
Look for OS X Mountain Lion, hold down the Option key and click Download. Launch App Store, and go to the Purchases tab. Here’s how you can download and obtain a soft copy of Mountain Lion.

The installer you downloaded fro the App Store automatically deletes itself after you’ve successfully upgraded your Mac. Re-Download Mountain Lionįirst, grab hold of a copy of the Mountain Lion installer file. Recommended Reading: How to Clean Install OS X Mavericks 1.


Here are couple of reasons we can think of: One, your existing Mac OS X inherited documents, files and applications that take up a lot of unnecessary storage space. But first, why should you clean install the Mac OS X Mountain Lion at all? Unfortunately in Mac the process can be a little more complicated and less well known. In the Windows’ analogy, this is like reformatting your Macbook or iMac and reinstalling a brand new version of Mac OS X Mountain Lion.
