, but be required to pay an annual subscription fee of $ 99.99, or pay the cost of $ 9.99 per month .

Of course, as part of the Office 365 Home Premium, Windows users can naturally this week for Office 2013 office suite. However, Mac users are not so lucky, they are still using Office 2011 for Mac. Now, Microsoft has released Office 2011 for Mac, an update that allows authorized users in Office 365 Home Premium machine or Office 365 University subscription services authorized machine installed Office 2011 for Mac.

The version number of Office for Mac 2011 will be updated to 14.3, and bring some bug fixes, including saved correctly in PowerPoint for Mac now allows hyperlinks the hash mark (#); to display correctly Conference in OneNote for Mac time.

When Mac users can like Windows users do enjoy Office 2013 all the new features it? ZDNet reports that , according to Microsoft spokesman said Office 2013, we can expect to be ported to the Mac in around late January 2014. Office 365 Home Premium will also automatically receive the new version.

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Office 2013 is now officially went on sale in Australia

Offer Office 2013 office suite around the world means that Microsoft officially began on January 29. Australia Microsoft Store website is now on sale at several versions of the office suite.

The online store of view, users spent AU $ 169 ($ 175 USD) you can buy Office Home and Student 2013, Office Home and the Business 2013 you need to AU $ 299 ($ ​​310 USD), Office Professional 2013 need to AU $ 599 ($ ​​622 USD) several versions can only be installed on a PC. Of course, you can also spend AU $ 119 ($ 123 USD) year subscription Office 365 the Home Premium, it can be installed on a PC or Mac Office 2013.

At the same time, this also means that European users should be able to buy after a few hours of Office 2013 and to subscribe to the new version of Office 365 and the United States may have to wait until midnight EST or midnight Pacific Time to line to buy the new version of Office.

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Office 365 Home Premium and Office 2013 officially listed

News, we hear about the Office 2013 and Office 365 has also been more than enough, and Microsoft has even long been identified product pricing information. Previous sale of a Canadian retailer page has also been revealed that these two Microsoft the heavy office products will shelves on January 29. January 29 is today, and Office 2013 products and Office 365 service, it has been on sale. However, the need to be clear, all versions of Office 2013's already on the market, while the 365 only to the ordinary consumer user Enterprise Edition will be coming February 27.

 

Office 365 Home Premium Edition Service annual fee of $ 99.99, can be installed up to the top five PC and Mac, of course, users can also Office.com site equipment for a station has registered anti activated in order to be installed on other devices Office. There are also open for undergraduate university (University version), 4 years and costs $ 79.99. The service is included in the pay the 20GB SkyDrive cloud of space, as well as the software version updated in real time. For certain economic market, Office 2013 Home and Student Edition (Home and Student, 139 U.S. dollars), component includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. The Family Enterprise Edition (Home and Business) more Outlook, priced at $ 219. Pro (Professional) In addition to these components, including Access and Publisher, priced at $ 399. Office 2013 contains only one user license, there is no extra cloud space gift or other future major version upgrade services. From every angle, including the users need to spend money, as well as extended performance, are Office 365 more attractive. It is recommended that the user would like to begin in the purchase of their personal wants, workplace 2013 is additional just like the ancient choice, do not have a lot of mainstream cloud computing services, but powerful; the Office 365 years form of paid support future upgrades and cloud storage capabilities .

Formally accepted original video format H.265, replication video density

The International Committee of the Telecommunication approved new video format H.265, which will make available for HD-video networks, third and fourth generation. The new standard is intended to provide HEVC to the streaming of high quality video even on networks with low bandwidth.

The advantage of the new format is that with advanced compression techniques, it allows you to pass through the network 1080p-video, spending half the data. This means that the download of the same film in the same as the user takes half the time than before. The new video format will be able to maintain the same level of quality to which we are accustomed to in previous years.

The news of the reduction of bandwidth for high-quality transmission of video is good for those who prefer to watch videos on the move through wireless mobile network. Especially when you consider the fact that most mobile operators refuse to use unlimited tariffs. In addition, the transfer of video format HEVC much more stable than previous formats

"With the 4K TV, comes the time of ultrahigh-definition video - told the developers of the standard. - The only problem is that the network is not able to support the load at a level that is required for sending this video. Thanks to H.265, network with a capacity of 20-30 Mbps to be able to transfer 4K video. "

Although the programs of coding video in this format will be later this year, the widespread use this codec will only when it is embedded in the hardware. Will be held from 12 to 18 months before the first devices with built-in hardware H.265 acceleration come to market.

