But if you have never upgraded your Mac or never downloaded any older version of OS X or Mountain Lion ( OS X 10.8), you can not get it anywhere.
As of writing Apple has a trend of completely removing the links of all the prior version of OS X from its website or App Store, leaving just the most recent one available to download, but if necessary you could request one from Apple by contacting them. If your Mac ran the previous version at any point in the past, you can re-download it from the Mac App Store’s Purchased tab.
