A mountain lion icon will display on the launchpad. It says cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x. Downloads in mountain lion technical support accordance. Install or reinstall lion mountain lion from scratch. Cant download the additional components needed to install macosx discussion in mac os x guest os discussion started by rebelinblue, sep 4, 2011. Just click the mac app store icon in your dock, purchase mountain lion and follow the onscreen instructions to install it. If you are having problems downloading mountain lion to your new mac from the mac app store, you may not be alone. While youre here, and assuming your motherboard was supported, head over to resourcesdownloads and download unibeast for mountain lion and multibeast. How to install os x mountain lion on a pc hackintosh guide. Unibeast is the boot loader that you will need to install mac os x mountain lion and then boot the mac os x on your pc, while multibeast is a comprehensive cutomization utility for hackintosh, which gives you the liberty to choose the drivers.
But on this one it gets to the end and reports can t download the additional components needed to install os x. How to download the os x lion installer on lion mac. Now that my hard drive is formatted, i clicked on the installation of the lion os. How to clean install osx lion from usb or dvd duration. Macbook pro mid 2012 cant download additional components need to install mac os x.
Does anybody know how to get fix this installation issue. Some new mac users cant reinstall mountain lion and how. Delete the hdd from disk utility and recover it from internet recovery. Aug, 2012 downloads in mountain lion posted in technical support. Cant download the additional components needed to install macosx yosemite guest discussion in mac os x guest os discussion started by fuzzyreets, aug 9, 2015. Os x installer programs have a list of compatible systems on which it can be installed. I am using a bootable mac os x lion installation dvd which is fine and previously worked. Cant download the additional components need to install os x i test the network and connection before start the install with utilitiesnetwork utility and appear to be ok. So basically my os x install on my mba corrupted itself somehow i put it to sleep, and it never woke up. How to install xcode on os x mountain lion easy pc tutorials. Cant download the additional components was trying to sell old macbook pro 2011, followed a video to reset using command r upon restart all worked fine till got this message after trying to re install mac os x lion, cant download the additional components needed to install max os x.
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. Just download the install mac os x lion app from the mac app store and let it walk you through the remaining steps. How to make a clean install of mac osx lion with a usb memory stick. Since mountain lion s release we have covered numerous aspects of the new os like completing a fresh install of mountain lion, and for those of you that are on the fence of updating, 10 reasons why you should update. Cant download additonal components needed to install mac. After formatting the drive and starting the install i get a timer stating its going to take 2,393,938,938 and 8 minutes. Os x lion reinstall takes forever apple dslreports. A developer daniel jalkut believes his users networking related crashes are caused by a bug in advanced network settings, specifically auto proxy. The problem seems to be a compatibility issue with the mountain lion installer available in the app store.
A window appears saying cant download the additional components needed to install os x. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question. May, 2012 a recent test conducted by the people engaged by apple in mountain lion development has revealed that upgrading is possible from a snow leopard machine without the need to go through os x 10. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the command and r keys until the menu screen appears. Once done i restarted the mac and began from scratch downloading a new installer from the mac app store. If yours is much smaller, then download ml on another mac, and make a new installer, following the instructions on a variety of sites. The installer sees an expired certificate, a workaround solution posted here says set the date back and it will install. Apr 19, 2017 from everymac the system came preinstalled with 10. I can connect to apples software update and itunes store servers, for example. I don t think its normal, unless youre using internet recovery which i don t recommend. Cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x uh oh.
Now when i try to startup the computer again using the recovery, im not able to install os x lion l. Some new mac users cant reinstall mountain lion and how to. Can t download the additional components needed to install mac os x, anyone have any ideas on how to fix this info. When i get to the screen i go to install mac os x lion and accept everything and click ok. Cant download the additional compone apple community. Once youve done that, you will see three folders created at the location you have extracted the file. 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 the additional components needed to install mac os x. Cant download the additional components needed to install mac os x, anyone have any ideas on how to fix this info.
A few minutes in, i get the following message on the screen. Coolest guides on the planet website this site is a technical reference for various things including macos, osx, web hosting, web workflow, css and other tech like gems the site is for my reference and yours there is nothing like finding the right solution that works. 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. This method of distribution is convenient, but it also raises a number of questions. Go to preferences and then click the downloads tab. Fusion 5 mountain lion fail to install vmware communities. Mac os x base system lion recovery partition so, it would seem that youre doing nothing wrong. Jul 20, 2011 how to make a clean install of mac osx lion with a usb memory stick. Go to your applications folder and locate the install os x mountain lion app.
How to install os x mountain lion with pictures wikihow. Like lion before it, mountain lion is available only as a direct download from apples mac app store. Some users are encountering hangs and crashes on easy install and check for content updates, on validation or on download. I am trying to format and reinstall mac os x and it is taking. However, i get cannot download additional components. When i try to reinstall it inside the recovery mode, it says cant download the additional components needed to install os x. How i fixed this i decided to trash the installer file dmg and then emptied the trash. Jun 23, 20 i can t install the mountain lion upgrade on a macmini 2009 with 8gb ram 1tb hdd. If the downloaded mountain lion app automatically pops up after downloading, dont install it yet, just close the window.
