![]() ![]() ![]() (Tecnically, it's actually the 192 day interval between the Mac OS X Public Beta and version 10.0, but I'm counting from the official 10.0 release.) The longest time period between any two minor releases is 165 days, which was how long we waited for the 10.4.9 update.The shortest period at all is two days, the gap between macOS 13.2.1 and macOS 11.7.4. The shortest time period between any two releases in the same OS generation is six days, which is how quickly the 10.15.5 Supplemental Update 1 came out after the 10.15.5 release.So on average, we've seen some sort of update every 42.5 days. As of J(13.4.1's release date), it's been 8,316 days since the Public Beta was released.This version was only for the then-new PowerMac G5 and the flat panel iMac G4, and was never generally released. This figure includes the one odd macOS X release: 10.2.7. Starting with the Public Beta and up through 13.4.1, there have been 197 macOS releases, both major and minor.Some random notes, updated from the original post: This has happened a few times over the years. This is to keep the version numbers in the proper order, even when an older OS received an update after a major new release came out. Some entries may appear out of chronological order (i.e. Note: The Days column reflects the number of days between releases. Ⓘ Leopard - First universal binary release Ⓘ Snow Leopard - First Intel-only release Ⓘ Lion - App Store only (USB stick later) Ⓘ Ventura (Taxes were too high in Santa Barbara?) OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 Supplemental Update 2.Ⓘ First-ever 'rapid release' security update.About the OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.1 Update.If you burn a Standalone Update to CD, its disk image must be copied to your desktop or another location on your Mac OS X startup disk in order to be installed. Standalone Updates are generally available 24 to 48 hours after the Update is available through Software Update. For example, the Mac OS X 10.8.4 Combo Update updates any earlier version of Mac OS X 10.8 to Mac OS X 10.8.4 using a single installer, as opposed to installing the individual Mac OS X 10.8.1, 10.8.2, 10.8.3, and 10.8.4 updates. ![]() Combo Updates update the base version of a Mac OS X release to the version specified in the Combo Update, including all intermediate updates.Individual Updates are also known as Delta Updates. For example, the Mac OS X 10.8.4 Update updates Mac OS X 10.8.3 to version 10.8.4. Individual Updates update one version of Mac OS X to the next version.There are two types of Standalone Updates: Individual (or Delta) and Combo. Download the one(s) you need and install them after mounting the disk image and launching the Installer program. Standalone Updates let you update to a newer version of Mac OS X from your hard drive instead of using Software Update, which requires an Internet connection. In just a few days, Mountain Lion passed Snow Leopard on its way to displacing Lion as the king of the OS X jungle. The Rapid Rise of OS X Mountain Lion, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2012.08.01.Installation took 45 minutes, all apps that ran in Lion run well, and everything seems a little faster. First Impressions of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum, 2012.07.26.Oldest Macs supported by OS X 10.8 by release date: Late 2006 17″ 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo iMac, disc.Models supported by Lion but not Mountain Lion include: Some of those were introduced in Late 2006, but some were not discontinued until Mid 2009, which means they were barely three years old when Mountain Lion was released. Where Lion had only left Core Dou Macs behind – all of them introduced in 2006 – Mountain Lion is abandoning Core 2 Duo Macs that use Intel GMA 950 or GMA 3100 graphics. See Apple and the ‘goto fail’ Bug for information on securing it.Īpple has really raised the bar on hardware requirments. Mountain Lion is susceptible to the “goto fail” bug. Share Sheets is designed to make it easier for you to share links, photos, and videos by sending links in Safari, emailing or messaging from Notes, posting photos to Flikr and videos to Vimeo, and “tweeting just about anything.”Īs with Lion, Mountain Lion will only available by purchase and download from the Mac App Store, where it retails for US$19.99. Gatekeeper can restrict Mountain Lion Macs to running only apps from the Mac App Store. New features include Gatekeeper and Share Sheets. As expected, it makes Macs even more iOS-like, continuing the trend begun with OS X 10.7 Lion in July 2011.įeatures ported over from iOS include AirPlay Mirroring, Game Center, Messages, Notes, Notification Center, Reminders, and Twitter integration. Apple announced a developer preview of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion ( Mac App Store link) in mid-February 2012, and it became available on July 25, 2012. ![]()
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