Schedule release of new iPhone, iPad and Mac in 2013

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo KGI Securities firm predictions about the release of new products from Apple in 2013, which, in his opinion, will be a year of great change in the product line of the company. According to the report of the expert, this year all the major "Apple" new items will be presented in the third quarter.

iPhone

One of the foremost vital products of Ming-Chi Kuo named iPhone 5S, which can be a insignificant renew iPhone 5, with a lot of commanding processor, bonus RAM, better camera, and a fingerprint reader. With him Apple announces budget version iPhone 5, which is able to be “probably corporation prepared from firm items”. They will be out almost immediately.

iPad and iPad mini

New iPad tablets 5 and iPad mini 2 will be presented in the summer time c iPhone, said Kuo. Display resolution mini-tablet with 7.9-inch Retina display will be 2048 × 1536 pixels, and the index number of dots per inch - 324 ppi. iPad 5 will be similar to the iPad mini, released in October, it will be lighter and smaller than the traditional version by 4 mm high, 17 mm wide and 2 mm in depth and get a narrow frame around the display. Screen size is 9.7 inches, but the LCD panel will have fewer LEDs, which are used for illumination.

MacBook Air

According to the forecast Kuo, in 2013 released a new generation of ultra-thin laptop MacBook Air, which will get Extra-clear display Retina. Thanks to the introduction of new Intel processors, code-named «Haswell», Apple laptops 2013 release can run on battery power even longer. The debut of these machines will be held at the end of the second quarter.

iMac

IMac line of candy bars remain without changes. Analysts do not expect that computers will display Retina. Computers will change to the same Intel Core processors fourth generation «Haswell». The company announced the updated iMac this fall, said the expert.

iPod touch

This year, Apple refuses to produce players of the fourth-generation iPod touch, which are now sold with iPod touch 5G, said Kuo. To fill the gap, the company will release a budget version of the 8-gigabataynuyu latest iPod touch c 4-inch screen, but without the main camera. The device will be available in the fall.

Apple TV

According to Kuo, this year a new version of Apple TV. During the first three months of the year Apple introduced an update for "apple" set top box.

Kingston has announced the world's first "stick" to 1TB [CES 2013]

Kingston introduced at CES 2013 stick with a record amount of memory to 1 TB. The most capacious "flash card" in the world equipped with a USB 3.0 connector, and is called HyperX Predator.

The physical dimensions of Kingston HyperX Predator standard, 72x27x21 mm, no significant differences from any other "flash" is not. A nice addition is the zinc metal housing that protects the device from external influences.

Of the maximum read and write speeds HyperX Predator are 240 MB / s read and 160 MB / s for writing. If you connect two USB 2.0 speed is 30 MB / s.

 

"USB Flash Drive" in volume 1 TB will be available in the first quarter. Data on the price yet, but it is known that the manufacturer gives to the device five years warranty. Kingston notes that the 512-gigabyte version of the same model is available now for $ 1,750, terabyte "flash card" will cost considerably more expensive.

DiskAid 6 allows you to transfer files to the iPhone and iPad over Wi-Fi

In 2001, when Apple first introduced iTunes, she did not know that a revolution in the technology of communication between electronic devices, which will play no small role in the success of iPod. However, some people refuse because of the complexity of the program and some of its non-trivial functions.

There are several ways to transfer media files from iOS-devices to a computer. Transfer any information from iDevice on Windows-PC or Mac and vice versa can be through third party software.

The company announced the release of the application DigiDNA DiskAid 6, with which you can easily upload the data from the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch without a physical connection to a computer. Utility, which is available in free and paid versions, completely eliminates the need to run iTunes. 

"Exploring the applications on the iPhone from the computer to Windows and Mac and transfer files between iOS-devices has never been easier with DiskAid. The program automatically detects all programs, allowing you to copy files, folders and even folder trees, "- said in a statement DigiDNA. 

In DiskAid 6 was first introduced to the function data via Wi-Fi and the ability to work with several devices. The new version of the application allows you to see detailed information about the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, including the level of charge, and includes a feature Quicklook to view files quickly on the device. Added ability to export SMS-messages, iMessage and MMS to PDF.

DiskAid free version 6 offers unlimited transfer content to a computer via Wi-Fi or USB, and provides access to the file system of iOS and photographs. It also allows you to turn your mobile device into Apple-portable USB-drive.

