Apple to release Mountain Lion Wednesday on Mac App Store
Apple announced on Tuesday that OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, its next-generation Mac operating system, will hit the Mac App Store on Wednesday, July 25.
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Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: Mail 6.0 & Notes
In OS X Mountain Lion, Apple has split Notes off from Mail as its own app, mirroring iOS. Additionally, Mail gets new VIP contact, notification and search features, while the all new Notes app for OS X provides a new option for drafting ideas that are kept up to date across all your devices via iCloud.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: Calendar & Reminders offer smart search, location-based alerts
In OS X Mountain Lion, Apple has replaced iCal with two separate Calendar and Reminders apps, harmonizing with iOS and improving the overall interface while making Reminders not just calendar event with alarms, but also location-based notifications.
Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: Contacts to get new groups, sharing, linking and Facebook support
In OS X Mountain Lion, Apple has replaced Address Book with Contacts, bringing the simpler OS naming convention to OS X and adding a variety of new improvements, including easy sharing, card linking between different accounts and (later this year) Facebook integration.
Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: Go Full Screen on any display
In OS X Mountain Lion, Apple has taken an incremental step toward making OS X's new iPad-like Full Screen mode more useful: you can now pick which connected display you want to use.
Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: using iCloud as the smart, automated way to store documents
In OS X Mountain Lion, iCloud begins to take shape as the smart, automated way to store documents on a per-app, device independent basis, incrementally displacing the local file system that non-technical users have long struggled to comprehend and replacing it with a cloud-based service that connects and synchronizes desktop and mobile devices via the Internet.
Extended Apple employee hours point to rumored July 25 Mountain Lion release
Prep work for the rollout of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion will reportedly culminate next week when Apple employees will be be tapped for overtime beginning July 25.
Mikey Campbell
Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: new iOS-style Accessibility
In OS X Mountain Lion, Apple is radically improving the layout of Universal Access features for users who are sight, hearing or motor impaired, and changing the name of its portfolio of features to match iOS: "Accessibility."
Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: Game Center and Chess 3.0
Apple is expanding Game Center from an iOS play into the Mac arena with OS X Mountain Lion, enabling developers to add friend requests, recommendations and challenges as well as unlockable achievements and top score listings.
Josh Ong
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