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The latest Mountain Lion build seeded to developers contains a new feature that will delight web surfers - offline reading. Safari’s Reading List feature now offers the option to save content for later viewing, even when not connected to the Internet.
A feature shared by services like Instapaper, Readability, ... |
23 May 2012
11:17 GMT |
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A new report has emerged stating that Apple developers have entered the final testing phase with near-complete builds of OS X Mountain Lion, as the Cupertino, California-based giant is gearing up to release the software. According to tapscape, “Developers have received near-final builds of Apple’s latest... |
14 May 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Apple has started customer support training for OS X Mountain Lion in Europe, Middle East and Africa, a source close to the company has said, adding that the company may release the final version of the operating system at WWDC 2012. An unnamed source familiar with Apple’s ongoing developments surrounding Mac ... |
9 May 2012
04:33 GMT |
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Apple has released a new version of its Remote Desktop management software to developers this week. Version 3.6 build 360A16 brings support for the IPv6 protocol, compatibility with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, and more.Listing known issues, the seed notes for Apple’s Remote Desktop 3.61 reveal that build 360A16 is... |
5 May 2012
11:23 GMT |
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Apple’s recently-updated Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3 features at least one enhancement that hits you in the face the first time you access your notifications. Notification Center, a feature borrowed from iOS, now offers the ability to hang a “do not disturb” sign which allows users to block i... |
3 May 2012
03:19 GMT |
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Apple has released an update to the third Developer Preview of OS X Mountain Lion. Build 12A193i is freely available to download via Software Update on machines already running Mountain Lion DP3. An email has been sent to developers, notifying them that “OS X Mountain Lion introduces great features inspired by... |
2 May 2012
03:03 GMT |
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iCloud is already a simple and intuitive service, though its underpinnings are quite complex. After all, the late Steve Jobs had envisioned the service since his triumphant return at Apple in 1997, but it wasn’t until last year that Apple could roll it out properly. And now that they’ve gotten a handle on... |
7 April 2012
11:27 GMT |
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Twitter is one of the best new additions in OS X Mountain Lion, mainly because it makes a simple task even simpler. If you’re a hardcore user of the microblogging service, you’ll love Mountain Lion when it comes out later this year. Twitter was first integrated in iOS. After seeing how quickly it gained ... |
2 April 2012
10:56 GMT |
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Apple has a mission with OS X Mountain Lion, whether it likes it or not. It has to bring back some of the features that made people fall in love with the Mac. And that also includes one fundamental function in computing called “Save As.”
We published a feature piece on OS X Lion last year highlighting a ... |
26 March 2012
07:12 GMT |
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New findings in OS X Mountain Lion developer preview 2 indicate that Apple is pushing forward with plans to enhance the displays on its Macintosh computers. The MacBook lineup is believed to be the first to get the Retina treatment.
The discovery of a new double-sized icon (of the Messages application, named iChat i... |
23 March 2012
10:14 GMT |
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This weekend Apple issued an updated developer preview of OS X 10.8 to developers containing several changes. One in particular restricts third-party applications from accessing the user’s address book.
