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- 1a.
- Re: Internal Hard Drives From: Tod Hopkins
- 2a.
- Re: iMovie From: Barbara Adamski
- 3a.
- Apple's iCloud Is No Dropbox Killer (It's Much More) From: Bill Boulware
- 3b.
- Re: [macsupport] Apple's iCloud Is No Dropbox Killer (It's M From: Tod Hopkins
- 3c.
- Re: Apple's iCloud Is No Dropbox Killer (It's Much More) From: Harry Flaxman
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- Re: [macsupport] Apple's iCloud Is No Dropbox Killer (It's M From: Tod Hopkins
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- Re: [macsupport] Apple's iCloud Is No Dropbox Killer (It's M From: Bob Cook
- 3f.
- Re: [macsupport] Apple’s iCloud Is No Dropbox Killer (Itâ From: Mark Mahabir
- 4a.
- Next OS Announced/released to developers! From: Harry Flaxman
- 4b.
- Re: Next OS Announced/released to developers! From: Harry Flaxman
- 4c.
- Re: Next OS Announced/released to developers! From: Harry Flaxman
- 4d.
- Re: Next OS Announced/released to developers! From: Rob Frankel
- 4e.
- Re: Next OS Announced/released to developers! From: Harry Flaxman
- 5.
- Another 10.8 Overview from Computerworld. From: Harry Flaxman
- 6a.
- CNET's First Look Video Podcast From: Harry Flaxman
- 6b.
- Re: CNET's First Look Video Podcast From: Harry Flaxman
- 7.
- Mountain Lion isn’t a walled garden (yet), but it has a Gatek From: Bill Boulware
- 8a.
- System requirements From: BLAINE F GORDON
- 8b.
- Re: System requirements From: Jim Saklad
- 8c.
- Re: System requirements From: BLAINE F GORDON
- 9.
- OS X Mountain Lion: 5 Most Exciting New Features From: Bill Boulware
- 10.
- Apple, Microsoft to duel in '12 with OS upgrades From: Harry Flaxman
- 11.
- Apple's Mountain Lion shows personal cloud trumps personal computer From: Harry Flaxman
- 12a.
- Mountain Lion - Hands On From: Harry Flaxman
- 12b.
- Re: Mountain Lion - Hands On From: Harry Flaxman
Messages
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Re: Internal Hard Drives
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:36 am (PST)
An "array" is a logically connected collection of drives. Loosely defined it can simply refer to a collection of drives in a chain, but in this context we mean multiple drives installed in a single enclosure and acting in concert.
Any device that you see that contains more than 2TB will be an array, since a single drive mechanism is currently limited to 2TB. The point of arrays is to organize and coordinate the use of multiple drives. The level of coordination offered can be quite low, simply collecting the hardware in one enclosure, know as JBOD ("Just A Bunch of Drives) or very high where all drives function as a single logical unit (RAID Arrays).
Cheers,
tod
On Feb 15, 2012, at 9:10 PM, D. Brett Woods wrote:
> Generally speaking, what do you all mean by arrays?
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> Just wondering.
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> Brett
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> On Feb 15, 2012, at 11:59 AM, Jim Saklad wrote:
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>>> This may be a stupid question but, do all the externals have to be connected at all times or can they be stored and used when needed just like floppy diskettes back in the day?
>>> Bob
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>> 'Taint any stupid questions.
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>> Use 'em when you need 'em. Like floppies.
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Re: iMovie
Posted by: "Barbara Adamski" adamski@telus.net bkadamski
Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:59 am (PST)
Thanks, Ian. It wasn't there. She has redone the project and submitted it, so is no longer desperate to find that file. But still, it's odd that it disappeared like that.
Also odd is the fact that you can save manually or do a "save as" like you can with other files....
Barb
On 2012-02-16, at 2:32 AM, Ian Gillis wrote:
> On 16 February 2012 07:28, Barbara Adamski <adamski@telus.net > wrote:
> > Hi there.
> >
> > My daughter just made a movie in iMovie. When she added a last-minute change, she lost the entire edited movie. All that remains are the basic footage files. Any idea where iMovie would have saved the edited movie? We can't find it anywhere.
>
> Barbara,
> If the movie hasn't yet been exported as an .m4v file, then the last
> edit will be saved as a file in the form yourfilmname.rcproject,
> probably in Movies/iMovie Projects.
