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‘OS X 10.7’ Stories

Apple Switching AirPort Branding To Wi-Fi?

, Jun 14th 2011 Discuss [1]

Apple likes to differentiate itself from competitors, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. Besides a stubborn unwillingness to adopt Flash and HDMI ports, the company also insists on calling its wireless connectivity by the name of AirPort, which can be confusing since it is more commonly known as Wi-Fi. But now, it looks like with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Apple may be caving into what's popular by dropping the AirPort name. Read The Full Story

OS X Lion release via Mac App Store as Apple puts DVDs on notice?

, May 5th 2011 Discuss [1]

Apple is already delivering developer version of OS X Lion via the Mac App Store, but according to the latest leaks the company plans to distribute the full version through its download store too. AppleInsider's sources claim Apple intends to make the Mac App Store the "preferred method" for distributing OS X 10.7 Lion, the Mac OS update expected to arrive this summer, with a physical version only for those with connections too slow for the download or who, for whatever reason, prefer not to download. Read The Full Story

OS X Lion getting iOS-style uninstalls for Mac App Store

, May 3rd 2011 Discuss [0]

Apple has already made installing apps on OS X more like on iOS, thanks to the Mac App Store, and now the company is apparently looking to do the same for uninstalling software. The latest OS X Lion developer build - seeded on April 29 - has a new app uninstallation process, Apple iGuide spotted, similar to what you'd find on the iPad or iPhone: call up the Launchpad, long-click on the app's icon, a cross appears in the corner, and you click that to remove it. Read The Full Story

Apple’s OS X Lion Golden Master first-attempt imminent?

, Mar 26th 2011 Discuss [5]

Apple is reportedly readying a Golden Master release of OS X Lion, the next iteration of the company's Mac OS. However, while a Golden Master build is normally one step away from a complete, public release, there's talk that this particular version is only GM1 in what will be several phases of release. According to TechCrunch's sources, the upcoming OS X Lion GM1 will be the first attempt at a bug-free and full-performance version of the software. Read The Full Story

Apple software chief Bertrand Serlet steps down

, Mar 23rd 2011 Discuss [0]

Apple has confirmed that Senior VP of Mac Software Engineering Bertrand Serlet is to leave the company, having worked with CEO Steve Jobs for 22 years. Serlet was responsible for developing products both NeXT and Apple, and will be replaced by current VP Craig Federighi. "At this point, I want to focus less on products and more on science" Serlet said; the executive holds a doctorate in Computer Science, but is yet to confirm his next project. Read The Full Story

Apple AirDrop inspired by our wireless sharing system, claims eviGroup founder

, Feb 28th 2011 Discuss [3]

Apple's AirDrop easy file-sharing feature in Mac OS X Lion may bring the company some headaches, with a French tablet and software firm claiming it borrows from a wireless sharing system of its own. eviGroup founder Nicolas Ruiz claims that AirDrop's functionality shows considerable overlap with his own INPI-filed "Technique de Communication Réseau sans Configuration" ("technique of network communication without configuration"). Read The Full Story

Mac OS X Lion HiDPI support bringing Retina Display to the desktop?

, Feb 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

From everything Apple told us about the developer release of Mac OS X Lion yesterday, we were already excited. The AirDrop instant sharing tool promises the sort of straightforward simplicity we've grown to expect from the company, and the various usability tweaks carried over from iOS should see the platform become an interesting hybrid of sorts. Still, there's more to be revealed under the hood; MacRumors has learnt that the long-anticipated "Resolution Independence" has made it into OS X Lion, paving the way for ultra-high-resolution Retina Display style screens on MacBook Pro and Cinema Displays. Read The Full Story

Apple AirDrop makes OS X file sharing super-simple

, Feb 24th 2011 Discuss [4]

Developers may be giddy over Mac OS X Lion's more advanced features - which pull in multitouch and full-screen app behaviors from iOS onto the desktop platform - but it's AirDrop that is likely to make the biggest impact on everyday users. Apple's new wireless file transfer system, AirDrop is all about making impromptu shares with the users around you, and doing it in an incredible straightforward way. Read The Full Story

Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview Released

, Feb 24th 2011 Discuss [2]

While the new MacBook Pro line-up delivers the Sandy bridge update consumers have been clamoring for, Apple has something for developers too. The new developer preview of Mac OS X Lion has been released, adding full-screen app support, pinch and double-tap zoom in Safari – some of the multitouch gestures borrowed from OS X – a document saving system called Versions (which automatically saves successive versions of documents as you work on them) and AirDrop, a wireless file transfer system for drag & drop moving of documents between Macs.

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MacBook Pro and “mainstream” new size iMac tipped for 1H 2011

, Dec 16th 2010 Discuss [9]

With Intel's second-gen Core processors expected early in 2011, it doesn't seem too great a leap to assume that Apple will be all over the new chips for their mobile and desktop lines. We've already heard that Apple is testing the Sandy Bridge processors in the MacBook Pro and Mac Pro models; now DigiTimes is claiming their supply chain sources expect new systems - including a new iMac targeted at the mainstream - in the first half of next year. Read The Full Story

OS X 10.7 Lion Official: Mac Meets the iPad

, Oct 20th 2010 Discuss [2]

After 7 major releases of Apple’s OS X platform over the last decade, it’s all come to this. Apple has just announced the brand new version of OS X, and it’s called Lion. Just as we had suspected. The new version brings plenty of upgrades to the OS, and there’s even a few surprises in store, just as Apple had suggested on their revenue call earlier in the week.

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