Apple has formally ceased the sale of its final optical disc installers for older working programs together with OS X Lion 10.7 and Mountain Lion 10.8.
The change was noticed by @ClassicII_MrMac on X, previously Twitter. The period of Apple’s optical discs started to wane with the introduction of OS X Lion in July 2011, which was the primary model of macOS to be out there completely by means of the Mac App Retailer. OS X Lion launched a number of options like Mission Management, Launchpad, full-screen apps, and vital enhancements to Mail and different core apps.
Attributable to buyer demand, Apple briefly reverted to providing bodily set up media for Lion and Mountain Lion, primarily to accommodate customers with restricted web entry or older machines with out entry to the Mac App Retailer. Mountain Lion, launched in July 2012, adopted go well with with a concentrate on digital distribution, introducing options just like the Notification Heart, AirPlay mirroring, and the Messages app. The primary model of macOS to utterly forego a bodily launch was OS X Mavericks (model 10.9), launched in October 2013, and the digital replace course of stays just like this present day.
Whereas the bodily set up discs are actually no extra, Apple continues to supply OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion as free digital downloads for individuals who nonetheless want them.
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