Editing MacOS (section)

=== OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion ===
{{Main|OS X Mountain Lion}}

OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion was released on July 25, 2012.<ref name="PR-25-07" /> Following the release of Lion the previous year, it was the first of the annual rather than two-yearly updates to OS X (and later macOS), which also closely aligned with the annual iOS operating system updates. It incorporates some features seen in iOS 5, which include [[Game Center]], support for [[iMessage]] in the new [[Messages (Apple)|Messages]] messaging application, and [[Reminders (Apple)|Reminders]] as a to-do list app separate from [[iCal]] (which is renamed as Calendar, like the iOS app). It also includes support for storing [[iWork]] documents in [[iCloud]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 16, 2012 |title=Apple – OS X Mountain Lion – The world's most advanced desktop operating system. |url=https://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216192032/https://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion |archive-date=February 16, 2012 |access-date=February 16, 2012 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Notification Center]], which makes its debut in Mountain Lion, is a desktop version similar to the one in iOS 5.0 and higher. Application pop-ups are now concentrated on the corner of the screen, and the Center itself is pulled from the right side of the screen. Mountain Lion also includes more Chinese features including support for [[Baidu]] as an option for [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] search engine, [[Tencent QQ|QQ]], [[163.com]] and 126.com services for [[Mail (OS X)|Mail]], [[Address Book (application)|Contacts]] and [[iCal|Calendar]], [[Youku]], [[Tudou]] and [[Sina Weibo]] are integrated into share sheets.<ref name="chinamtnlion" />

Starting with Mountain Lion, Apple software updates (including the OS) are distributed via the [[Mac App Store|App Store]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: Apple overhauls software updates, App Store |url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/22/inside_os_x_108_mountain_lion_apple_overhauls_software_updates_app_store |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706210306/https://appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/22/inside_os_x_108_mountain_lion_apple_overhauls_software_updates_app_store |archive-date=July 6, 2016 |access-date=2017-04-29 |website=AppleInsider |date=February 22, 2012 |language=en-US |df=mdy-all}}</ref> This updating mechanism replaced the Apple Software Update utility.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Slivka |first=Eric |title=Software Update to Move Inside Mac App Store in OS X Mountain Lion |date=February 16, 2012 |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/16/software-update-to-move-inside-mac-app-store-in-os-x-mountain-lion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701211900/https://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/16/software-update-to-move-inside-mac-app-store-in-os-x-mountain-lion |archive-date=July 1, 2016 |access-date=2017-04-29 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>