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John Siracusa’s OS X 10.7 Lion Mega Review
You’d be hard pressed to find a more thorough review and analysis of OS X than John Siracusa’s work. He brings the business consistently and his latest review of OS X 10.7 is no different. It’s long, really long, and well worth checking out over here. Siracusa’s ultimate recommendation: Even at Ars Technica, a certain […]
Continue reading...OS X Lion now available in the Mac App Store
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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As stated by CFO Peter Oppenheimer yesterday, OS X Lion is now available via the Mac App Store for $29.99. Apple highlights some of the features below:
Continue reading...Lion allows users to run multiple copies of OS X on same machine
Sunday, July 3, 2011
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OS X Lion will enable Mac users to run multiple copies of OS X on the same machine. This functionality has previously only been available on Mac OS X Server but now OS X virtualization is coming to, well, to OS X. News of this came a few days ago when Apple released its Golden […]
Continue reading...OS X Lion install requires Snow Leopard – Upgrade details
Thursday, June 23, 2011
In a significant departure from the past, Apple is making OS X Lion available via paid download from the Mac App Store. Further, Apple will not be offering physical discs of its latest OS for the first time in company history. This has naturally raised a number of interesting questions. For instance, what about computers […]
Continue reading...OS X Lion to drop in July for $29
Monday, June 6, 2011
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Showcasing a number of new features, Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi earlier today demoed OS X Lion. Notably, the OS update, much like Snow Leopard, will be available for only $29. Many of the demoed features weren’t surprises, such as multitouch gestures, full screen apps, LaunchPad, and Mission Control, but others were relatively unknown. AirDrop, […]
Continue reading...iCloud may debut as partially free service; Apple may price OS X Lion very aggressively
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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More details are beginning to emerge about Apple’s upcoming iCloud initiative and steps the company may take to ensure a mass and wide adoption of OS X Lion. Earlier this week, Apple uncharacteristically tipped its hand when it pre-announced its upcoming iCloud service. In the wake of that, AppleInsider is reporting that Apple may offer […]
Continue reading...Latest OS X 10.6.8 build facilitates Snow Leopard to Lion upgrade via Mac App Store
Monday, May 30, 2011
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With Apple continuing to work towards a world where the primary means of accessing software is via downloading as opposed to retail packages, it didn’t come as much of a surprise when reports surfaced this past May relaying that OS X Lion will be available as an upgrade download on the Mac App Store. We’re […]
Continue reading...Apple begins internal testing of OS X 10.7 Lion
Sunday, May 29, 2011
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With WWDC just days away now, Apple appears to be putting the finishing touches on OS X 10.7 Lion. Citing “trusted sources”, Erica Sadun writes that Apple recently began internal testing on the company’s next major OS release, indicating that a real world release isn’t too far off. Sadun speculates that Apple may try and […]
Continue reading...Apple releases OS X Lion Developer Preview 3
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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Apple last Friday released a new developer beta of OS X Lion which includes a new boot up animation, new desktop backgrounds, slightly updated Finder toolbars, a Reading List enabled version of Safari, and the addition of a Mission Control app. Some other changes, courtesy of Itsalltech, include: – New options in System Preferences>Mission Control […]
Continue reading...Apple to distribute OS X Lion via the Mac App Store
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
By Sarah Petit: Apple this Summer is expected to release Mac OS X Lion. As opposed to other OS X releases, however, Lion will also be available for purchase via the Mac App Store. AppleInsider reports: The Mac App Store, available to all users running the most recent version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, will […]
Continue reading...Will “Find my Mac” be a new feature in OS X Lion?
Monday, May 2, 2011
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With WWDC just about a month away, the feature set of OS X Lion is starting to crystallize. One feature which has received scant attention, particularly because the evidence is so well hidden, is the possible inclusion of a “Find my Mac” feature – akin to the Find my iPhone feature that used to exclusively […]
Continue reading...New bookmarking feature in Safari, dubbed “Reading List”, found in latest build of OS X Lion
Monday, May 2, 2011
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A new bookmarking feature in Safari will offer users the ability to save websites for later reading, a feature which might pit Apple’s browser in direct competition with popular apps like Instapaper. The feature is called “Reading List” and Apple describes it thusly: Reading List lets you collect webpages and links for you to read […]
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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