Hello. Im trying to download OSX mountain lion on 2013 Macbook air but I get a message saying this isnt supported. Could someone advise me please - its my first mac so please forgive the stupidity!

However when I try to, I get an error message saying it is not compatible ? According to the list it should be as its the new 13 inch. Forgive my stupidity as I have just got my head around an iMAC and whilst I love my MBA , I get a bit stumpped!!! Any help gratefully received. Thanks S

As shldr2thewheel pointed out, a 2013 MacBook would have shipped with Mountain Lion installed. It is a specialized version for that specific model, so a version of Mountain Lion downloaded from the Mac App Store will not work.
If you ever need to reinstall the OS, just use the built-in recovery partition, or Internet Recovery.

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