In the paid version of DiskAid six more opportunities. After buying a utility on the computer is permitted to move melody, videos, contacts, call record and still text messages. The license cost for the program is $ 25.

Download DiskAid 6, you can  on the official website DigiDNA .

Keycard turns iPhone into a proximity sensor to automatically lock / unlock Mac

Sometimes you need to quickly lock your Mac. It should absent himself for long, and shut down or "put to sleep" the computer does not want. There are several ways to  easily lock the operating system OS X: use the shortcut, the active screen corner, one of the widgets Dashboard. At the same time to continue to enter each time the account password.

Appuous studio has released a new application for protecting Mac, which eliminates these difficulties. Keycard - awesome app that locks and unlocks the computer, depending on how far away is your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Access to the car locked, with the phone when the user moves away from the Mac and automatically unlocks when approaching him. Probably the most geek solution to the problem.

Interestingly, the computer locks Keycard special four-digit password, so you can always log in, if your sat iDevice battery.

The program is an icon in the top menu of OS X. Keycard settings allow you to set the connection between your device and your computer, set up a lock code and manually close the access to the machine.

Keycard to work requires an operating system OS X 10.7 and above. The cost of the application the first few days after the release of the Mac App Store will be $6.99 .

Corning announced the Thunderbolt optic cables up to 30 meters

The company Corning has developed an accessory that is intended for users of the Mac, requiring a very long cord to connect their devices. New optical cables Thunderbolt will be presented together with a new generation of protective glass Gorilla Glass 3 at CES 2013.

Details on Thunderbolt cables will shine in a separate announcement, scheduled for Monday, but some data they already have. Cords provide two-channel bi-directional data transfer rates up to 10 Gbit / s. The company used to have optical fiber Corning ClearCurve VSDN, the merits of which include high flexibility and light weight. Optical cables favorably with conventional conductors larger maximum length.

Apple Thunderbolt standard cords are strong restrictions by the specifications, their length is only 2 meters. Corning has found a way to get around this and suggested cable lengths of 10, 20 and 30 meters. They can be connected in a chain up to 6 devices to the port Thunderbolt. Accessories will get to the shops in the first quarter of 2013 and their price information yet. Corning is also working on similar cables to interface USB 3.0.

High-speed data interface Thunderbolt is the standard in notebook and desktop computers Apple. Gradually, this standard is used in the motherboard and ultrabooks on Windows.

How to install Windows Bootcamp on new iMac models with 3TB drives

Users of new iMac release in 2012, decided to install Windows on a computer with the software Boot Camp, faced with a problem. Modern versions of the operating Microsoft systems support large hard drives, but Apple Boot Camp Assistant does not work with hard drives that are superior to 2.2 TB.

Clearly, this problem will be solved in the next update Boot Camp, but for those who do not want to wait for the update, can use way that experts have found the company TwoCanoes Software. The trick is that the hard drive, you must first be divided into sections, and so that the Windows-partition is at the end of the first four chapters, but within the first 2.2 TB.

Thus, you can work around the limitation Boot Camp for a maximum amount of hard drive and install the iMac, for example the latest desktop platform Windows 8. Storage capacity of more than 2.2 GB can be used to store information, as OS X sees 3-terabyte drive completely.

By the way, along with the updated iMac introduced a new technology Fusion Drive, which combines conventional HDD and SSD into a single logical volume. For the automatic movement of data between the operating system responds immediately. Apple's innovative technology has allowed a 3.5-fold increase in speed Macs when performing different tasks.

Logitech released the backlit keyboard for the iPhone and iPad, and trackpad for Mac

Logitech has expanded its accessories with two new products: wireless keyboard Logitech Bluetooth Easy-Switch Keyboard for Mac, iPad and iPhone and touchpad Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad for Mac.

New items can take a fresh look at the operation and navigation of your favorite devices Apple. The keyboard Logitech Bluetooth Easy-Switch Keyboard uses technology Logitech Easy-Switch. This allows one-touch buttons on the keyboard to switch between gadgets, for example, first quickly compose a letter on your Mac, and then write an essay on the iPad, or reply to a text message with the iPhone. In addition, Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad allows full range multi-touch gestures for Mac on a smooth glass surface.

The keyboard Logitech Easy-Switch Keyboard can connect up to three devices simultaneously Apple. In the layout, familiar Mac, have additional keys and Command Mission Control, plus a button the display brightness. Sleek aluminum housing combined with devices from Apple, so the keyboard looks great next to the Mac, iPad or iPhone.

