Mountain Lion Update Inquiry =)

[jooda]

Hello sinful ppl =p
I've downloaded my Mountain Lion through a torrent and it's working good.
Mac osx Lion (the previous one) has been downloaded also through a torrent and when i used to make an update for the system, it was updating it like the regular update of any older system.
NOW, with the Mountain Lion update, it takes me to the App Store whenever i hit "Software Update" .
I think later on it'll ask me for the ID and the password when the system requires an update !!
is there a way to update whatever released through the update ??
or is the solution would be a lil bit difficult like downloading a whole new operating system ???
Any clues regarding this issue ????
Any hints ???
Thank You in advance

[hemptation]

That is the way mountain lion works. All Mac updates are run thru the app store

[Fight9]

That's a good point. I had not thought of that. I just noticed the other day that system update was taking me the AppStore. I guess you are right. It will want your iTunes account password to update.

[jooda]

i had an update today in the early morning and it took me to the app store.
Anyway, the update was for my Canon Printer's software.
but i think for OSX 10.8.1 .... it'll ask for the username and password to update

[jooda]

PINGO !!!
I'm glad to tell you that I've updated ML to 10.8.1 successfully without any problems directly from the app store =)

CASE CLOSED =P

[bianchin69]

did you have to put your apple id and password in?
are you sure you haven't been charged $20.99?

[Fight9]

You can update without being charged. As far as Apple can tell, you have a computer that came with ML. The only draw back to using a pirated copy, is that you can't use the recovery partition to reinstall the OS. Let me find my other post.

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From what I read, any one who downloaded it illegally and updated, can update through the AppStore without an problems.

* Can you install Apple's software updates on this version of OS X?
- Yes. Period. To Apple it looks like a legal, pre-installed version of OS X that came with a new computer, and updates will be delivered via the App Store even though you haven't bought it from there. There's nothing they can do to block you - short of one day starting to check your computer's hardware serial number, and there's no way they're going to alienate and piss off their users like that over $20, so don't worry. Updates will continue to work for you forever.

* Are there any limitations at all compared to a legal copy?
- Yes, there is ONE limitation. The Recovery Mode (entered by booting with Command+Option+R) launches a minimal ~600MB version of OS X with some recovery tools like Disk Utility and Terminal (to allow you to fix a broken OS). It also offers the feature to Re-install OS X; however, since the recovery partition is only ~600MB it doesn't contain the full OS installer, and if you try to use its Re-install option it will actually connect to Apple's servers and verify eligibility based on your computer's Serial Number (for pre-installed copies of the OS) or your AppleID (for App-store copies of the OS) before it will proceed with the full ~4GB installer download. This is the one and only limitation, and it means that you cannot use the recovery partition for a re-install unless you've bought the OS. HOWEVER, you can OF COURSE still use a bootable DVD or USB stick, so there's no need to fear. This limitation is a complete non-issue as long as you keep a copy of the full installer on some external media. Besides, it's a lot faster than waiting for an installer to download over the internet, so you're not missing out on anything!