Apple releases Mountain Lion
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- Category: Industry News
- Published on Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Christian Dunn
It's finally here. OS X Mountain Lion has finally been released for the great value of $20.99.
Check out the feature list below to see just much Apple has managed to squeeze into the newest version of OS X.
Find out more including how to upgrade.
Based on feedback from other users who have already made the switch there are a few critical points to consider as to whether you should upgrade. If you are using Lion then almost definitely. Beware some applications may not be compatible but Mountain Lion does everything Lion should have and makes a large number of enhancements and fixes. Snow Leopard users should think carefully as many applications may not work and I have heard reports of existing features now being incompatible or not working altogether. Some features require certain hardware. As an IMPORTANT NOTE, as you will find this widespread on the forums, AirPlay Mirroring will only work on 2011 Macs or later. This is NOT planned obsolescence but this feature takes advantage of some nifty features in the Intel Chipset which are only available on these models.Hopefully in the coming weeks Apple can iron out some of the known issues and application developers will start to update their programs to support the new version.
Features:
- Accessibility
- AirPlay Mirroring
- Auto Save
- Built-in Sharing
- Calendar
- Contacts
- Dashboard
- Dictation
- Dictionary
- Features for China
- Finder
- Game Center
- Gatekeeper
- iCloud
- Launchpad
- Mac App Store
- Messages
- Notes
- Notification Center
- Photo Booth
- Power Nap
- Preview
- QuickTime X
- Reminders
- Safari
- Security
- System
- TextEdit
- Time Machine