os x mountain lion is the name of the latest version of apple's os x operating system.
os x mountain lion is the name of the latest version of apple's os x operating system.
what is the name of the latest version of apple's os x operating system?
os x mountain lion
since the opening of mac app store, apple has increasingly used it as the primary means of distribution of its own in-house software products at the expense of boxed versions being sold at its retail stores. this position was increased with the july 2011 release of os x lion, which was the first release of os x not sold in the form of dvd boxes. this method limited the reach of distribution of the operating system to those who currently use mac os x 10.6.6+, although other means offered by apple after the release included a usb flash drive containing the operating system and a digital in-store download of the operating system through apple store locations. starting from os x mountain lion, apple’s operating systems can only be downloaded from the mac app store. however, apple still sells mac os x snow leopard dvds (as of june 2019) so owners of older macs can get the mac app store and then upgrade to the latest available version.
app store (macos)
digital rights management in the apple–intel architecture is accomplished via the dont steal mac os x.kext, sometimes referred to as dsmos or dsmosx, a file present in intel-capable versions of the mac os x operating system. its presence enforces a form of digital rights management, preventing mac os x being installed on stock pcs. the name of the kext is a reference to the mac os x license conditions, which allow installation on apple hardware only. according to apple, anything else is stealing mac os x. the kext is located at /system/library/extensions on the volume containing the operating system. the extension contains a kernel function called which performs aes decryption of "apple-protected" programs. a system lacking a proper key will not be able to run the apple-restricted binaries, which include , , , , , , , , , or .
apple–intel architecture