Apple Makes OS X Lion and Mountain Lion Free To Download

Apple's website now offers Mac OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion for free download. Apple has maintained OS X 10.7 Lion or OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion for customers with older machines, however, Apple used to charge $19.99 for download codes to update the software. MacRumors notes that Apple is now offering OS X 10.7 Lion or OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion for those customers. The $19.99 fee is a reminder of the time when Apple used to charge Mac users for updates. Apple made Mac updates free after the release of OS X 10.9 Mavericks. This also marked the transition from big cat names into California landmark names. The following is the report: