While macOS is currently on version 11 (otherwise known as Big Sur) and macOS 12 Monterey is coming later this year, there are plenty of folks who use old versions of the Mac operating system. Some people are still using OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, and until recently, you had to pay Apple $19.99 to get download codes for those OSes. But there’s good news: Apple is now offering Lion and Mountain Lion for free for anyone who wants them.

Mac os 10.11 download. To get Lion and Mountain Lion for free, you can visit the support documents for those OSes on Apple’s website:

Apple Lion System

• Mac OS X Lion installer free download (4.72GB)
• Mac OS X Mountain Lion installer free download (4.45GB)

Strangely, Apple still sells Lion and Mountain Lion for $19.99 each. Apple stopped charging for macOS updates with Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

Is my Mac compatible with OSX Lion and Mountain Lion?

• Format drive for Mac: In Disk Utility, go to Partition Volume Scheme 1 Partition. Create volume name, choose Options GUID Apply. In Lion SharedSupport folder, copy and drag.dmg file to Disk Utility Source. Drag volume to Destination Erase Destination Restore. To boot: Insert flash drive in Mac and restart.
• May 15, 2013 11:49 AM in response to Radiation Mac In response to Radiation Mac. Check the system date, that fixed the issue for me. Open terminal, type: date. Set the date to the correct date like this: date 11. Which, believe it or not, sets the date to 09:58 on Apr 21st, 2011.
• Softonic review Download Lion for Mac. OS X Lion 10.7 has now been superseded by OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Lion, coming just 18 months after the release of Snow Leopard OS X 10.6, was the first OS X to bring the Mac closer to the iPhone's and iPad's iOS operating system, making full use of Trackpads and gestures to use your Mac.

Lion runs on Macs that came prior to the launch of Mountain Lion in 2012. Mountain Lion runs on the Macs below, but you may not be able to downgrade to it unless you completely reformat the drive. You can’t install an old OS on top of a newer one. Also, the oldest OS an M1 Mac can run is Big Sur.

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is available for older systems that are not compatible with the latest version of macOS and requires the following: Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core. Official OS X Mountain Lion.app Installer from the Mac App Store.Both versions 10.8.4 AND 10.8.5 full installers included (zipped).Un-archive the zip archive.

Apple Lion Download

• MacBook (Late 2008 to 2010)
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 to mid 2012)
• MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 to mid-2012)
• Mac mini (Early 2009 to 2011)
• iMac (Mid-2007 to 2011)
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 and 2010)

If you want to know if your specific Mac can run OS X Lion or Mountain Lion, you can use our complete list of versions of macOS that a Mac can run. We have instructions on how to make a bootable Lion drive or a bootable Mountain Lion drive, in case you want to start from scratch on the Macs you’re working on.

Can I get OS X Snow Leopard?

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Mac OS X 10. 6 Snow Leopard was released in 2009 and introduced the Mac App Store. Apple used to sell Snow Leopard for $19.99, but Apple no longer offers it. You can find downloadable copies of Snow Leopard and Leopard on the Internet Archive and the reviews on the Internet Archive pages have tips on how to create USB installers from the downloads.

Apple Lion Software

Can you play xbox on your macbook. Editor’s note: This article was adapted from Macwelt.