Thanks to built-in LED keypad easy to use at night or in low light conditions. The novelty integrated sensor that is triggered when the user puts a hand to the device. It also automatically adjusts the brightness according to the light level in the room.

Touchpad Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad is analogous to corporate “touchpad” Apple and supports Multi-Touch. The device accurately conveys the feeling of using the touchscreen thanks to a low-profile design and the smooth glass surface. Area of ​​the touchpad for more than a laptop, so use special gestures in OS X is more convenient. The novelty also built high-precision sensors, and the coating is protected from fingerprints and scratches.

Also, you do not have to worry about changing batteries. New charges via USB cable and can be used during charging. At full battery can operate the touch panel to one month.

Recommended price Logitech Bluetooth Easy-Switch Keyboard and Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad be $130 and $90 respectively. Sales of the device will begin in January 2013.

Became known discounts on Apple iPad, Mac and iPod in the "Black Friday"

Visitors online Apple store in the "Black Friday" on 23 November at which to start the Christmas season sales, can benefit from a one-day deals on all the "apple" products.

Recall that in the U.S. the day after Thanksgiving is called "Black Friday" and, historically, this is one of the busiest shopping days of the year. The tradition of the day to arrange the sale appeared in the United States in the XIX century, but now the discount stores offer this day in some other countries.

Employees of tech-blog 9to5Mac postings online Apple Store for the residents of New Zealand and Australia, which have benefited from the first one-day action. Thus, the company will sell a Mac to $ 110 cheaper than the original price discount for the iPad will be from 41 to 61 dollars depending on the model (16GB, 32GB and 64GB), iPod touch touchscreen player would cost 21-41 dollars less in Depending on the model, and the iPod nano «lose weight" in the price of $ 11. In addition, Apple will offer a discount of $ 11 for additional accessories, including headphones EarPods, covers Smart Covers, Mouse Magic Mouse, Wireless Keyboard and Trackpad Apple.

Thus, Apple decided to follow last year's strategy when selling Mac and iPod in the "Black Friday" with similar discounts. This year, the company can deliver the unit in a gift box, tied with red ribbon and attach it to the card. For the buyer ordering should be noted that the gadget gets a gift.

Apple is developing a new operating system, OS X 10.9

After almost half a year after the debut of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion in the web there is evidence that Apple is developing the next version of the operating system for the Mac. According to C-news, online recorded at least 30 cars that are running the next generation desktop platform OS X 10.9.

Over the last few years Apple has moved to an annual renewal cycle OS X. The latest version - OS X 10.8 - was published in the shop Mac App Store in July of this year. Previous - OS X 10.7 Lion - launched in July 2011. Earlier update cycle was twice as long as: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was released in August 2009, and OS X 10.5 Leopard - in October 2007. Thus, a new version, under the alleged codename Lynx, expected in the summer of 2013.

Apple believes that the most promising variant of OS X is the convergence of desktop and mobile operating systems. In particular, the interest in this Federigo Craig, senior vice president of software development, and Bob Mansfield, who recently led a new direction for the development of semiconductors.

Apple has already started to integrate the functions of iOS in the desktop version of the operating system with OS X 10.7 Lion. Mountain Lion In this concept was further developed: The most recent operating system contains  the 10 most popular iOS features , including iCloud, messages, reminders, notes, Center notifications, Twitter, quick link, Game Center, AirPlay video replay function and voice input data.

In Apple intend to make the experience of interaction with any of the devices of the company was the same. For this reason, it is expected that in the years to OS X will be strongly modified. Update the team plans to move precisely this course.

Quadro K5000: the most powerful graphics from NVIDIA for the Mac

To meet the most sophisticated needs of users 'Macs', using computers for their professional activities, NVIDIA suggested graphics accelerator Quadro K5000. This is the most powerful solution in its class to serve on the desktop Apple.

Video card, made the architecture Kepler, performance twice as product Quadro 4000 for Mac generation Fermi. Support Cinema 4K technology provides the ability to process and view video resolution of 4096 x 2160 pixels.

Quadro K5000 for Mac has 1536 stream processors and comes with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory with 256-bit bus, providing unsurpassed performance in video editing software, visualization, and three-dimensional rendering. A powerful processor allows you to work simultaneously with four displays, while the maximum power consumption of the card is 122 Tues

To connect the display units provided by two DVI and DisplayPort. Also, the support OpenGL, OpenCL, CUDA, to install two Quadro K5000 in one Mac Pro.

