OS X Mountain Lion Facts

Apple just announced the 10.8 updated for Mac OS X, known as the Mountain Lion. Like the Snow Leopard and Leopard, Mountain Lion version is not seen as a new OS, but rather as a reformer of the existing OS X Lion. Mountain Lion give new features to Mac in an attempt to combine / collaborate on all Apple devices like iPhone 4s, iPad and iPod.

Mountain Lion is a combination of the latest features of the iOS and OS X, where the OS would add many capabilities from iPhone and iPad such as Game Center, Notification and Reminder. In addition user will get the other innovations such as iChat.

Unfortunately, Mountain Lion (10.8) have a slightly ifferent compatibility with OS X Lion, which make some old Mac device owners must forget about this upgrade. Here's a list of Mac that do not support the update:

Unsupported Mac for Mountain Lion:

• MacBook with Intel Core-2 Duo late 2007 - late 2008 (Model Number: MB061 * / B, MB062 * / B, MB063 * / B, MB402 * / A MB403 * / A MB404 * / A, MB402 * / B)
• Mac Mini mid-2007 (Model Numbers: MB138 * / A, MB139 * / A
• iMac Polycarbonate end 2006 (Model Number: MA710xx / A)
• MacBook Air-original (first generation), which releases early 2008 (Model Number: MB003LL / A)

The price tagged for the update around 30 USD in App Store. This is relatively same as the offer for OS X Lion. So if you do require OS X Mountain Lion in your work, it is appropriate that you update. But if you do not need, nothing wrong with using current version of Lion, since to date there are still many who use OS X Tiger, OS X Leopard and others.

Here are new features offered by Mountain Lion

iCloud

Now the Mac user only have to connect to your Apple ID and then all contacts, email, calendars, applications, etc. are automatically synchronized with your computer and each time there is a change in Mac, will be apply to iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc.

Messages

Popular chat application for the iOS device, iChat will not exist for this Mac OS X but the same features now provided by Messages application, which is an all-in-one application that combines all the features of iChat (AIM, the Google Talk, etc. ) and the iMessages the iPhone or iPad.

Reminders

Reminders in iOS 5 came to Mac and now all reminders will be synchronized to all your Apple devices.

Improved Notes

Note is a very simple application that already exists in previous OS X but only built into email.

Now in Mountain Lion comes as a standalone application that automatically syncs with the iPhone, iPad, and gives the user a new option to share via email or implementing new Messages.

Notifications

One of the most popular new features of iOS 5 is the Alert Center and of course this could not be absent from the new version of OS X.

The alerts Center will appear on the right side of your screen and displays all messages, reminders, notices of applications, etc.

Easy sharing files from Safari and other applications

Share Sheets is the new small buttons in various applications that allow Mac users to share things that interest in Twitter, email, etc. and of course you can send them directly to iPhone or iPad's with just one click.

Twitter

Apple has added direct Twitter integration the Mountain Lion. This means that the user can easily upload Tweets of links, photos, etc. directly from Safari.

Game Center

Go up against fellow gamers on iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and another Mac. On your Mac. Game Center is one way to monitor and compare played games on iOS mobile devices with Mac.

Improved Airplay

By integrating airplay users can now wirelessly displays what you sees on the Mac screen to an Apple TV.

New enhanced security with Gatekeeper

The Apple Mountain Lion added new security feature called Gatekeeper and offers user more protection from malicious applications.

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