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Slated for release this summer, not much was known about OS X Lion and what new features it would bring besides some scattered details on how it meant to integrate the "best ideas" from iOS. Today Apple released the first OS X Lion Developer Preview giving us some hands-on action on what's coming next for the Mac.
Apple wants to take advantage of multi-touch trackpads and peripherals, marrying that functionality with software features like LaunchPad that turns your desktop into a set of swipeable home screens, similar to what you have on the iPad and iPhone. Mission Control is another actionable feature using touch that unifies Exposé, Dashboard, Spaces to give you a bird’s eye view of every app and window running on your machine.
Apple is also giving some weight to the notion of running applications in "full-screen" mode, a multi-tasking approach Windows users have grown accustomed to for a long time, though OS X's take will go in conjunction with the aforementioned features.
Other major features that have been announced and are certainly worth mentioning:
- Versions, which automatically saves successive versions of your document as you create it, and gives you an easy way to browse, edit and even revert to previous versions.
- Resume, which conveniently brings your apps back exactly how you left them when you restart your Mac or quit and relaunch an app.
- Auto Save, which automatically saves your documents as you work.
- a new version of Mail, with a widescreen layout inspired by the iPad; more powerful search; and support for Microsoft Exchange 2010;
- AirDrop, a remarkably simple way to copy files wirelessly from one Mac to another with no setup;
- an all new FileVault, that provides high performance full disk encryption for local and external drives, and the ability to wipe data from your Mac instantaneously.
- Mac OS X Lion Server, which makes setting up a server easier than ever and adds support for managing Mac OS X Lion, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.
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Is that the first acknowledgement by apple that there will be a server version of Lion? Havent seen much about it till now.
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They're going to run out of felines.
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While most of these useful features have been "available" in different guises at the application or third-party level in the various OSs for some, what I find great is how elegantly and seamlessly Apple is able to incorporate them at the core level of OS X so that all applications can easily take advantage. When one examines the foundation of OS X (unix\nextStep\Apple) it is well organized making extending the OS in meaningful ways without creating a mess relatively easy and upgrading less prone to disaster.
I'll be happy when Apple runs out of cats as I'm highly allergic.
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Well It looks like we have a lot of available felines:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felines
I would love to see a OS X Ocelot, although I'm not sure how I would feel about OS X Cougar
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marioestrada said:
Well It looks like we have a lot of available felines:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felines
I would love to see a OS X Ocelot, although I'm not sure how I would feel about OS X Cougar
Personally i would like to see "OS Voltron"
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everyone knows cats are for girls..
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