> This is a relatively small file which controls where the video, audio
> and still photo information are combined to form the film before it is
> exported as a final cut.
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> HTH,
> Ian
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Apple's iCloud Is No Dropbox Killer (It's Much More)
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:45 am (PST)
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OS X 10.8, aka Mountain Lion – Apple is more deeply integrating its iCloud
service into the operating system itself. No longer will storing your
documents in the cloud feel like an extra, value-added feature – it will
feel like part of the OS itself. The cloud is just another drive, Apple
seems to say, and saving to the cloud should look and feel no different
than saving to your Documents folder or your Desktop.
The idea, of course, is not novel. It's what startups like
Dropbox<http://www.google.com/gwt/x? >aresource=reader& u=http%3A% 2F%2Fwww. dropbox.com
doing today: making a drive that appears like any other, but that can
be accessed from any machine. While on the surface, it's easy to dub iCloud
"Apple's version of Dropbox," the truth is actually more complex: it's
about building a new computing paradigm.
In testing the new iCloud integration in Mountain Lion, a file could be
open in multiple locations – say, your Mac, iPad and iPhone – and when a
change was made, it would appear almost instantly across all three devices
in real time. You don't have to wait for a notification, or reload the
file. It just appears. While the immediate thought is that iCloud is
rapidly turning into Apple's own, improved version of Dropbox, it's also a
fierce competitor to Google Docs, and the long-rumored Google Drive.
With Google, however, the philosophy is that file creation itself can
migrated to the cloud. An online office suite is "good enough," if not as
good, as a native one. And "good enough" will win due to ease of use. With
almost a completely opposing view, Apple's iCloud is doing the reverse:
bringing the capabilities of the cloud to the richer, more robust native
apps. This includes not just office apps in iWork, but through the use of
developer APIs, it will extend to any apps that need to be iCloud-enabled.
Although today, iCloud support is more limited for third-parties, the APIs
will improve in time. Eventually, any app running on the Apple platform
(desktop or mobile), will have the tools to move data between its different
installations.
To make the transition to the cloud seamless, Apple has embedded the cloud
deep into new version of OS X, right down to the "Open" and "Save" dialog
boxes. Mac Store Apps will be able to immediately save to either the local
file system or iCloud. The iCloud is also baked into the Finder, showing a
realtime list of files, sorted by application. And managing those files has
an iOS-like flare: you drag and drag them on top of each other to make a
fo...
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Re: [macsupport] Apple's iCloud Is No Dropbox Killer (It's M
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:27 am (PST)
Hardly a new idea, but maybe it will work this time. In fact, I'm pretty sure they will MAKE it work. This is very high on the list of Apple priorities.
Cheers,
tod
On Feb 16, 2012, at 10:45 AM, Bill Boulware wrote:
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> With today‚s reveal of the next version of OS
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> OS X 10.8, aka Mountain Lion ˆ Apple is more deeply integrating its iCloud
> service into the operating system itself. No longer will storing your
> documents in the cloud feel like an extra, value-added feature ˆ it will
> feel like part of the OS itself. The cloud is just another drive, Apple
> seems to say, and saving to the cloud should look and feel no different
> than saving to your Documents folder or your Desktop.
>
> The idea, of course, is not novel. It‚s what startups like
> Dropbox<http://www.google.com/gwt/x? >aresource=reader& u=http%3A% 2F%2Fwww. dropbox.com
> doing today: making a drive that appears like any other, but that can
> be accessed from any machine. While on the surface, it‚s easy to dub iCloud
> „Apple‚s version of Dropbox,‰ the truth is actually more complex: it‚s
> about building a new computing paradigm.
>
> In testing the new iCloud integration in Mountain Lion, a file could be
> open in multiple locations ˆ say, your Mac, iPad and iPhone ˆ and when a
> change was made, it would appear almost instantly across all three devices
> in real time. You don‚t have to wait for a notification, or reload the
> file. It just appears. While the immediate thought is that iCloud is
> rapidly turning into Apple‚s own, improved version of Dropbox, it‚s also a
> fierce competitor to Google Docs, and the long-rumored Google Drive.
>
> With Google, however, the philosophy is that file creation itself can
> migrated to the cloud. An online office suite is „good enough,‰ if not as
> good, as a native one. And „good enough‰ will win due to ease of use. With
> almost a completely opposing view, Apple‚s iCloud is doing the reverse:
> bringing the capabilities of the cloud to the richer, more robust native
> apps. This includes not just office apps in iWork, but through the use of
> developer APIs, it will extend to any apps that need to be iCloud-enabled.