Quadro K5000 for Mac will be available before the end of the year at a price of $ 2250.

Mountain Lion OS X: 3 million downloads in just 4 days

The forecasts were announced well 2 million downloads in just 48 hours  and here a few days after the official release, Apple officially announces the numbers of the new OS X Mountain Lion , in terms of downloads, showed three million in four days, making it the most successful OS X release in the history of Cupertino.

 

With over 200 innovative new features , Mountain Lion is the ninth major release of the world's most advanced operating system and is available through the App Store as an update for Mac users Lion or Snow Leopard at trifling cost of $ 19.99.

"Just one year after the introduction of Lion, which has enjoyed tremendous success, customers have more than three million downloads of the Mountain Lion in just four days, making it the most successful release ever," said Philip Schiller, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for Apple.

Among the features of Mountain Lion there is a new app Messages, Notifications Center, sharing the system level, the Dictation, AirPlay Mirroring and Game Center. The icloud Integration, among other things, makes setting up Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Messages, Reminders and Notes, allowing you to keep updated information on all devices with the apple in our possession, including iWork documents.

For now, just missing the integration with the world's largest social network, Facebook, which should arrive, according to Apple, with a new minor update available soon.

See also:

How to install OS X Mountain Lion on Windows-based PC[Download]

Clean install OS X Mountain Lion [Download]

How to create a bootable DVD or USB-drive with OS X MountainLion with one click

OS X Mountain Lion was the most successful OS in the history of Apple

A new desktop operating system of Apple OS X 10.8 Lion Mountain in the first four days after the release downloaded more than 3 million times. This company said today in an official the press release.

 

According to this indicator's desktop platform Apple has become the most successful in company history. For comparison, last year, OS X 10.7 Lion for the first day has been downloaded one million times, and the value of six million downloads in the operating system is reached by October 2012.

"Just a year after an incredibly successful launch of the Lion Mountain Lion, users have downloaded more than 3 million times in just four days, making this release the most successful of all time" - said the head of Apple's Worldwide Product Marketing Philip Schiller.

Mountain Lion is designed to bring together even more for the Apple platform with iOS, used on the iPhone and the iPad. Thus, the "Mountain Lion", a number of applications for mobile devices known to Apple. They include a program to manage the messaging system messages, applications notes and reminders, as well as voice dialing, text-based Siri, similar to that implemented in iPad third generation.

 

In total, Mountain Lion has over 200 new features, including improved integration with iCloud, Facebook and Twitter. Upgrade to the Mountain Lion is available for download at the official store App Store for Mac for $ 19.99.

See also:

How to install OS X Mountain Lion on Windows-based PC[Download]

Clean install OS X Mountain Lion [Download]

How to create a bootable DVD or USB-drive with OS X MountainLion with one click

How to install OS X Mountain Lion on Windows-based PC [Download]

If you've ever tried to create a mackintosh - installing Mac OS X on Windows-based PCs - you probably have encountered great difficulties. The process requires some training and often fails.

In order to install the new release of the operating system  OS X Mountain Lion  on the PC and use desktop platform Apple's third-party hardware, refer to the draft tonymacx86, dedicated to the mackintosh. The updated tool UniBeast can easily put the "Mountain Lion" on the PC using the USB-stick. In contrast to previous methods for creating mackintosh you do not need an optical drive.

Using our step by step guide, you can install OS X Mountain Lion on a PC the easiest way possible.

Requirements :

• The image of the OS X Mountain Lion, downloaded from the Mac App Store.
• Software UniBeast.
• USB-flash drive capacity of 8 gigabytes or more.
• Windows-based PCs to run OS X Mountain Lion.

How to install OS X Mountain Lion on Windows-based PCs

Step 1 : Download the OS X Mountain Lion from the app store Mac App Store  at this link .

Step 2 : Download the free software UniBeast  (requires registration on the site).

Step 3 : Create a bootable flash drive using UniBeast. Open the Programs -> Utilities -> Disk Utility and click on the flash drive in the sidebar.

Step 4 : Click the tab, disk partition, then select Current and Section 1. Click on the Options button, point to switch the master boot record and click OK.

Step 5 : Change the name to the USB and select the format for Mac OS X Extended (Journaled). Confirm button disk partition.

Note: When using downloaded from the Mac App Store applications OS X Mountain Lion, ensure that it is in the Programs folder.

