In our experience, this process takes only a few minutes. Click on it to run and the app will prepare your Mac for installation.

After the download is complete, you should see the Install OS X Mountain Lion.app in your Applications folder. The size of the installer is about 4.35GB. Also, if you are running Snow Leopard, make sure it’s been updated to 10.6.8.ĭepending on your Internet connection, downloading Mountain Lion off the Mac App Store should take around 30 minutes. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)īefore installing Mountain Lion, it’s always good to make a backup of your system in case something goes wrong.First, let's begin with what you need to install Mountain Lion.įirst thing to note before installing Mountain Lion is that it meets Apple’s system requirements, which are as follows:Īdditionally, even if you meet system requirements listed above, only the following models are supported: In this article, we will go through some of the basics of Mountain Lion: what you need to install it, the installation process, performance boost (if any), discuss some of the new features in brief, and finally offer our overall thoughts about Apple's latest desktop OS.

What this really means is that one would need the Mac App Store, which is available from Snow Leopard upwards (OS X 10.6.6) to purchase and install Mountain Lion. There will be no physical purchase of Mountain Lion. And for the first time, Mountain Lion will only exclusively be available through the Mac App Store. Announced earlier this year in February, it was officially made available on July 25 through the Mac App Store. Mountain Lion, OS X 10.8, is the ninth edition of Apple’s desktop OS. Mountain Lion 101 The Basics of Mountain Lion

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