Apple’s Mountain Lion Out This Wednesday
Apple has announced the next OS X, Mountain Lion, will be out this Wednesday. Apple has previously released the Golden Master build (Build 12A269) of OS X Mountain Lion to developers. It is rumoured that the next OS X Mountain Lion will cost $20.
Apple also reported revenue for the quarter just ended was lower than analysts had expected despite iPad and iPhone sales. Sale of iPhone as dropped 10% during this quarter. This is probably caused by the iPhone gossips where the new iPhone 5 is said to have a new dock connector.
System requirements for Mountain Lion:
- OS X version 10.6.8 (Leopard) or later
- 2GB of memory
- 8GB of available disk space
Here are the Macs that qualify for Mountain Lion:
- iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)>
- MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
- MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
- Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
- Xserve (Early 2009)
Mountain Lion will feature more than 200 innovative features including the all new Messages app, Notification Center, system-wide Sharing, Facebook integration, Dictation, Power Nap, AirPlay Mirroring, Game Center and the enhanced security of Gatekeeper. With iCloud built into the foundation of OS X and Siri integration.
Some of the highlights:
Reminders – OS X will show reminders just like on your iOS devices.
Messages – are sync to your Mac from your mobile devices.
AirPlay Mirroring - an easy way to wirelessly send an up-to-1080p secure stream of what’s on your Mac to an HDTV using Apple TV, or send audio to a receiver or speakers that use AirPlay.
Dictation is built into the system just like Siri.
Share buttons – Facebook, Twitter, Messages integration.
Documents in the Cloud – Pages will show documents from the Cloud.
Safari – unified search field, tabs that sync with your devices and iCloud tabs.
Power nap – keeps your Mac updated while machine is sleeping.
Game Center – comes to your Mac and sync with mobile devices.
Final Cut Pro and Aperture – updated.