> Although today, iCloud support is more limited for third-parties, the APIs
> will improve in time. Eventually, any app running on the Apple platform
> (desktop or mobile), will have the tools to move data between its different
> installations.
>
> To make the transition to the cloud seamless, Apple has embedded the cloud
> deep into new version of OS X, right down to the „Open‰ and „Save‰ dialog
> boxes. Mac Store Apps will be able to immediately save to either the local
> file system or iCloud. The iCloud is also baked into the Finder, showing a
> realtime list of files, sorted by application. And managing those files has
> an iOS-like flare: you drag and drag them on top of each other to make a
> fo...
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> typographical errors.
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Re: Apple's iCloud Is No Dropbox Killer (It's Much More)
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com hflaxman001
Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:16 am (PST)
On 2/16/2012 11:27 AM, Tod Hopkins wrote:
> Hardly a new idea, but maybe it will work this time. In fact, I'm pretty sure they will MAKE it work. This is very high on the list of Apple priorities
I'm sure that Apple will do it right, as they always do. The consensus
is that it will feel like part of the OS rather than an add-on. This,
in itself, looks good and needed, to me.
Harry
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Re: [macsupport] Apple's iCloud Is No Dropbox Killer (It's M
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:35 am (PST)
See...
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/ 2011/05/icloud- apple/
Title of the article is "4th Time the Charm"
Lisa, Newton, Apple TV... They don't always get it right the first time, but if they think it's a good idea, they also don't give up.
Cheers,
tod
On Feb 16, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> On 2/16/2012 11:27 AM, Tod Hopkins wrote:
> > Hardly a new idea, but maybe it will work this time. In fact, I'm pretty sure they will MAKE it work. This is very high on the list of Apple priorities
>
> I'm sure that Apple will do it right, as they always do. The consensus
> is that it will feel like part of the OS rather than an add-on. This,
> in itself, looks good and needed, to me.
>
> Harry
>
>
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com
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Re: [macsupport] Apple's iCloud Is No Dropbox Killer (It's M
Posted by: "Bob Cook" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com cookrd1
Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:54 am (PST)
> OS X 10.8, aka Mountain Lion – Apple is more deeply integrating its iCloud
> service into the operating system itself. No longer will storing your
> documents in the cloud feel like an extra, value-added feature – it will
> feel like part of the OS itself. The cloud is just another drive, Apple
> seems to say, and saving to the cloud should look and feel no different
> than saving to your Documents folder or your Desktop.
>
> The idea, of course, is not novel. It's what startups like
> Dropbox<http://www.google.com/gwt/x? >aresource=reader& u=http%3A% 2F%2Fwww. dropbox.com
> doing today: making a drive that appears like any other, but that can
> be accessed from any machine. While on the surface, it's easy to dub iCloud
> "Apple's version of Dropbox," the truth is actually more complex: it's
> about building a new computing paradigm.
>
IMHO, this would be much more functional if Apple also integrated
other cloud providers, not just iCloud.
Bob
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Re: [macsupport] Apple’s iCloud Is No Dropbox Killer (Itâ
Posted by: "Mark Mahabir" mark.mahabir@gmail.com maccymaccomms
Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:00 pm (PST)
On 16 Feb 2012, at 18:54, Bob Cook <cookrd1@discoveryowners.com > wrote:
>> OS X 10.8, aka Mountain Lion â€" Apple is more deeply integrating its iCloud
>> service into the operating system itself. No longer will storing your
>> documents in the cloud feel like an extra, value-added feature â€" it will
>> feel like part of the OS itself. The cloud is just another drive, Apple
>> seems to say, and saving to the cloud should look and feel no different
>> than saving to your Documents folder or your Desktop.
>>
>> The idea, of course, is not novel. It’s what startups like
>> Dropbox<http://www.google.com/gwt/x? >aresource=reader& u=http%3A% 2F%2Fwww. dropbox.com
>> doing today: making a drive that appears like any other, but that can
>> be accessed from any machine. While on the surface, it’s easy to dub iCloud
>> “Apple’s version of Dropbox,†the truth is actually more complex: it’s
>> about building a new computing paradigm.
>>
>
> IMHO, this would be much more functional if Apple also integrated
> other cloud providers, not just iCloud.
