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And all of it is just $19.99, which is basically impulse-purchase territory.īut even still - is it worth it? Should you upgrade? Is the future of OS X really just hand-me-down iOS features, or is there more going on here? Read on for the full review. It might share a name with Lion, but Mountain Lion is a whole new beast. Most importantly, Apple says Mountain Lion is both faster than Lion and significantly faster than Snow Leopard. Features like Notification Center, share sheets, and AirPlay mirroring are lifted almost directly from iOS, and iCloud support is built into the foundations of the system.īut there are also some important changes to OS X itself: the new Gatekeeper app-verification system is an attempt to blend the tight security of App Store apps with the traditional freedom of web distribution, and there are tons of tweaks to developer-level APIs to enable new functionality.
If Lion was Apple’s first tentative step down the road towards a unification of iOS and OS X concepts, Mountain Lion is the company hitting full stride. So although my preview of Mountain Lion in February held significant promise, I still approached the final build we were given to review with some hesitancy. Worse, it sometimes felt a little slower too. Lion, by contrast, represented Apple’s first steps down a different path - the company literally said it was bringing iOS interface concepts like gestures and fullscreen apps “back to the Mac.” Some of the changes were drastic, some were minor, but in the end Lion never felt as tightly polished and cohesive as Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard was in many ways the pinnacle of a previous era of computing: a fast, stable, reliable desktop operating system that bore no trace of influence from Apple’s enormously successful iOS products.
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Sure, I installed it on my iMac at home and played around with gestures on a Magic Trackpad, but my workhorse 15-inch MacBook Pro remained stubbornly on Snow Leopard, Apple’s previous version of OS X. Systemwide sharing of links, photos, videos and other files was added to popular services like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Vimeo.I have a confession to make before I begin this review of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: I never really used or liked OS X Lion. More of an emphasis was made in Mountain Lion to enable better social media integration. And on the accessibility front, Mountain Lion introduced Dictation, providing systemwide voice input.
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Mountain Lion introduced support for AirPlay mirroring with an Apple TV on the same Wi-Fi network it became possible to wirelessly mirror the Mac screen.
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Mountain Lion's software update service saw complete integration with the Mac App Store, rather than requiring users to download separate updates from Apple's support servers. The feature also enabled Macs for the first time to back up using OS X's integrated Time Machine system while asleep, as well.
Power Nap allowed late-model Macs to synchronize reminders, calendars, notes and other content with iCloud while the Mac was asleep. The last vestiges of MobileMe were removed, and in their place Mountain Lion fully embraced iCloud, Apple's current cloud service. Game Center provides gamers with chat, game matching and achievement tracking. Mountain Lion saw the integration of Game Center, the social gaming network Apple first introduced on iOS. Mountain Lion also introduced Gatekeeper, Apple's anti-malware system. Notes and Reminders became independent apps, while another iOS feature - Notification Center - made its first appearance on the Mac.
OS X's iChat app was replaced with Messages, an app named after its iOS counterpart. Apple focused its attention on producing a seamless, familiar user experience. Hallmarks of Mountain Lion included a focus on improved management of content between Apple devices regardless of whether they run iOS or OS X. More than 200 new features were added in this release, which cost buyers $19.99. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is the last Apple operating system named after "big cats." The ninth major release of OS X was announced in February, 2012 and released in July.
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