This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/us-news-blog/2012/jul/25/apple-mountain-lion-frustrates-mac
The article has changed 8 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Mountain Lion frustrates Apple fans attempting to upgrade system | Mountain Lion frustrates Apple fans attempting to upgrade system |
| (about 6 hours later) | |
| Today Apple released Mountain Lion, its newest desktop operating system, but users are facing a host of problems as they attempt to download the highly anticipated system. | Today Apple released Mountain Lion, its newest desktop operating system, but users are facing a host of problems as they attempt to download the highly anticipated system. |
| Apple announced that it would release Mountain Lion today during Tuesday's third quarter earnings call, where they attributed the lower than expected figures to rumors of new products. | Apple announced that it would release Mountain Lion today during Tuesday's third quarter earnings call, where they attributed the lower than expected figures to rumors of new products. |
| The announcement caused excitement in tech circles and Mac fans were on social media in a display of enthusiasm: | The announcement caused excitement in tech circles and Mac fans were on social media in a display of enthusiasm: |
| Ahhh Mountain Lion comes out tomorrow! Waiting til midnight to see if I can order it then :) #applefreak | Ahhh Mountain Lion comes out tomorrow! Waiting til midnight to see if I can order it then :) #applefreak |
| So who's camped outside their house all night waiting to be first in the Q at their MacBook to download OS X Mountain Lion? | So who's camped outside their house all night waiting to be first in the Q at their MacBook to download OS X Mountain Lion? |
| If you can get there, it's worth it, according to an an exhaustive 17-page review of the $19.99 operating system. The Next Web reports that Mountain Lion tries to unify Apple's desktop features with its incredibly popular mobile products. Critics are pleased with the results – especially its wallet-friendly pricing – but as users attempted to download the new system this morning, they faced several downloading issues. | If you can get there, it's worth it, according to an an exhaustive 17-page review of the $19.99 operating system. The Next Web reports that Mountain Lion tries to unify Apple's desktop features with its incredibly popular mobile products. Critics are pleased with the results – especially its wallet-friendly pricing – but as users attempted to download the new system this morning, they faced several downloading issues. |
| If I get 'error 100' one more time I'm going to eat something!! Potentially a Mars bar. | If I get 'error 100' one more time I'm going to eat something!! Potentially a Mars bar. |
| After closing my account, closing MAS, deleting Safari cookies and rebooting my Mac 9673 times I still get the Error 100. Not nice, Apple :( | After closing my account, closing MAS, deleting Safari cookies and rebooting my Mac 9673 times I still get the Error 100. Not nice, Apple :( |
| Error 100 trying to download Mountain Lion, don't Apple ever plan for the bandwidth needed during big updates? | Error 100 trying to download Mountain Lion, don't Apple ever plan for the bandwidth needed during big updates? |
| Apple sent me (and countless other users) a faulty Mountain Lion redeem code. Says "already been used." 45 mins with phone support, no joy. | Apple sent me (and countless other users) a faulty Mountain Lion redeem code. Says "already been used." 45 mins with phone support, no joy. |
| problems with mountain lion huh? shoulda got windows | problems with mountain lion huh? shoulda got windows |
| For those getting an Error 100, an iOS and OSX developer posted these troubleshooting directions online. | For those getting an Error 100, an iOS and OSX developer posted these troubleshooting directions online. |
| If your redemption code is not working, the MacRumors forum is collecting responses from users with the same problem. | If your redemption code is not working, the MacRumors forum is collecting responses from users with the same problem. |
| On Twitter, New Mountain Lion users shared their initial takes on the new operating system: | |
| I sketched my review of Mac OSX Mountain Lion: twitter.com/SamSpratt/stat… | |
| First impressions are if u use Google & Dropbox for most of ur online life…there's really very little to get excited about in Mountain Lion. | |
| Already loving Mountain Lion. Notification Center is slick and the new Safari is FAST. | |
| which of these 200 Features in Mountain Lion is worth to upgrade? #stillsearching | |
| Did you download Mountain Lion? Have any tips on how to work around the bugs? Is it worth the pain? Tell us more... | Did you download Mountain Lion? Have any tips on how to work around the bugs? Is it worth the pain? Tell us more... |