Apple has released its OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (see ) and it's available for download from the Mac App Store on systems running OS X 10.6.6 or later. If you're interested in the new OS, then be sure to read our, which includes information on the OS requirements, backing up, and clearing up resolvable issues before performing the upgrade. You also might be interested in creating a standalone install drive for Mountain Lion. As with OS X Lion, Apple will likely release USB drives containing a bootable Mountain Lion installer, but this will cost you more than the App Store download. Additionally, while Apple's OS should be available using Apple's various Internet recovery options, this can often take a long time to download, especially if you do not have the fastest broadband connections available to you. We previously outlined how to when OS X Lion was released, and the process for Mountain Lion is for the most part the same. However, when following the procedure for Lion you might run into a snag that will prevent the drive from being created. Therefore, to create a standalone USB or optical media install drive for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, do this: • Purchase and download Lion from the Mac App Store (or use your up-to-date redemption code), and when the download is finished, the Mountain Lion installer will load. Quit the installer (press Command-Q) and go to the Application folder on your system. Locate and right-click the Mountain Lion installer to show its contents (click for larger view). Screenshot by Topher Kessler/CNET If you have already installed Mountain Lion, the installer will have been automatically deleted from your system. In this case, you can go to the Purchases section of the App Store and redownload the installer. Jul 25, 2012 Apple has released its OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (see CNET's full review) and it's available for download from the Mac App Store on systems running OS X. Mac OS X Mountain Lion Free Download DMG 10.8 App Store Release. It is final bootable OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 InstallESD.DMG File for Clean OS X Install. Before You Start The obvious first step here is to download OS X Mountain Lion. To: Create a Bootable Install DVD or USB. How to Install OS X Mountain. You must re-download Mountain Lion from the Mac. Any bootable Mountain Lion install drive you. It’s called Install OS X Mountain Lion.app and it. • Right-click the 'Install Mac OS X Mountain Lion' application in the Applications folder, and choose 'Show package contents.' • In the new window that opens, go to the Contents > SharedSupport folder and locate the file called 'InstallESD.dmg.' • Open Disk Utility (in the Applications > Utilities folder) and drag the InstallESD.dmg image to the device sidebar, where it should appear under your various disk and volumes listings. • In Disk Utility select the InstallESD.dmg file, and then you can click the Burn icon in Disk Utility's toolbar to burn the image to a DVD (single-layer 4.7GB discs do not have enough space, so use dual-layer 8.5GB discs). If you wish to create a USB or FireWire install drive instead, then continue on to step 6. • Connect a spare USB or FireWire drive that has at least 6GB of capacity, which should show up in Disk Utility. Optionally partition it by selecting it and using the Partition tab to split it into two logical volumes (one for the Mountain Lion installer and the other for extra storage space) by clicking the plus button to create a new partition, and then setting the first partition to be 4.8GB in size. Drag the destination drive to the Destination field, and drag the InstallESD.dmg image to the Source field. Screenshot by Topher Kessler/CNET • Select the InstallESD.dmg file in Disk Utility and click the Restore tab that appears in the main Disk Utility window. When you do this you should see the disk image appear in the Source field, but if not then drag it there. • Drag your destination drive (the desired USB or FireWire drive volume) to the Destination field, and then click the Restore button. Confirm you would like to do this, and when complete you should have a fully bootable Mountain Lion installation drive. This process should work as described but the restoration process could fail with an error. Mac OS X Mountain Lion (version 10.8) is the nineth major release of Mac OS X (now named macOS), Apples desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. You can overcome this by first mounting the InstallESD.dmg file and then using the mounted volume as the Source for the restoration, instead of the disk image file itself. If restoring the InstallESD.dmg file directly does not work, then first mount it and restore the 'Mac OS X Install ESD' volume that appears (click for larger view). Screenshot by Topher Kessler/CNET. To do this, first select the InstallESD.dmg file in the Disk Utility sidebar and click the Open button in the Disk Utility toolbar. When mounted, you will see a volume name appear called 'Mac OS X Install ESD' underneath the image file.
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