OS X Mountain Lion

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OS X Mountain Lion
developer Apple Inc.
License (s) EULA ; APSL , BSD , GPL , among others
First publ. June 25, 2012
Current  version 10.8.5 from August 13, 2015
(5 years and 18 days ago)
Basic system Darwin
Kernel XNU ( hybrid kernel )
ancestry Unix → BSD
↳ NeXTStep / OPENSTEP
↳ Rhapsody
↳ OS X (macOS)
Mac OS Classic
↳ Mac OS X 10.0+
Architecture (s) x64 ; no more x86 (32-bit)
timeline 10.7 ← 10.8 → 10.9
compatibility UNIX 03 ( POSIX etc.), FreeBSD
Languages) multilingual ( details ),
u. a. German
apple.com

Mountain Lion , fully OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 , is the ninth major version of macOS , Apple's desktop operating system . With this edition, the system line originally introduced as “Mac OS X” was renamed to “OS X” and the “Mac” in the name was dropped. This major version followed on from Mac OS X Lion and was released on July 25, 2012. It continues the integration of software for and design concepts from iOS that began with its predecessor .

Mountain Lion was sold exclusively via the Mac App Store , at a price of 17.99 euros or 20 francs. This distribution channel had already been introduced with the previous version, which, however, was still available on a USB storage medium. Three million copies of the software were sold in the first four days of its release, and seven million copies by mid-September 2012.

The operating system was first presented to the public as a beta version on February 16, 2012. The first developer preview was released on the same day.

The current version is macOS 10.8.5 from September 12, 2013. On October 22, 2013, OS X Mavericks was released as the successor to 10.8.

Changes and innovations (selection)

  • System-wide AirPlay support, previously this was only possible for audio content in iTunes (only on newer computer models)
  • System-wide AirPlay support for audio, including synchronization of QuickTime videos (on all models)
  • More comprehensive integration of the cloud computing service iCloud
  • Dictation function (speech recognition runs on Apple servers)
  • Integration of the game network Game Center
  • Messages , instant messaging , replaces iChat , also supports iMessage, as beta version already available for "Lion"
  • Reminders , task management
  • Notification center , system-wide notification service
  • Notes , program for managing notes, previously integrated in Mail
  • Gatekeeper , background service for the optional restriction of the installation sources of third-party software, monitoring of program starts
  • Integration of the short message service Twitter and the social network Facebook
  • Power Nap - backup and synchronization in sleep mode, only on selected current computer models
  • The previously independent software update program will be integrated into the Mac App Store
  • Safari 6 , revised search function via address bar, synchronization of open websites (tabs) with Safari on iOS devices
  • extended Chinese support (input methods, fonts, dictionary)
  • RSS support in the e-mail program and the Safari browser is no longer applicable
  • X11.app is no longer part of the operating system, Apple instead supports the further development of XQuartz and forwards this project

System requirements

OS X 10.8 requires the following hardware:

  • iMac (from fifth generation, August 2007)
  • MacBook (from 13 "unibody model, 2008, from 13" model, early 2009)
  • MacBook Pro (from 13 "model, seventh generation June 2009; from 15" and 17 "model, third generation June 2007)
  • MacBook Air (from late 2008)
  • Mac mini (3rd generation or later March 2009)
  • Mac Pro (as of January 2008)
  • Xserve (from spring 2009)

history

OS X version -Build Darwin version Publication date annotation
Older version; no longer supported: 10.8 12A269 12.0.0 July 25, 2012 First published version
Older version; no longer supported: 10.8.1 12B19 12.1.0 23rd August 2012 Bug fixes, security updates
Older version; no longer supported: 10.8.2 12C54 12.2.0 19th September 2012 Bug fixes, security updates, Facebook integration
Older version; no longer supported: 10.8.3 12D78 12.3.0 March 14, 2013 Bug fixes, security updates, Windows 8 support in Boot Camp , Safari 6.0.3
Older version; no longer supported: 10.8.4 12E55 12.4.0 4th June 2013 Bug fixes, security updates, Safari 6.0.5
Older version; no longer supported: 10.8.5 12F37 / 12F45 12.5.0 3rd October 2013 Bug fixes, security updates
Legend:
Old version
Older version; still supported
Current version
Current preliminary version
Future version