Step 6 : Start UniBeast 1.5.1. Click Continue, Continue, Continue, and I agree.

Step 7 : Step Placement as a place of installation, select the USB-stick, and then click Continue.

Step 8 : Check the box next to each item in step Installation Type: «Install OS X Mountain Lion».

Step 9 : Enter the password and click Install. Depending on the speed of your system and stick procedure can take up to 15 minutes.

Step 10 : Congratulations! Now you can insert a USB-stick with OS X Mountain Lion in a Windows-based PCs and run mackintosh installation.

Users have reported problems with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

Despite the many positive reviews, the first users of OS X10.8 Mountain Lion complain of problems with the operating system: the slow-loading distribution to a critical error in the core of the new OS.

The owners of the Mac, which moved to the new OS as soon as it is released report problems, starting with how to load distribution, according to Cnews. Many users complained that they could not get distribution, or it loads very slowly. At the moment the only way to get an update Mountain Lion - download it from the official App Store Mac App Store. File size is about 4.35 GB.

The next part of the messages posted on our technical support Apple, associated with the installation of Mountain Lion. Some users complain that when you install this update the computer generates an error that hard disk is damaged.

"I tried to install a Mountain Lion on their iMac line in 2007. The installation process is abruptly terminated with an error message about the disk and the recommendation to run Disk Utility ", - the user Jbwhitehurst.

During the test drive, he again received the error, which means Disk Utility could not fix.

In another thread a user Johnmreynolds reported that he had the same problem when installing the update on the MacBook Pro line in 2010. He returned to the Lion and ran a disk check from a previous version of the operating system: no errors were found.

"After that I tried to re-establish the Mountain Lion, and the process was successful. It's strange, "- he said.

Among other problems: the sudden shutdown of Safari 6 when it starts, and a similar situation with the application notes. Many posts in the forum due to a looped reboot your computer after you upgrade to the Mountain Lion.

"I found Mountain Lion. The computer told me that I should shut it down due to this problem. If I try to log in to your account, after about thirty seconds it restarts and gives me the same message "- complained Sarapatt.

Users report that this problem is relatively new systems, including the MacBook Pro last year and the current release. Earlydoors adds that he got an error like Kernel panic - a critical error message about the operating system kernel, after which the computer will be possible only after restarting.

Despite the fact that many users report increased performance compared to previous versions of the Lion and the operating system, other informed to the contrary. User Jesus Diaz, editor of Gizmodo, was surprised that after the upgrade to Mountain Lion his new MacBook Pro with the display Retina was very much "fail", including the periodic disappearance of the mouse.

Nevertheless, most reviewers have published positive reviews of Mountain Lion. Author of The Sydney Morning Herald, Adam Turner called the new Apple-OS kind of work on the bugs in the Lion and said to go at it a lot easier than the transition with Snow Leopard on the Lion in his time, as this transition is required from the user habituation many controversial changes.

See also: 

How to create a bootable DVD or USB-drive with OS X MountainLion with one click

Clean install OS X Mountain Lion [Download]

Clean install OS X Mountain Lion [Download]

Many users successfully upgraded from OS X Lion on platform  OS X Mountain Lion through the Mac App Store, but there are users who prefer to do a clean install of the OS. In this case, the operating system is rolled on a formatted hard drive partition from which you removed all of the data. Or even use the new drive.

It is believed that this method is the most reliable and promising in terms of future stability of the OS. Programs and tweaks, set in the environment and under the control of Mountain Lion, will work with maximum stability. If you choose this method of installing a new OS, we recommend to back up all important data.

Clean install OS X Mountain Lion:

Step 1 : Download the Mountain Lion of the store Mac App Store, but do not install the OS.

Step 2 : According to the instructions published here , create a bootable DVD or USB-drive with a Mountain Lion.

Step 3 : Once you create a bootable drive, restart your computer while holding down the Option (ALT).

Step 4 : When you start the computer from the boot menu, select "Installer Mac OS X».

Step 5 : Open Disk Utility and select your hard drive you want to format. Click on the Erase. From the drop-down menu, select Format Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and type the desired drive letter.

Step 6 : Click Erase to start formatting the drive.

Step 7 : After the operation, close Disk Utility and select from the top menu "Install Mac OS X».

Step 8 : Specify the drive and install the Mountain Lion.

After a clean install of OS X Mountain Lion, you can move applications and other important files from a backup or to use the operating system "from scratch".