>
> Bob
Why would they? That'd be like asking Microsoft to install Chrome by default
:-)
Mark
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Next OS Announced/released to developers!
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com hflaxman001
Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:01 am (PST)
OS 10.8, Mountain Lion, was announced this morning and released for
testing to developers!
Expected to be released late this summer!
Source: MacMost Now.
A new version of Mac OS X was announced this morning, named "Mountain
Lion." The new Mac OS X 10.8 was released for testing to developers.
General release is scheduled for late this summer.
New features will include new apps and more: Messages, Notes, Reminders,
Game Center, notifications, Twitter integration and AirPlay mirroring.
All of these features mirror or tie in to similar features in iOS.
Messages will combine the features of iChat with the iMessage system
available in iOS 5. Reminders and Notes breaks out those functions from
Mail and iCal to make them more like iOS. AirPlay mirroring means you
can show your Mac screen on an Apple TV.
In addition, iCloud integration will include more settings and your
documents. So moving between Macs will be easier, and moving to a new
Mac may require little more than just entering your iCloud ID to set up
your Mac and get to your documents. You can find out more at Apple's site.
Harry
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Re: Next OS Announced/released to developers!
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com hflaxman001
Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:09 am (PST)
On 2/16/2012 12:00 PM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> OS 10.8, Mountain Lion, was announced this morning and released for
> testing to developers!
Just watched the video on Apple's site re 10.8. Getting to look more
and more like iOS on a desktop.
Don't know if I'll go this route. It also brings Message Center to OS
X, which might seriously put a dent in the Growl system. I love Growl
and it's flexibility. Probably keep it even if I do up to Mountain Lion.
Harry
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Re: Next OS Announced/released to developers!
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com hflaxman001
Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:11 am (PST)
On 2/16/2012 12:00 PM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> OS 10.8, Mountain Lion, was announced this morning and released for
> testing to developers!
Could go on and on about this one. Apple is including 'Gatekeeper',
which is supposedly a malware type avoidance system.
Also, iMessage, is Messages in OS X. There's a beta of it for download now.
Harry
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Re: Next OS Announced/released to developers!
Posted by: "Rob Frankel" rob@robfrankel.com robfrankeldotcom
Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:23 am (PST)
At 12:08 PM -0500 2/16/12, Harry Flaxman wrote thusly:
>On 2/16/2012 12:00 PM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
>> OS 10.8, Mountain Lion, was announced this morning and released for
>> testing to developers!
>
>Just watched the video on Apple's site re 10.8. Getting to look more
>and more like iOS on a desktop.
>
>Don't know if I'll go this route. It also brings Message Center to OS
>X, which might seriously put a dent in the Growl system. I love Growl
>and it's flexibility. Probably keep it even if I do up to Mountain Lion.
>
Yep. If I do choose to go this route, I'll probably end up with two
machines: one to do serious work (10.6.8) and some smaller toy for
all the toys and shiny things. :D
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Re: Next OS Announced/released to developers!
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com hflaxman001
Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:31 am (PST)
On 2/16/2012 12:21 PM, Rob Frankel wrote:
> At 12:08 PM -0500 2/16/12, Harry Flaxman wrote thusly:
>> >On 2/16/2012 12:00 PM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
>>> >> OS 10.8, Mountain Lion, was announced this morning and released for
>>> >> testing to developers!
>> >
>> >Just watched the video on Apple's site re 10.8. Getting to look more
>> >and more like iOS on a desktop.
>> >
>> >Don't know if I'll go this route. It also brings Message Center to OS
>> >X, which might seriously put a dent in the Growl system. I love Growl
>> >and it's flexibility. Probably keep it even if I do up to Mountain Lion.
>> >
> Yep. If I do choose to go this route, I'll probably end up with two
> machines: one to do serious work (10.6.8) and some smaller toy for
> all the toys and shiny things. :D
Good point! I still like versions under 10.7. That, for me, is still
part of a 'serious' machine right now.
Harry
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Another 10.8 Overview from Computerworld.
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com hflaxman001
Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:17 am (PST)
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CNET's First Look Video Podcast
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com hflaxman001
Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:56 am (PST)
CNET's First Look video podcast has an overview of Mountain Lion, hands on.
Looks good!
Harry
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Re: CNET's First Look Video Podcast
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com hflaxman001
Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:17 am (PST)
On 2/16/2012 12:55 PM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> CNET's First Look video podcast has an overview of Mountain Lion, hands on.
