Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (2012): The forgotten version of macOS?

(5 May 2026) I don't see Mac OS X Mountain Lion discussed much online anymore. It isn't widely searched. So today, I want to give it a go and look at it, as it is something I have wanted to try for many, many years, growing up in a Wintel (or more broadly, sans-Apple) household. And looking at it, it may or may not exceed my childhood expectations...

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Software used

- Paint.NET 5.1.12

- Audacity 3.7.7

- DaVinci Resolve 20.3.2

Music (in chronological order)

- New Year by Bad Snacks, YouTube Audio Library

- Vital Whales by Unicorn Heads, YouTube Audio Library

- Elysium by Jester (of Sanity), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UUvrj9yVVw

- Time Parade by Geographer, YouTube Audio Library

Works Cited

- [1] "OS X Lion", English Wikipedia. Last edited 22 April 2026, accessed 28 April 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_Lion

- [2] "OS X Mountain Lion", English Wikipedia. Last edited 16 April 2026, accessed 28 April 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_Mountain_Lion

- [3] "Apple OS X 10.5 (Leopard)", Edward Mendelson, PCMag Australia. 29 May 2008, accessed 28 April 2026. https://au.pcmag.com/macos/7362/apple-os-x-105-leopard

- [4] "Mac OS X Snow Leopard", English Wikipedia. Last edited 7 March 2026, accessed 28 April 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard

- [5] "Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers", Apple Newsroom. 9 June 2008, accessed 28 April 2026. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2008/06/09Apple-Previews-Mac-OS-X-Snow-Leopard-to-Developers/

- [6] "Windows 8", English Wikipedia. Last edited 25 April 2026, accessed 1 May 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8

- [7] "OS X Mavericks", English Wikipedia. Last edited 4 May 2026 3:55 UTC/3 May 2026 23:55 Detroit (UTC-04:00), accessed 4 May 2026 14:12 Detroit (UTC-04:00). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_Mavericks

- [8] "OS X Yosemite", English Wikipedia Last edited 24 March 2026, accessed 4 May 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_Yosemite

Media used

- Macbook_Pro_(3346288138).jpg by Jeff Geerling from St. Louis, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

- Osx-mavericks-logo.png By https://images.apple.com/osx/preview/images/icon_developer_tools.png, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39637384

- OS_X_Yosemite_550x468.png By Herimero - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46684673

- ThinkPad_X230_(8731003416).jpg by TAKA@P.P.R.S, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

- Windows_7_Logo_and_Wordmark.svg.png By https://betawiki.net/wiki/File:Windows_7.svg, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73545020

- Windows_8_Launch_-_Steve_Ballmer.jpg by Dell Inc., CC BY 2.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 - via Wikimedia Commons

- WWDC_2012_Interior.jpg By blakespot - https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/7187505349, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19918176