Note that unlike with Lion, which continued to use the legacy Software Update feature (found in the Apple Menu) to provide OS updates, updates to Mountain Lion will be provided through the Mac App Store app. the morning of Mountain Lion’s release, the download took between 35 and 55 minutes for Macworld editors. On cable-model connections around the U.S. On my Mac, the installer even automatically launched after it finished downloading. Specifically, the 4.4GB installer application, called Install OS X Mountain Lion.app, will be saved to your main Applications folder ( /Applications) and, if you’re upgrading from Lion, added to Launchpad. VisitĪfter providing your Apple ID and password, Mountain Lion will begin downloading. (Note: If you purchased a Mac between June 11 and July 25, 2012, but it didn’t come with Mountain Lion pre-installed, don’t purchase it from the Mac App Store this way-you’re entitled to a free copy of the new OS. If downtime isn’t an option for you, you might consider holding off for OS X 10.8.1. It could be bug-free, but if the history of OS X is any indication, we’ll see the first update, containing a number of bug fixes, within a few weeks. As I did last year with Lion, I’ve compiled this guide to getting and installing Apple’s latest OS.įair warning: If you install Mountain Lion right when it’s released, keep in mind that you’re installing version 1.0 of a major new OS. This makes it easier and more convenient to upgrade your OS than having to buy and use a DVD or thumb drive, but it also raises a number of questions, and it presents upgrade obstacles for some users.

More specifically, it’s available only as a download from Apple’s Mac App Store.

OS X 10.8-better known as Mountain Lion-inherits Lion’s distribution method. But Lion changed all that by making OS X available for direct download.

Before Lion (OS X 10.7) debuted last year, installing the latest major version of Mac OS X meant buying a disc and slipping it into your Mac’s optical drive.

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