OS X Mountain Lion
By Apple
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Description
OS X Mountain Lion is the latest release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system. Mountain Lion includes over 200 new features to update your Mac into the best computing experience yet. With the new Messages app you can send text, photos, videos, contacts, web links, and documents to anyone using another Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch — you can even start a conversation on one device and continue it on another. The new Share button makes it easy to share files, web pages, photos, and videos, as well as tweet right from the app you are using. With the Reminders app you can create to-do lists and alerts that appear in the new Notification Center. With Notes you can write down all your ideas and even speak your words with voice dictation. Play head to head games on your Mac with friends on their Macs or iOS devices with Game Center. And with iCloud built in, it’s simple to keep all your mail, contacts, calendars, reminders, notes, to do lists, music, photos, iWork files, PDFs, and more up to date across all your devices.
Messages
• Send messages from your Mac to friends with an iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
• With iMessage, you can start a conversation on your Mac and pick it up on your iPhone or iPad.
• Messages also supports traditional instant messaging services like AIM, Yahoo! Google Talk and Jabber.
iCloud
• Documents in the Cloud lets you create and edit your documents on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
• The new Reminders app makes managing tasks easy. Jot down your thoughts with the new Notes app. And iCloud keeps your Reminders and Notes up to date across all your devices.
Safari
• Type both searches and web addresses in the new Smart Search Field.
• Pinch to see tabs with Tab View and swipe to switch between them.
• iCloud Tabs makes the last websites you looked at accessible on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.*
Notification Center
• New notifications appear in the top right corner of your screen.
• Open Notification Center from anywhere in OS X to see recent notifications.
• Configure your notifications to receive just the ones you want.
Sharing
• Share links, photos, videos, and other files right from the app you're in.
• Share with Mail, Messages, and AirDrop.
• Sign in to Twitter, Flickr, and Vimeo once to start sharing.
• Tweet right from your apps with the Tweet sheet.
Game Center
• Play live multiplayer and turn-based games against friends on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.
• Log in to the Game Center app to see friends in your gaming network.
• Check out leaderboards and achievements.
• See what games your friends play and track your progress against them.
Other great Mountain Lion features
Dictation lets you talk anywhere you can type—no setup or training required.
• AirPlay Mirroring shows your Mac screen on your HDTV with Apple TV.
• Power Nap keeps your Mac up to date while it sleeps so it's instantly ready to go.
• Gatekeeper makes it safer to download apps from the Internet by giving you control over which apps can be installed on your Mac.
• New features for Chinese users include improved text input, leading search engine Baidu as an option in Safari, sharing to microblogging service Sina Weibo and video websites Youku and Tudou, eight new fonts, and a new Chinese dictionary.
* iCloud Tabs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch requires iOS 6.
AirPlay Mirroring works with Apple TV (2nd generation or newer), iMac (mid 2011 or newer), Mac mini (mid 2011 or newer), MacBook Air (mid 2011 or newer) and MacBook Pro (early 2011 or newer).
Power Nap works with MacBook Air (late 2010 or newer) and MacBook Pro with Retina display.
Some features require an Apple ID and/or compatible Internet access; additional fees and terms apply.
Some features require apps developed to work with Mountain Lion.
What's New in Version 10.8.2
Facebook is now built into Mountain Lion, making it easier than ever to share and keep up to date with your friends.
Facebook built in
• Sign in once to set up Facebook for Sharing, Contacts, and Notification Center
• Easily share links and photos to Facebook right from the app you’re using
• View Facebook friends' contact information and profile pictures in Contacts
• Receive Facebook notifications in Notification Center
• Post a status update from Notification Center
• Play against Facebook friends with Game Center
• Like a game right from Game Center
Other great new features
• Power Nap support for MacBook Air (Late 2010)
• iMessages sent to your phone number now appear in Messages on your Mac*
• FaceTime now receives calls sent to your phone number*
• Add passes to Passbook on your iPhone or iPod touch from Safari and Mail on your Mac*
• Shared reminders help you track to-dos with other people
• Sort your notes by title, date edited, or date created
• Dictation now supports Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Korean, Canadian English, Canadian French, and Italian
• Dictionary application now includes a French dictionary
The 10.8.2 update also includes general operating system fixes that improve the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.
*Requires iOS 6
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Customer Reviews
Don't really see a difference.
I was hesitant to upgrade from Lion to Mountain Lion on my MacBook Air due to all the negative feedback about slowing down your computer and losing battery life. However, after reading some better reviews, especially with the 10.8.2 update, I decided to give it a go. The downloading (2 hours) and installing (30 minutes) did take awhile, but I expected that. So no stars docked for that. The lack of 1 star is due to the fact that I really don't see much of a difference or great new features with Mountain Lion compared to Lion. iMessage is kind of cool, but I don't really see myself using that. The Reminders and Notes app are nice to have. I don't actually have much of a use for the Notification bar. Overall, I'm just glad and relieved that my MacBook Air is functioning similarly with Mountain Lion as it did with Lion. The processing speed seems to be the same. Also, the battery life seems to be the same. I just wanted to tell people that if they are fearful of upgrading - I didn't see any changes in my computer's functioning. So go ahead and upgrade, especially if you want to be up-to-date with the latest.
Worked for me!
have to say i was motivated to write review after all the negative comments, and i was nervous about upgrading. Back up your hard drive first, update all of your software, make sure OS is most current version and empty out all your trash. I jumped from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion, and it was a snap!
Wonderful!!
I upgraded my 2009 MacBook Pro from 10.5.8 (very old, I know!) to Snow Leopard and then downloaded Mountain Lion. I read the reviews for ML and, after seeing all the negative reviews, was honestly pretty nervous.
The download took about an hour and a half (connected to my university wifi) and then installation took maybe an hour-ish. I have opened all of my regular applications and they open quickly and work fine! Honestly, I am SO pleased with Mountain Lion! It was a great decision; my computer feels brand new, my newly installed Adobe CS6 runs smoothly, and my three year old MacBook Pro is running much faster than it used to!! Thanks Apple!
- $19.99
- Category: Productivity
- Updated: Oct 12, 2012
- Version: 10.8.2
- Size: 4.07 GB
- Languages: English, Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
- Seller: Apple Inc.
- © 2012 Apple, Inc.
Requirements: OS X 10.6.8 or later
