![]() “The pace of innovation on the Mac is amazing, OS X Mountain Lion comes just a year after the incredibly successful launch of Lion,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. With iCloud® built into the foundation of OS X, Mountain Lion makes it easier than ever to keep your content up to date across all your devices. Mountain Lion introduces more than 200 innovative features including the all new Messages app, Notification Center, system-wide Sharing, Facebook integration*, Dictation, Power Nap, AirPlay® Mirroring, Game Center and the enhanced security of Gatekeeper. SAN FRANCISCO–( BUSINESS WIRE)–Apple® today announced that OS X® Mountain Lion, the ninth major release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, will be available in July as a download from the Mac® App Store™. Mountain Lion Available in July From Mac App Store Mountain Lion’s integration with iCloud runs deep, and with over 1700 APIs available for developers, it’s a great release for developers and consumers alike. Today’s demo expounded what we already know, showcasing the rigidity of iCloud and new concepts that extends the Mac as an always active, lifestyle device. Existing customers will be able to download it next month from the MAS. To expound upon Notification Center, it displays updates from Twitter as well (for example, when someone mentions you in a tweet).Ĭustomers who purchase one of Apple’s new MacBook Airs or MacBook Pros after June 11th will get a free update to Mountain Lion when it ships. Facebook sharing lets you post to your wall, reply to a comment from an update displayed through the Notification Center, and directly update your Contacts with your friend’s information. Integrated in Mountain Lion just like with iOS 6, a single sign-in gives you access to share across a bevy of services including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Vimeo. Additionally, Facebook integration in OS X brings your friends and contacts closer than ever. Just like in iOS, a cute tweet sheet pops up that lets you quickly jot down your thoughts and send it off to share with your followers. Sharing in Mountain Lion is prevalent, with Twitter being used as the first example. Dictation really needs no explanation: “Anywhere you can type, you can now talk.” ![]() Given that you could dictate in iOS 5, it’s only right that the feature makes its way onto the Mac. Notification Center is smart too - when connected to a project, the Notification Center will automatically shut off. Alerts stay on screen until you dismiss them, and additionally there’s an on / off switch for showing notifications. Notification Center is reminiscent of Growl, with banners sliding down from the upper right corner. Notification Center received plenty of airtime, with service integration being demonstrated on stage. ![]() Mountain Lion itself has something aesthetic changes - a brand new glass dock is seated at the bottom of the display, and the Notification Center icon has changed from its preliminary circle to an icon representing a list of items in the menubar. Gatekeeper itself will check for security updates in the background, and it provides kernel ASLR for protection against buffer overflow attacks. Outed as a feature that protects you from bad guys (my words), users can decide whether or not to trust 3rd party applications from outside the Mac App Store. While we’re talking about applications, I should take the opportunity to say that Gatekeeper on the Mac is completely user controlled. AirPlay mirroring lets you send up to a 1080p quality secure video stream or an audio stream to an AirPlay receiver as iOS devices can. Game Center, a brand new Safari with a unified search field, and AirPlay mirroring, and greater accessibility for China were also shown off.
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