Apple unveils Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion coming this summer with 100+ new features

[onehandle]

Apple on Thursday announced Mac OS X 10.8, dubbed "Mountain Lion," the next major release of its Mac operating system, set to launch on the Mac App Store this summer, with a preview now available for Mac developers. A developer preview of the forthcoming operating system update was released to developers on Thursday, and Apple has boasted that Mountain Lion packs over 100 new features, including many brought from the iPad and iOS mobile operating system.

"The Mac is on a roll, growing faster than the PC for 23 straight quarters, and with Mountain Lion things get even better," said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "The developer preview of Mountain Lion comes just seven months after the incredibly successful release of Lion and sets a rapid pace of development for the world’s most advanced personal computer operating system."

New features introduced with Mountain Lion include Messages, which replaces iChat, as well as Notes, Reminders and Game Center for the mac. In addition, Mountain Lion will also feature Notification Center, Share Sheets, Twitter integration, and AirPlay Mirroring.

Mountain Lion will also be the first OS X release with iCloud for easy setup and integration with applications. The developer preview also includes Gatekeeper, which helps keep users safe from malicious software by giving control over what applications are installed on a Mac.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/16/apple_unveils_mac_os_x_108_mountain_lion_coming_this_summer.html

[NV Whino]

1. I would love to update just to Lion

But I can't afford to update my Adobe apps to work with it.

[onehandle]

2. What version are you on?

I'm on CS 5 and they work fine.

[NV Whino]

4. CS 4

According to reports, Illustrator works, PhotoShop sometimes works InDesign doesn't work at all.

[REP]

6. I can run CS3 and CS5x on my new iMac with Lion fine

Upgrading to the newest version is a LOT cheaper than just buying the whole package; I think my package (CS3 + CS5x) was $325.00.

[REP]

5. CS won't run on Lion; CS3 and above will

Lion does not support PPC apps - how long have Macs been using Intel chips? So long I can't remember! But all PPC stuff will show up with sad little icons in Lion. I upgraded from CS to CS5 when I got a new machine with Lion on it.

[onehandle]

3. You can get the new desktop image now...

I like this galaxy better than Lion's.

[onehandle]

7. Whoa! Will OS X Mountain Lion’s Docs In The iCloud Kill Dropbox?

Uh, looks like it will. And restore one of the killer features of 'MobileMe.'
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With Mountain Lion, Apple has finally tied iCloud to the Mac desktop. While iCloud has worked seamlessly on iOS since launch, moving documents between iCould and your Mac was embarrassingly awkward, involving web browsers, dragging and dropping.

Now, it has been shoved deep into the heart of the OS, in the form of a kind of alternate Finder.

At the top left corner of open/save dialogs you’ll now find two buttons: “iCloud” and “On My Mac.” On My Mac gives you the regular Finder file system. ICloud switches you to the now-familiar linen window seen in the file-management section of apps like the iOS version of Pages.

Here you’ll find documents that were saved into iCloud from any of your devices. Unlike DropBox, which acts like a de-facto Finder for your iDevices, iCloud only shows you the documents that have been created with the current app. In this way it feels a lot like iTunes or iPhoto in that you never have to touch the file system.

http://www.cultofmac.com/146879/will-os-x-mountain-lions-docs-in-the-icloud-kill-dropbox

[REP]

11. I will miss MobileMe

I still use my homepage.mac.com/username/ site

[Stinky The Clown]

13. We're holding on to MobileMe for dear life. Will iDisk be back in ML?

All the rest of iCloud looks fine. The issue for us is the iDisk feature of MobileMe, which was the ability share big files with others. We use it a lot every day. We share files internally and with clients. Slick and easy.

iDisk was deleted from iCloud so we held back on Lion.

Dropbox was a possibility, but we would actually prefer to stay all Mac. It's just easier.

So will ML be bringing iDisk back? Will it have the ability to allow guests to up- and download?

[onehandle]

14. iDisk file sharing was probably the one part of MM I used the most.

It's not clear how close to that they will get to that in iCloud this year, but this is somewhat encouraging:



While Apple shows no sign of throwing out the file system whole-hog just yet (and good thing, too), there will be a new option popping up with Mountain Lion: iCloud document storage, a central online repository for your files, images, PDFs, and such. You can create new documents within iCloud directly, add documents from your Mac by dragging them into the window, or send them back to your Mac by dragging them out.

http://www.macworld.com/article/1165496/ten_exciting_system_changes_in_mountain_lion.html

I see a share button at the bottom of the window. I know you will be able to select Twitter, Flickr, Email, etc... but will there be a link to the cloud you can share, like you could with MM? Dunno.

You might want to consider Dropbox as a back up. It's not 'Mac,' but it's just a 'feature' as Steve Jobs said.

Which brings me to another encouraging detail about the future of iCloud and file hosting. After Dropbox refused a nine-digit offer for the company from Apple...

'Jobs smiled warmly as he told them he was going after their market.'

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/18/dropbox-said-no-to-nine-digits-acquisition-offer-from-apple-steve-jobs/

[hamerfan]

8. Looks to me

like it's a bastardized OS/iOS amalgamation.
No thanks, SL works just fine.

[onehandle]

10. As of Mountain Lion, Mac OS X is just called OS X.

Within a couple of years, OS X and iOS will be indistinguishable from one another.

[got root]

9. Installing it right now! Looking forward to trying out it's new cloud features.

keeping everything in sync, across multiple devices, effortlessly, is the holy grail of computing for me.

not to mention having it all backed up when the inevitable disaster strikes... my major concerns are whats the cost, and whats the privacy policy?

[manoskiamos]

12. Can't wait for it

Can't wait for it indeed....although i don't like a lot the iOS'ish style....Apple knows a lot better than me what is doing...

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