>
> Looks good!
>
Seems like all of the 'known' reviewers have video reviews and overviews
of Mountain Lion. Multi-platform integration seems just what the doctor
ordered!
Harry
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Mountain Lion isn’t a walled garden (yet), but it has a Gatek
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:59 am (PST)
http://9to5mac.com/2012/ 02/16/mountain- lion-isnt- a-walled- garden-yet- but-it-has- a-gatekeeper/
Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: Mountain Lion isn’t a
walled garden (yet), but it has a Gatekeeper via 9to5Mac by Jordan Kahn
on 2/16/12
With the consistent iOS-ifying of Mac OS X, and the introduction of
Apple’s Mac App Store last year modelling the iOS App Store’s
Apple-controlled distribution platform, some have questioned whether or
not OS X will soon resemble the iOS ecosystem. That is, will Apple
attempt to mirror the so-called “walled garden†approach of the App
Store, requiring users only run software specifically approved by Apple
for use on Macs?
The good news is Apple’s introduction of the OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
developer preview this morning does not impose that restriction.
Instead, Apple has introduced “Gatekeeperâ€, a new system for developers
to sign their apps, and a new method within System Preferences for
users to better control which apps have access to their Mac. While
claiming malware is “hardly an issue on a Macâ€, Apple said Gatekeeper
is meant to improve security and help users avoid malicious software.
By default, the feature only allows apps from the Mac App Store or
those singed by identified Apple developers…
Apple’s website describing Gatekeeper starts with some advice: “The
safest place to find apps for your Mac is the Mac App Storeâ€. However,
Gatekeeper also allows devs to sign their non-Mac App Store apps with a
unique Apple Developer ID. From an end user’s perspective, Gatekeeper
is essentially an evolution of File Quarantine, which prompts you to
confirm you the first time you run a file downloaded from the internet.
For users in Mountain Lion, there are three new options (pictured
above) presented in the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences.
Under General, there is now the ability to “Allow applications
downloaded from:†with the following three options: “Mac App Storeâ€,
“Mac App Store and identified developersâ€, and “Anywhereâ€. Even though
the “Anywhere†option allows you to download anything just like you can
in past versions of OS X, many are quick to point out if that feature
were to be removed in the future, we’d be left with an OS X incapable
of running non-Apple approved third-party apps. Apple does provide an
option to easily override Gatekeeper when installing an app by
Control-clicking.
MacWorld explained Apple can revoke a developer’s license if its found
distributing malware and Mountain Lion and Gatekeeper will update a
blacklist of those developers daily. Software from developers on the
list will apparently be prevented by Gatekeeper from running in
Mountain Lion:
“if a particular developer is discovered to be distributing malware,
Apple has the ability to revoke that developer’s license and add it to
a blacklist. Mountain Lion checks once a day to see if there’s been an
update to the blacklist. If a developer is on the blacklist, Mountain
Lion won’t allow apps signed by that developer to run… what does exist
is largely based on legitimate apps that have been modified to include
malware and then redistributed on piracy sites. With this new model,
any tampering with an app would render it unlaunchable.â€
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System requirements
Posted by: "BLAINE F GORDON" pepsi440@me.com blainegordon@ymail.com
Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:10 am (PST)
What are the system requirements for Mountain Lion?
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Re: System requirements
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:18 pm (PST)
> What are the system requirements for Mountain Lion?
System Requirements
OS X Mountain Lion requires a Mac with a 64-bit kernel.
Mountain Lion supports the following Mac models:
• iMac (mid 2007 or later)
• MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later), (15-inch, 2.4/2.2 GHz), (17-inch, Late 2007 or later)
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
• Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later)
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
• Xserve (Early 2009)
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Re: System requirements
Posted by: "BLAINE F GORDON" pepsi440@me.com blainegordon@ymail.com
Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:21 pm (PST)
Thanks Jim,
Blaine
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 16, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com> wrote:
>> What are the system requirements for Mountain Lion?
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> System Requirements
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> OS X Mountain Lion requires a Mac with a 64-bit kernel.