Formerly known as Address Book, the Contacts application in OS X Mountain Lion will be off limits to other a... |
19 March 2012
15:11 GMT |
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When OS X Mountain Lion debuts this summer, all your new Apple gear will be AirPlay-enabled, including your Mac. You’ll be able to stream anything from your Macintosh computer onto the big screen in your living room using AirPlay Mirroring and Apple TV. Apple’s marketing tagline for the new feature goes ... |
17 March 2012
10:05 GMT |
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Apple’s next major version of OS X dropping in this summer delivers some cool functionality that has been ported over from the iPad, and one of those nifty features is Notification Center. While some believe Apple is ripping off Growl, Notification Center is arguably more complex and, therefore, more functiona... |
25 February 2012
15:00 GMT |
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You might not think much of the iOS Notes application, but wait 'till you see it in OS X Mountain Lion. It syncs up with iCloud and allows you to keep all your notes handy at all times, not to mention that you can mess around with the fonts and the colors any way you like, and you can even add photos to the mix.... |
21 February 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Code strings from the Messages Beta application released by Apple this week suggest that users will require OS X Mountain Lion should they want to continue to use the service when the beta ends.Sifting trough the code that makes up Apple’s Messages application, Consomac discovered that the end of the beta trial... |
18 February 2012
16:41 GMT |
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By far one of the coolest new features in OS X 10.8 aka Mountain Lion, Messages is the iChat replacement that allows users to exchange free texts between Macs and iOS devices, complete with photos and videos. The app boasts standard IM-features as well, like the ability to see when your friends are typing a reply. A... |
18 February 2012
16:10 GMT |
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Apple has confirmed that OS X version 10.8, dubbed Mountain Lion, will not be available on any form of physical media when the software is released this summer. The operating system will be exclusively available for download from the Mac App Store.In a statement provided to Pocket-Lint, the Cupertino, California-base... |
18 February 2012
14:41 GMT |
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Developers testing Apple’s newest cat have confirmed that X11, the X window system that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and rich input device capability for networked computers, is no longer included with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.Development on the Mac for the X Window System, or X11 as it ... |
18 February 2012
11:01 GMT |
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The most recent evidence of Retina display Macs comes straight from Apple’s Messages application where developers have discovered an "@2x" suffix that indicates planned support for higher-resolution graphics.
The developer documentation for OS X Mountain Lion, which includes the Messages app, reveals that &ldq... |
17 February 2012
14:11 GMT |
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For those of you planning to get your Mountain Lion on this summer, you’d better make sure you have the brawn to meet the OS’s system requirements.
Although many would have assumed Mountain Lion was going to work on all the machines currently supported by OS X 10.7 (Lion), the system requirements listed ... |
17 February 2012
13:01 GMT |
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In a meeting with Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing, pundit John Gruber learned Apple was going to refresh OS X annually, as opposed to once every two years, as until now.
As Gruber writes, “Schiller tells me they’re doing some things differently now.”
Apple’... |
17 February 2012
07:11 GMT |
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In the next major release of OS X, Apple is doing away with the standalone Software Update application designed to check for system and application updates. Software Update will still be available, but it will be moved in the Mac App Store application.
Apple provided Pocket-lint with an explanation for the reasons b... |
17 February 2012
06:19 GMT |
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It has been revealed that prior to announcing Mountain Lion, Apple invited several high-profile developers to test a function that the company is marketing in the new OS, but is also present in the current version of the operating system - Lion. Apple is informing developers that Gatekeeper, a security feature baked... |
17 February 2012
05:32 GMT |
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In announcing OS X Mountain Lion yesterday, Apple confirmed that the new OS would boast Twitter integration, just like iOS on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. What Apple didn’t say was that several other content-sharing sites would also have embedded support.
In addition to the already confirmed support for Chine... |
17 February 2012
05:09 GMT |
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The original Mountain Lion galaxy wallpaper is available for download, courtesy of naughty developers who leaked the bits to the web just as Apple had released the OS through dev channels.
There are currently three ways to get an early taste of OS X Mountain Lion.
One is to have a paid Apple developer account, whic... |
17 February 2012
03:32 GMT |
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Apple has confirmed today that some of the cool new features in Mountain Lion are specifically designed with the Chinese user in mind.
“Mountain Lion […] has features specifically designed to support Chinese users,” the Mac maker said in a press release today.
The company has made “signific... |
16 February 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Care to see how innovations from iPad inspire new features for the Mac? Look no further, as Apple has posted a four-minute-long video that details everything from Messages and Game Center to AirPlay Mirroring and Gatekeeper - all brand new stuff in Mountain Lion, the next major version of OS X launching this summer.
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16 February 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Apple has put up the yellow sticky sign saying “We’ll be back soon” over at its Developer web site (the Member Center section), signaling that changes are underway for developers who wish to download and test out the new Mountain Lion. The Cupertino, Calif. computer giant today rolled out a develop... |
16 February 2012
09:44 GMT |
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Apple took the developer community by surprise today launching a developer preview of OS X Mountain Lion, “the ninth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system, which brings popular apps and features from iPad to the Mac and accelerates the pace of OS X innovation.” The new OS deli... |
16 February 2012
09:00 GMT |
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