06-07-2014, 01:13 AM
If it comes with Mavericks, set up the Mac with a user account, log into the App Store and download the latest free Mavericks installer app.
Make an installer disk for Mavericks from these instructions:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-make-os...n-install/
Buy Mountain Lion from the Apple Store for $20 bucks via web browser and obtain the code via email within an hour or so.
Go back to the App Store app and redeem the code. Download the Mountain Lion installer app.
Follow these instructions to make a Mountain Lion installer disk:
http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/17/make-boot...all-drive/
Yes, it's a few lazy hours to do the downloads (assuming that you've got a slow Internet connection) and it's probably another hour to boot from the installer and do an erase-and-install. (It'll go faster if you use USB 3.0 flash drives or partition an external hard drive and use that for your installers instead of a flash drive.)
But that's the price you pay for being quirky and stuck on last year's operating system.
(Nothing inherently wrong with being quirky that way. I keep an old Mac running 10.5.8 around... But the Mac that I use the most is up to date.)
Make an installer disk for Mavericks from these instructions:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-make-os...n-install/
Buy Mountain Lion from the Apple Store for $20 bucks via web browser and obtain the code via email within an hour or so.
Go back to the App Store app and redeem the code. Download the Mountain Lion installer app.
Follow these instructions to make a Mountain Lion installer disk:
http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/17/make-boot...all-drive/
Yes, it's a few lazy hours to do the downloads (assuming that you've got a slow Internet connection) and it's probably another hour to boot from the installer and do an erase-and-install. (It'll go faster if you use USB 3.0 flash drives or partition an external hard drive and use that for your installers instead of a flash drive.)
But that's the price you pay for being quirky and stuck on last year's operating system.
(Nothing inherently wrong with being quirky that way. I keep an old Mac running 10.5.8 around... But the Mac that I use the most is up to date.)