> Mountain Lion supports the following Mac models:
> • iMac (mid 2007 or later)
> • MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
> • MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later), (15-inch, 2.4/2.2 GHz), (17-inch, Late 2007 or later)
> • MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
> • Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later)
> • Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
> • Xserve (Early 2009)
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OS X Mountain Lion: 5 Most Exciting New Features
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:57 pm (PST)
http://feeds.wired.com/ ~r/GearFactor/ ~3/5HgHILxeOOU/
Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: OS X Mountain Lion: 5
Most Exciting New Features via Wired: Gadget Lab by Christina
Bonnington on 2/16/12
Today, Apple unveiled a developer preview of its newest Mac OS,
Mountain Lion. Mountain Lion picks up where OS X Lion left off, filling
the chasm that divides Apple’s desktop and mobile operating systems.
But unlike Lion, Mountain Lion isn’t just a simple nod to iOS â€" there’s
now full-on synergy and integration between Apple’s two operating
systems.
And OS synergy is just the tip of the iceberg. Mountain Lion introduces
more than 100 new features to OS X. We’ve teased out five of the most
important, most innovative aspects of Cupertino’s latest release.
Deep iCloud Integration
Mountain Lion is also about iCloud. You first sign into the OS using
your Apple ID, allowing services like iCloud, iTunes, the Mac App
Store, and FaceTime to set up automatically. Accordingly, Mail,
Calendar, Contacts, Messages, and Find My Mac all easily sync once you
set up iCloud.
Mountain Lion also gives you two built-in ways of storing files and
documents: directly in your computer, or in iCloud. You can choose to
store information in either place, freeing you from the tethers of
localized storage. By all accounts, it should be a dead-easy
implementation â€" and services like Dropbox can’t be too happy about
Apple’s new built-in cloud features.
Mountain Lion will also include a feature called iCloud Documents,
which lets you store documents in the cloud and sync document changes,
a la Google Docs, to all your devices. You can also organize files into
folders in iCloud, and share them through email, Messages, or AirDrop
with the click of a button.
A number of iOS carryovers like Notes and Reminders use iCloud to sync
information and alerts across your Apple ecosystem, providing the
closest thing to a completely unified cross-device computing experience
that we’ve seen so far.
Notification Center
Notification Center was one of the major new upgrades made to iOS 5,
and with Mountain Lion, the useful notification aggregation center is
now on the Mac, too.
Notification Center looks almost identical to its mobile counterpart
and normally stays hidden under the right side of the desktop screen.
When you get a notification, it pops up on the top-right of your screen
as a banner that disappears on its own after about five seconds. And
when you get an alert, which requires user action before it disappears,
an icon on the far right of the menu bar turns blue. Click it, and your
desktop slides to the left to reveal Notification Center.
If you’re on a MacBook Pro or Air, or have a Magic Trackpad, you can
also bring up Notification Center with a two-finger swipe from its
right edge.
Gatekeeper
Privacy and security is a growing concern of app users (just look at
the whole Path debacle). But while iOS privacy policies are a work in
progress for Apple, the security of your desktop system is a
front-and-center concern in Mountain Lion.
Now it’s true that Mac OS X has been largely immune from the malware
issues that plague other operating systems like Windows and Android.
The MacDefender malware scare in mid-2011 was an exception, and it
looks like Apple now wants to stay one step ahead of the bad guys with
a new feature called Gatekeeper.
Gatekeeper gives you the ability to control which sources you download
applications from. For now, you can choose between the Mac App Store
only, the Mac App Store and identified developers, or (if you like to
live dangerously) from any and all sources. But with Gatekeeper set on
a tight leash, you can ensure that you don’t accidentally download an
app that has some malware secretly tacked onto it. The middle setting â€"
the Mac App Store and identified developers â€" is the default.
Gatekeeper is a feature Apple is heavily working on, so the language in
the screen shot and the areas you have control over could change by the
time Mountain Lion ships later this year.
Unification With iOS 5
Mountain Lion delivers strong unification between iOS and Mac. For
starters, Apple unified and simplified the naming conventions of many
of its features (iCal is now Calendar, iChat is now Messages), paring
down some of the “cruft,†as Daring Fireball’s John Gruber put it,
that’s accumulated over the years.
Here are four ways Apple is bringing iOS and the Mac together.
Notes: Notes looks much like the iOS version of the app â€" a yellow,
lined paper notebook â€" but with a UI tweaked for the desktop. It
supports rich text, and also supports links and inline images. You can
share notes via email or iMessage, and you also have the ability to pin
it on the top of your screen like a Post-It. It syncs with iCloud, but
can also sync with other services like Gmail or Yahoo.
