HI. I am new to Apple, so please try to understand.

According to the download page,

AOL Desktop for Mac runs natively on your PowerPC or Intel-based Mac. The new AOL application runs at full speed on any Mac that supports Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4.8 or higher) or Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.3 or higher).

Whether or not it'll run on SL, Lion, or ML, is anyone's guess, but it doesn't look like it's been updated in years. AFAIK, it's not needed.

Is "AOL Desktop for Mac" running on your Mac or not?

1. Try operating Safari w/o any AOL software.

2. DL Desktop and see if it runs.

3. Follow other hints if one or two doesn't meet your needs.

Then your best option is to call AOL and ask them if it will run on your machine. None of us here use it, so all we can go by is what we find in the tech articles.

I will say that I'm still running some software on my almost new Mac that is 9 years old. It's a case of the older software doing things that the upgrade won't. I need those functions, so I stick with the old software. It works. Not as well as it did when coupled with the OS it was designed for, but it works in a 97% range and I accept a few hassles to keep it going.

If AOL Desktop has not been upgraded to run with Mountain Lion, you might find a similar experience. It might work ok anyway. But I haven't used AOL since 1996, and I never used AOL Desktop, so no promises from me! Again, call them and see what they say. It's their product.

Carmanhere,

I'm glad you got it figured out.

As for what to do next, in your view of the thread there should be options for marking helpful answers, and one shot at marking ONE answer as "this solved my question"--if there was such an answer. That will make this thread useful for others with a similar problem.