![]() And as cool as this is, it’s notable also for what it’s not: Facebook integration. ![]() It grabs what you want to share on Twitter and you write your tweet from directly within the Mac OS. Central to this is something Apple calls the Tweet Sheet, which you call up from the Share menu. You’ll be able to tweet directly from within several applications, sharing Web site addresses, photos and videos. Twitter: Twitter is also deeply integrated into Mountain Lion. Conversations stay up to date across all devices. It will unify the experience between the Mac and iOS devices, and will still be compatible with services like Google Talk, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and Jabber, but will also bring iMessages into the Mac. Messages is the new instant messaging application that will replace iChat. Messages: It’s crazy to think about it, but iMessage users on the iPhone and iPad have sent something like 26 billion messages in only the few months it has been available. You’ll be able to use iCloud from the moment you start up your Mac and sign in with an Apple ID. Changes you make in the document on one device will automatically appear on the other. Documents in the Cloud is a new feature that will allow documents you create and edit on the Mac to sync up and readily be available on iPhones and iPads. ICloud built in: Mountain Lion will be the first version of OS X built with iCloud fully integrated. Here’s a quick rundown of the 10 new features: ![]() Does that mean we can expect another one about 18 months from now? We’ll see. That makes this announcement a bit of a surprise. Usually there’s an interval of 18 months to 24 months between major OS upgrades. The release, which is coming only a year after Lion debuted last summer, might just indicate a speeding up of the cadence at which Apple does Mac software upgrades. And several features from iOS devices, like Messages and Reminder, are making their debut on the Mac, and will create a more unified experience among Macs, iPads and iPhones. Its name is Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, and it will be available this summer.Īmong the headline features are deep integration with Apple’s iCloud service, and with Twitter. Apple today took the wraps off a preview version of the next version of its Mac operating system software.
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