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What's new in Mountain Lion?

Published: Aug. 25, 2012, 8:39 a.m.

  • Twitter:

    • Photo Booth can set profile picture
  • Facebook will come later
  • Messages: iChat is now Messages

  • Notification Center:

  • Sharing:

    • Shortcut to send: ⇧⌘D
    • Set custom shortcuts per Keyboard Shortcuts

    • Mail

      • New options in Mail to send page, link, or PDF.
    • Twitter from Notification Center
    • AirDrop: AirDrop for older MacBooks
  • Mail: VIPs
  • iCloud: iCloud is everywhere

  • TextEdit:

    • Pinch to zoom
    • Documents in the cloud

  • Preview:

    • Documents in the cloud
    • Sharing

  • Calendar:

    • Previously named iCal
    • The calendar list is back
    • All “todos” have moved to Reminders

  • Reminders:

    • Is able to create location aware reminders
    • Swipe between lists
    • View multiple lists at once with ⌘-click

  • Notes:

    • Change default font
    • Pin notes

  • Safari:

    • Do Not Track
    • Smart search field combines search and address bar

    • Offline reading list

      • Saves articles for reading.
      • Downloads articles over multiple pages.
      • Syncs with iOS 6

    • Tab view

      • Pinch with two finger
      • ⇧⌘\
    • iCloud tabs syncs tabs with iOS 6 devices

  • Finder:

    • Inline progress for downloads and file copies
    • Easy encryption of devices
    • QuickLook with three-finger tap-gesture

  • Game Center:

    • Chess has Game Center integration

  • Mac App Store:

    • OS X updates integrated
    • Apps push to other computer
    • Notifications for updates
  • Gatekeeper: Saves users from malware (hopefully)

  • Time Machine:

    • Backup to multiple locations
    • Encrypted bakups

  • Launchpad:

    • Search is automatically highlighted
    • Spotlight and Launchpad search for initial characters in apps, e.g. “ft” to find “FaceTime”

  • Dock:

    • New look
    • Dragging icons inadvertently out of the Dock is now harder. Drag icon and hold it for a while until the “poof” appears

  • Dictation:

  • Auto Save:

    • Document management directly from the menubar
    • Move To…: doesn’t move to trash
    • Rename…
    • Save To…: is back, but is called “Duplicate”
    • Revert to…

  • Accessibility:

    • Summon Accessibility pane with global shortcut: ⌥⌘F5

  • Other:

    • Full screen on any display

      • Drag app to display and press fullscreen
      • Doesn’t work with two apps…
    • Drag and drop files in screen sharing

    • Screen saver

      • Photo Stream screen saver
      • New screen saver slideshows
    • Photo picker allows to choose Faces
    • X11 and Java install on demand

  • Exclusive for newer models

    • AirPlay

      • Mirroring requires “newer model” MacBook
      • New H.264 video chip that is not built into earlier laptops is required.
      • The chip is also found in the iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and 3. They are responsible for encoding the mirroring signal there.

    • Power Nap

      • Only available for customers of “SSD” laptops. Also only for newer models.
      • Installs updates and runs backups while Mac is sleeping

    • QuickTime X

      • High performance H.264 encoding
      • Also only for newer models

  • This is not everything