Individual Updates update one version of Mac OS X to the next version.

There are two types of Standalone Updates: Individual (or Delta) and Combo. Download the one(s) you need and install them after mounting the disk image and launching the Installer program. Standalone Updates let you update to a newer version of Mac OS X from your hard drive instead of using Software Update, which requires an Internet connection. In just a few days, Mountain Lion passed Snow Leopard on its way to displacing Lion as the king of the OS X jungle.

The Rapid Rise of OS X Mountain Lion, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2012.08.01.

Installation took 45 minutes, all apps that ran in Lion run well, and everything seems a little faster.

First Impressions of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum, 2012.07.26.

Oldest Macs supported by OS X 10.8 by release date:

Late 2006 17″ 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo iMac, disc.

Models supported by Lion but not Mountain Lion include: Some of those were introduced in Late 2006, but some were not discontinued until Mid 2009, which means they were barely three years old when Mountain Lion was released. Where Lion had only left Core Dou Macs behind – all of them introduced in 2006 – Mountain Lion is abandoning Core 2 Duo Macs that use Intel GMA 950 or GMA 3100 graphics.

See Apple and the ‘goto fail’ Bug for information on securing it.Īpple has really raised the bar on hardware requirments. Mountain Lion is susceptible to the “goto fail” bug.

Share Sheets is designed to make it easier for you to share links, photos, and videos by sending links in Safari, emailing or messaging from Notes, posting photos to Flikr and videos to Vimeo, and “tweeting just about anything.”Īs with Lion, Mountain Lion will only available by purchase and download from the Mac App Store, where it retails for US$19.99.

Gatekeeper can restrict Mountain Lion Macs to running only apps from the Mac App Store. New features include Gatekeeper and Share Sheets. As expected, it makes Macs even more iOS-like, continuing the trend begun with OS X 10.7 Lion in July 2011.įeatures ported over from iOS include AirPlay Mirroring, Game Center, Messages, Notes, Notification Center, Reminders, and Twitter integration. Apple announced a developer preview of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion ( Mac App Store link) in mid-February 2012, and it became available on July 25, 2012.

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