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mrgreeneyes

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Oct 7, 2007
843
53
Gatineau,Canada
Hi, i currently have Lion installed, and i want to install Mountian Lion GM, that i got online.
can i just install it, on top of Lion, or do i need to do a fresh install?
and if i install it on top of Lion, will i lose all my data?


thanks
 

djtech42

macrumors 65816
Jun 23, 2012
1,451
64
Mason, OH
Hi, i currently have Lion installed, and i want to install Mountian Lion GM, that i got online.
can i just install it, on top of Lion, or do i need to do a fresh install?
and if i install it on top of Lion, will i lose all my data?


thanks

You can install it on top of Lion and you won't lose any data. It is just like doing an OS upgrade.
 

JohnDoe98

macrumors 68020
May 1, 2009
2,488
99
You don't lose any data upgrading, but if ever you want to downgrade back to lion, unless you have backups, you might lose your data.
 
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