Introduction

It’s time once again for another big cat from Apple, and this time we’re moving to Mountain Lion, a.k.a. OS X 10.8 (did you notice that Apple has officially dropped the “Mac” from “Mac OS X”?). OS X 10.8 is a major system upgrade, and like all major upgrades, you’ll need to do some preparation before you make the jump. This ebook provides everything you need to know to get ready for your move to Mountain Lion.

Any big system upgrade requires you to learn the ins and outs of the new features in OS X, and that learning takes a bit of time. You could simply purchase the upgrade from the Mac App Store and click the Upgrade button, but I think it’s a much better idea to prepare your system so that after the upgrade, you can get back ...

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