Just seven months afterwards releasing Bone X 10.7 Lion, Apple has formally announced OS 10  x.8 Mountain Lion. It's a big footstep ahead in the "iOS-ification" of the world'southward most advanced desktop operating system and nosotros've got all the details you need later on the leap!

OS X Mountain Lion

When yous open up Apple.com/MacOSX today, yous'll find a very interesting line that reads: Inspired by iPad. Re-imagined for Mac. This essentially summarizes what users can await from the Bone: tighter iCloud integration, Messages, Reminders, Notes, Notifications Center, Twitter integration and more for a total for ten major new features!

From Apple:

Y'all're about to use your Mac in all-new ways with OS Ten Mountain Lion. Because information technology's designed with innovations from iPad and it works even better with iCloud. And that makes everything you do on the Mac smarter, easier, and even more than fun.

Allow's get right into it:

iCloud

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Afterward successful launch of iCloud for use in backing upward iOS devices, the cloud-powered fill-in and syncing service is coming in a big style to the Mac! Once you sign in with your Apple ID, iCloud starts working immediately: syncing your photos, emails, calendar, contacts and documents. Whenever you edit an detail on one OS 10/iOS device, the alter appears on the others.

Messages

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iChat is existence replaced with Messages. It has the same features as its predecessor, plus integration with iMessages on iOS then you can transport messages, photos, videos, contacts, documents and more for costless to iOS devices running iOS v and upward. Your messages are e'er in sync, so you can start a conversation on your iPad and continue it on a Mac.

Reminders And Notes

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Two of iOS' virtually used apps are coming to OS Ten. Reminders is a to-practise list app and Notes is a, well, a notes-taking app. Both sync with iCloud and so your items show up on other continued devices.

Notifications Center

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I am a big fan of the notification systems on Android (and its shameless rip-off on iOS 5) and accept been waiting for a long, long time for them to appear on the desktop considering they make staying up to speed so, and then much easier! Notifications Center works just like information technology does on iOS and it can be brought upwardly with a simple swipe to the left.

Share and Twitter Sheets

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Most of Os 10 Mount'south born apps will come with the power to direct share items to various social networks. Yous can ship links to Twitter from Safari, share links via Mail, upload photos to Flickr and more!

After the success of iOS 5's deep integration with Twitter, the feature is coming over to OS X! In Mountain King of beasts, you will be able to tweet links, photos, videos from Safari, iPhoto etc. from the Tweet sheet. You can too tweet from anywhere within the Os and receive notifications for mentions and DMs.

And the final iii relatively less major features include:

  • Gatekeeper: a security app (Apple is careful not to call it an anti-virus) which maximizes your Mac'southward security by giving you controls over which apps are installed only from Mac App Shop or recognized developers (or both!)
  • AirPlay Mirroring: Just like the iPad, you can mirror everything on your Mac to an HDTV connected to an Apple Tv.
  • Game Center: Sign in with an Apple ID and start playing confronting friends on iPad, iPhone and iPod bear upon. Find new games, enjoy multiplayer gaming and more than!

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Apple will exist releasing OS X 10.8 Mountain Panthera leo sometime this summer at an expected toll of $29.99 via the Mac App Store. Folks with a developer account can download a Preview Release from the link embedded beneath.

Download Os Ten 10.viii Mountain Lion Developer Preview [Devs Only]

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