Oct 29, 2011 if that still doesnt get rid of the message i have found on a device that the drive needed to be reformatted the only thing different about the drive i was trying to install to was that it had a boot camp partition on it the boot camp partition might be a red herring but certainly reformatting the disk solved the issue. Macbook pro mid 2012 cant download additional components. Cant download additional components apple community. Xcode will then start to update itself and download and install additional components. After about 2mins it pops up saying cant download the additional components needed to install mac osx. After disk utility declared that it couldnt be repaired, i deleted the. Jul 09, 2012 according to 512 pixels, when os x lion was released last july, users were able to purchase the software on any intel mac with the mac app store installed whether or not their system had the. Had this happen to me, its possibly an incomplete corrupt download of the installer files. Mountain lion, like lion before it, lets you boot your mac into a special recovery mode called os x recovery.
After you install mountain lion, the recovery partition will allow a clean install of it, overwriting the previous lion recovery. Mac app store wont let you download os x mountain lion if. Cant download the additional components needed to install. Cant download additional components needed to install os x oh dear. 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. Unibeast is the boot loader that you will need to install mac os x mountain lion and then boot the mac os x on your pc, while multibeast is a comprehensive cutomization utility for hackintosh, which gives. Install os x mountain lion from usb flash drive appducate. Big problems with the installation of operating system on. Some new macs unable to reinstall mountain lion cnet. Select this option and click continue, and the os x installer launches, letting you install mountain lion on any supported drive or volume.
Cant download the additional components macbook pro 15. I like to use lion diskmaker, which currently works with either lion or mountain lion. Feb 09, 2016 the recovery drive will now download additional components necessary to reinstall os x on the target volume, let this process complete and the mac will automatically reboot itself when done you may encounter a user login screen upon first reboot, login to the admin user account as usual, and the mac will again reboot itself to start the. The additional components needed to install os x cant be found. Late 2012 macs unable to reinstall os x or restore from. The initial problem is that when booting up, it would flash.
Once there you should see the command line tools with an arrow next to it. I cant install the mountain lion upgrade on a macmini 2009. If that still doesnt get rid of the message i have found on a device that the drive needed to be reformatted the only thing different about the drive i was trying to install to was that it had a boot camp partition on it the boot camp partition might be a red herring but certainly reformatting the disk solved the issue. Mac os x lion cannot download additional components. Next, youll want to install the xcode command line tools. How to install os x or macos onto a new blank hard drive fresh installation duration. 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. How to install os x or macos onto a new blank hard drive fresh installation.
Ive tried it a couple of times and it doesnt seem to work. I couldnt even tell you what year i got it and the specs since i cant seem to get any info from the laptop now. Sep 04, 2011 can t download the additional components needed to install macosx discussion in mac os x guest os discussion started by rebelinblue, sep 4, 2011. Dec 24, 2012 once mountain lion has been downloaded, youll be able to find it in your applications folder. Cannot download additional components for mac os x lion. This mode includes a few essential utilities for fixing problems, restoring files. The additional components needed to install os x can t be. If not, you are going to need to buy a copy and then download that onto your usb to reboot from there. 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. Macbook pro cant download the additional components trying to re install lion. Macbook pro cant download the additional components. Never mind, looks like my wireless network wasnt connected.
The install will work answered by a verified mac support specialist we use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. Aug 11, 2012 while youre here, and assuming your motherboard was supported, head over to resourcesdownloads and download unibeast for mountain lion and multibeast. The install seems to be failing during the creation of the recovery partition phase. Posted by 28 days ago macbook pro cant download the additional components trying to re install lion. I then went to the instal mountain lion osx tab and went through the user agreement and all only to be met with the can t download the additional components needed to install mac os x. Latest version of xcode isnt compatible with mountain lion. Even easier, is to use one of the apps that specialize in creating installer partitions. The fix is to download fresh copies of the os x installers from the app store. How to install mac os x mountain lion virtual machine vmware. Os x mountain lion is available now as a download from the mac app store. Dmg i wait a lot time and finally a message appear cant download the additional components needed to install os x. 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.
How to install mac os x mountain lion in vmware workstation on windows machine. But on this one it gets to the end and reports cant download the additional components needed to install os x. When i choose my 128gb ssd to install it on the loading bar will instantly fill up but show large numbers and 0. Just did a factory restore on my 2012 mba and wanted to do a clean install of osx. Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive. This guide was written for os x lion in 2011, for a current guide to doing a clean install of os x mavericks, please view this updated post. I have wifi connection working but the same window appears over and over. Hi, i am currently in the process of trying to get the macbook pro working. Have fitted a 480gb ssd and tried using the internet recovery to install mountain lion. How to re download the os x lion installer on lion because im pretty sure that when you buy and install an app for the first time, no matter what, the installer run by itself and install the app and then vanished as in, theres no real way to get a complete copy before the first install.
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