Messages: What used to be iChat now integrates with iOS 5′s iMessage
service, as well as FaceTime. Messages makes chatting seamless across
whatever platform you’re chatting on, and whatever device you’re using.
It combines text messages and instant messages (from sources like AIM,
Google Talk, and Jabber) so you can access them and search through them
on the desktop. And with iCloud, you can access iMessages on any
device, whether it be your iPhone, iPad or MacBook. This feature is
available as a free beta to current Lion users.
Calendar: Calendar replaces iCal, and keeps the same faux-leather
design as it did in Lion. It has undergone a few slight tweaks, like
the ability to turn off invitation alerts without turning off meeting
reminders, and one feature, Reminders, has been removed.
Reminders: Removed from Calendar, yes, but it’s become its own
standalone app, like it is in iOS 5. Reminders syncs with iCloud and
across devices, as well as services like Google Calendar. It’s got the
features you’ve come to expect from Reminders, like the ability to set
priorities, make lists, and set alerts. One difference from the iOS 5
version is that there are no location-based alerts.
New Gaming Possibilities
Another iOS import, Game Center, is also coming to the Mac, giving you
the ability to check out game titles your friends are playing, discover
new friends, and view your leaderboard status, among other things. But
the introduction of Apple’s new Game Kit API’s should also open up a
whole new world of gaming.
Developers will now be able to create games that work across the Mac
and all iOS devices. For example, you could create a multiplayer game
with one opponent on an iPad, one on an iPhone, and another on a Mac.
Suddenly, developers now have much larger potential user bases, and
players have much larger potential opponent bases.
Games will be able to use enhanced Multi-Touch features like double-tap
to zoom, so you can get a close-up look at onscreen action. Apple has
also implemented a new graphics backbone that can enhance OpenGL apps.
The fact that a single game can be played across all manner of Apple
devices now opens up interesting possibilities for multiscreen gaming.
If a game can be played on multiple devices, it’s not a big jump for
those devices to interact with one another in an individual game, which
opens up some seriously cool options.
One example I envision is that you could play a game on your iPad,
using your iPhone as the controller, then play that same game on your
Mac, still using your iPhone as the controller. And then, when Apple
finally outs that much-hyped television its reportedly working on,
well, gaming will get even more creative.
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Apple, Microsoft to duel in '12 with OS upgrades
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com hflaxman001
Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:07 pm (PST)
Computerworld - This year is shaping up as a repeat of 2009, when
Microsoft and Apple last faced off with rival operating system upgrades,
analysts said today.
Three years ago, Microsoft rolled out Windows 7, it's last operating
system upgrade, and Apple launched Snow Leopard, or Mac OS X 10.6.
<http://www.computerworld.com/ >s/article/ 9224334/Apple_ Microsoft_ to_duel_in_ 12_with_OS_ upgrades? source=CTWNLE_ nlt_pm_2012- 02-16
Harry
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Apple's Mountain Lion shows personal cloud trumps personal computer
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com hflaxman001
Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:09 pm (PST)
Computerworld - Apple's move to update Mac OS X this summer shows that
the company sees its software ecosystem, especially its iCloud service,
as more important than any one product line, analysts said today.
In a move that surprised many, Apple announced it was seeding developers
with a preview of Mac OS X 10.8, dubbed "Mountain Lion," today and would
offer the upgrade to customers late this summer.
"Apple's not merging Mac OS X and iOS," said Michael Gartenberg of
Gartner research. "But they are making them feel the same. And that
shows that the ecosystem is more important than the device or even the
platform."
<http://www.computerworld.com/ >s/article/ 9224327/Apple_ s_Mountain_ Lion_shows_ personal_ cloud_trumps_ personal_ computer? taxonomyId= 123
Harry
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Mountain Lion - Hands On
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com hflaxman001
Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:11 pm (PST)
Computerworld, same site as I posted the last two excerpts from, has an
excellent 'hands on' series for the new features in Mountain Lion.
Harry
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Re: Mountain Lion - Hands On
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com hflaxman001
Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:13 pm (PST)
On 2/16/2012 6:10 PM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> Computerworld, same site as I posted the last two excerpts from, has an
> excellent 'hands on' series for the new features in Mountain Lion.
>
Should have incorporated these two items. Here's the URL for the Mac
area on Computerworld.
<http://www.computerworld.com/ >s/topic/123/ Mac+OS
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