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ With Mountain Lion, Apple officially drops 'Mac' from OS X name. In: AppleInsider.com. February 16, 2012, accessed February 20, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Apple ends physical media OS distribution with Mountain Lion. In: AppleInsider.com. February 17, 2012, accessed February 18, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Downloads of Apple's OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion top 3 million in 4 days. In: AppleInsider.com. July 30, 2012, accessed August 2, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Apple sells 7 million Mountain Lion upgrades in less than 2 months. In: AppleInsider.com. September 12, 2012, accessed September 12, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Apple press release: Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview with Over 100 New Features . February 16, 2012
  6. ↑ Apple unveils Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion coming this summer with 100+ new features. In: AppleInsider.com. February 16, 2012, accessed February 16, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Apple bringing Macs to the living room with AirPlay for Mountain Lion. In: AppleInsider.com. February 16, 2012, accessed February 22, 2012 .
  8. ↑ a b c d Apple details iCloud, dictation, Power Nap features in Mountain Lion. In: appleinsider.com. June 11, 2012, accessed June 11, 2012 .
  9. ↑ Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper to bring optional app restrictions to OS X. In: AppleInsider.com. February 16, 2012, accessed February 16, 2012 .
  10. ^ Share Sheets, Twitter integration to make Mountain Lion more social. In: AppleInsider.com. February 16, 2012, accessed February 22, 2012 .
  11. ↑ Software Update to Move Inside Mac App Store in OS X Mountain Lion. In: MacRumors.com. February 16, 2012, accessed March 14, 2012 .
  12. ^ Mountain Lion: Hands on with Mail. In: Macworld.com. February 18, 2012, accessed March 14, 2012 .
  13. ↑ Apple Removes X11 in OS X Mountain Lion, Shifts Support to Open Source XQuartz. In: MacRumors.com. February 17, 2012, accessed March 14, 2012 .
  14. ↑ Chris Rawson: Mountain Lion drops support for several older Mac models. In: TUAW , February 16, 2012.
  15. ↑ Information about 10.8.1 at Apple. In: support.apple.com. Apple Inc., August 23, 2012, accessed October 25, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Information about 10.8.2 at Apple. In: support.apple.com. Apple Inc., September 20, 2012, accessed October 25, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Information about 10.8.3 at Apple. In: support.apple.com. Apple Inc., March 14, 2013, accessed October 25, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Information about 10.8.4 at Apple. In: support.apple.com. Apple Inc., June 4, 2013, accessed October 25, 2016 .
  19. ↑ Information about 10.8.5 at Apple. In: support.apple.com. Apple Inc., September 12, 2013, accessed October 25, 2016 .
macOS and its evolution
Mac OS "Classic" 

Macintosh System Software (up to 5.1)  ·  System 6  ·  System 7 ,  Mac OS 7.6 ·  Mac OS 8  ·  Mac OS 9

NeXTSTEP /
OPENSTEP  ↳ Rhapsody
 

NeXTStep / NeXTSTEP / NEXTSTEP (up to 3.3)  ·  OPENSTEP (4.0–4.2)  ·  Rhapsody 1.0 (internal 5.0–5.2)  ·  Mac OS X Server 1.x (internal 5.3–5.6)

↳   Mac OS X /
OS X / macOS  
based on Darwin 

Mac OS X   Public Beta (“Kodiak”)  ·  Mac OS X 10.0 (“Cheetah”)  ·  10.1 (“Puma”)  ·  10.2 (“Jaguar”)  ·  Panther (10.3)  ·  Tiger (10.4)  ·  Leopard (10.5)  ·  Snow Leopard (10.6)  ·  Lion (10.7)  ·  OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)  ·  Mavericks (10.9)  ·  Yosemite (10.10)  ·  El Capitan (10.11)  ·  macOS Sierra (10/12)  ·  high Sierra (10/13)  ·  Mojave (10:14 )  ·  Catalina (15/10)  ·  Big Sur (11.0)     Up to version 10.6 there was Mac OS X Server .

macOS derivatives 

iOS (2007)  ·  TVOS (2007)  ·  watchOS (2015)  ·  audioOS (2018)  ·  iPadOS (2019)

Other historical Mac operating system projects from Apple
marketed: A / UX , MAE , MkLinux ; discarded: Star Trek , Taligent , Copland ;