OS X Mountain Lion

OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" is an operating system made by Apple Inc. for its Macintosh line of computers. It is a version of OS X, and carries the release number 10.8. It was released on July 25, 2012. According to Apple, "Mountain Lion" contains over 200 changes and improvements since OS X 10.7 "Lion".^[2] It was a very good operating system, but Apple decided to ruin the UI two updates later (in OS X 10.10 "Yosemite").

OS X v10.8 Mountain Lion

Developer	Apple Inc.
OS family	OS X
Source model	Closed source (with open source components)
Released to manufacturing	July 25, 2012
Latest release	10.8.5 (Build 12F45) / October 3, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-10-03)[1]
Update method	Mac App Store
Platforms	x86-64
Kernel type	Hybrid
License	Apple Public Source License (APSL) and Apple end-user license agreement (EULA)
Preceded by	Mac OS X v10.7 Lion
Succeeded by	OS X v10.9 Mavericks
Official website	Official website
Support status
Articles in the series
Game Center Gatekeeper Messages Notification Center

History

"OS X 10.8" was announced February 16, 2012 along with the release of an unfinished (developer preview) version for people who are signed up to its "Developer Portal".^[3] The upgrade saw released to the public on the Mac App Store on 25 July, 2012 after over 5 months in beta.^[4]

Notable New Features

Main features:

• Notification Center - a place to see what has happened on your computer since you last checked.
• Notes - an app to make notes on, similar to that on the iPad and iPhone.
• Messages - send free "iMessages" to other Mac, iPhone and iPad users.
• Reminders - make your Mac remind you about something, similar to the iPhone and iPad app.
• Game Center - play games and compare scores with other Game Center users on Mac, iPhone and iPad.
• AirPlay Mirroring - stream your Mac's screen to an Apple TV.
• Power Nap - allows your Mac to download updates while asleep.
• Safari 6 - includes a new search/address bar and a new way to see all your open tabs.
• Dictation - allows you to dictate words to your Mac so you don't have to type.

Smaller features:

• Updated dock - the dock has a more metallic look, rather than the glass look seen previously.
• Facebook and Twitter integration - share files directly to Facebook and Twitter, and post/tweet from Notification Center.
• Save to iCloud - save Pages, Keynote and Number's documents to iCloud.
• Gatekeeper - stops apps from installing unless from the Mac App Store or approved by Apple.
• Search Launchpad - search for an app in launchpad.