Lastly, don’t forget - if you bought a new Mac on or after June 11th you’re entitled to a free copy of Mountain Lion through Apple’s Up-to-Date program. Unlike Lion, Mountain Lion is App Store only (Apple isn't selling USB keys with the software this time around), so you’ll need to be running Lion to upgrade. The news comes just over two weeks after the company released its Golden Master build to developers. Eligible Macs must be bought on or after June 11. This could be based on the age of the Mac, so a model purchased in 2009 would be worth more than one bought in 2008, and Macs bought over five years before the release of Mountain Lion might have no trade-in value at all or Apple might use this as a way to get some 2006 and Early 2007 Macs off the market. Also, on the security side, Gatekeeper brings Apple-signed digital certificates to apps that aren’t sold (or can’t be sold) on the Mac App Store. As it has in years past, Apple will give customers who purchased a Lion-equipped Mac a free copy of the Mountain Lion. Just head over to the Apple App Store on your supported Mac and purchase and install Mountain Lion now As part of the upgrade process, your Emergency Recovery Boot Partition will be upgraded to. Mountain Lion, is officially available for purchase and download.

The update adds a list of new features and improvements, including AirPlay for beaming your content to an Apple TV, Messages for sending and receiving iMessages on your Mac, Notification Center, support for speech-to-text dictation, and software updates during sleep with PowerNap. So, youve navigated the system requirements, purchased your new OS from the Mac App Store (or simply bought a new Mac), and now youre ready to get going with Mountain Lion, but you dont know. As many people know, Apple’s new Operating System, OS 10.8 a.k.a.

Apple’s major operating system update, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, is now available for download from the Mac App Store for $19.99.

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