“Just a year after the incredibly successful introduction of Lion, customers have downloaded Mountain Lion over three million times in just four days, making it our most successful release ever,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
I’ve had no problems so far.
How to Re-Download OS X Mountain Lion Installer from the Mac App Store
Nice tip by OS X Daily. If you don’t want to re-download, make sure to copy the installer before running the installation process. Once Mountain Lion is installed, it erases the file downloaded from the Mac App Store, just like Lion did.
This just appeared on my MacBook running Lion:
It brings stability and security updates, as well as bringing these apps to be Mountain Lion compatible and giving some of the Safari features to Lion users. It’s available now through Software Update.
If you’re having trouble getting it, be patient, the servers are getting hammered. Here you have a direct link.
Apple:
“We’re thrilled with record sales of 17 million iPads in the June quarter,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’ve also just updated the entire MacBook line, will release Mountain Lion tomorrow and will be launching iOS 6 this Fall. We are also really looking forward to the amazing new products we’ve got in the pipeline.”
Remember to back up and to check that all your important apps will run.
After checking if you have a Mac that will be able to run Mountain Lion, the next thing (well not really, you should run Software Update and backup your files first) is to check if your software will work with the new cat. Roaring Apps, has a list of common software on the Mac, and will tell you if it will work or not, or if it runs with some bugs. Last year, when we made the upgrade to Lion, I told everyone to check this wiki, it has very useful information and it’s updated as more people report on the software and how it works with the new operating system.
Apple said that Mountain Lion would ship in July, and last year they released Lion the day after the Quarterly Financial Conference Call. So it is a good guess the same will likely happen this year. Check the list before upgrading. You don’t want to find out that an app on which you rely for daily work, will not run on Mountain Lion, after making the jump. Better safe than sorry.
