Apple has announced that from Wednesday, will allow users to OS X Mountain Lion to download. The new version 10.8 of Apple’s operating system was already scheduled for a release in July.
The release was called in the announcement of the quarterly results, which showed that Apple will have a record number of iPads had been sold. Cfo Peter Oppenheimer showed in the presentation that his company Wednesday’s Mountain Lion release makes available.
One of the most important changes is a notification system, that notification of applications. Also, Apple has the Game Center, which is known for the iOS-app, built in. In the field of security and social are also several features have been added.
“Mountain Lion, the ninth major release of OS 10, counts more than 200 new features, including a new messages app, notificatiecentrum, system-wide sharing and Facebook integration,” says Oppenheimer. “We have iCloud directly in the base of Lion built, making it easier for users to access content on all their devices up to date.”
Earlier this month, it was still a so-called golden master version released to developers. The price for American users was already known; for the operating system must be almost 20 dollars to be consideration.
Apple had earlier stated that the new version of the operating system is only available would be as a download from the Mac App Store. Also was already known that the Mountain Lion in July released would be, but Apple had not yet named date.
Update 14:45: Mountain Lion download from the Mac App Store. The Dutch price is 16 euro.