Apple has an early version of its new operating system, called Mountain Lion will wear, for the developers made available. At the end of summer 2012, Mac OS X 10.8 as a paid upgrade available.
The ontwikkelaarsversie of Mac OS X 10.8 comes relatively quickly after the previous release; that was seven months ago. Apple goes from the advent of Mountain Lion annual updates release. According to Apple, the new operating system more than a hundred new features and especially the further integration of iOS and iCloud is visible.
The iChat application is to give way to Messages and Lion users can also have a trial version of this communicatieapplicatie download. Messages displays chat conversations in a single screen, like the iPad, and the app supports in addition to Apples own iMessages also support AIM, Jabber, Yahoo Messenger, and Google Talk.
The Reminders and Notes features seem identical to those of the same iPad and iOS 5 versions. The software works through iCloud for notes and reminders to various Apple devices of the user. Also, Apple has ensured the further integration of iCloud in Contacts, Mail, Calendar, Messages, FaceTime and Find My Mac.
One of the striking innovations is the Notification Center that notifies users that there are updates for Mail, Calendar, Messages, Reminders, system updates and programs from third parties. There is also a Game Center that looks just like the iOS app and provides access to games, friends list and achievements. The Game Center now also supports ingame voice chat. For developers, the Game Kit apis made available.
With Airplay Mirroring can be Apple TV users later with a single click of the image on their computer screen on tv show. The AirPlay icon appears if the computer is on the same network as the Apple TV. The feauture supports stereo audio, but the output of the image is limited to the 720p resolution of the Apple TV.
In the field of security, there is the Gatekeeper, which allows users more management capabilities for downloading and installing apps. So they can, among other things, that Mac OS X only programs from Apple’s Mac App Store allows. By default, only accepts the OS in the Developer Preview only the installation of apps from Apples store and especially Apple-authorized programs. Apple developers, namely, to request a Developer ID to create software for distribution to register.
Applications that are not using Mac App Store to be distributed, can not make use of features like iCloud integration and notifications. In combination with the default setting for Gatekeeper, which allows users to only App Store or signed apps can install, it seems Apple developers to want to move their applications through the Mac App Store to distribute. The beveiligingsfeature is off.
Apple says that Mountain Lion special Chinese features, with which the importance of this growth market for the manufacturer is emphasized. So, there are improvements in the area of import of the Chinese language to take effect, and the Chinese search engine Baidu in Safari. Also, Chinese users video via Share Sheets directly to sites like Youku and Tudou upload. Also, with OS X 10.8 as possible to the image on the display to mirror to a tv via AirPlay.
Update, Friday, 12.00 noon: At the installation as we did, was set by default that OS X 10.8 the installation of all the applications allows.
