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AppleSeed program puts pre-release copies of OS X Lion in hands of non-developers
With OS X Lion planned for a Summer release, Apple is increasing its efforts to garner user feedback on its next-gen OS. While Apple has long given pre-release copies of OS X to developers who subsequently inform Apple of any bugs or issues they come across, Apple is also seeking the input of non-developers as […]
Continue reading...“Signature Capture” feature in OS X Lion is a godsend
Monday, April 4, 2011
One of the cooler upcoming features in OS X Lion is called “Signature Capture.” Signature Capture lets users hold up a piece of paper with their signature to a Mac’s iSight camera and have it subsequently placed onto a PDF or Preview document in a specified location. The feature is a god-send for anyone who […]
Continue reading...Apple releases new developer preview of OS X Lion; iCal sports new design
Thursday, March 31, 2011
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Apple yesterday released a new developer preview of OS X 10.7 Lion, this one with Build 11A41. Though designated a golden master candidate, Apple still appears to be doing some noteworthy tweaking independent of fixing up bugs and erratic system behavior. For instance, 9to5Mac points us to this new iCal design sporting a leather header […]
Continue reading...Apple preparing to unleash Golden Master candidate of OS X Lion
Saturday, March 26, 2011
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About a month ago, Apple unleashed the developer preview of OS X Lion and it didn’t take long to see that as opposed to the Leopard to Snow Leopard upgrade, Lion brings with it a number of significant UI changes. Concurrently, Apple gave a number of select security experts copies of OS X Lion to […]
Continue reading...“Lion will blow your mind”
Friday, March 25, 2011
After spending 30 days with a beta of OS X Lion, Jose Gutierrez is impressed: Mac OS X Lion has been out for a month now in a Developer Preview form. I have been using it since day one. After a month of testing and normal use, I can say with confidence that Lion will […]
Continue reading...As Apple attempts to reduce the learning curve…
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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With betas of OS X 10.7 Lion now in the hands of developers, we’ve seen a decent number of iOS style features migrate their way into OS X. Indeed, Apple isn’t shy about its strategy here and Steve Jobs himself said as much when Apple previewed OS X Lion for the first time a few […]
Continue reading...In-depth video preview of new OS X Lion 10.7 features
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
YouTube user Jasoco brings us this comprehensive OS X Lion 10.7 11A390 video walk through. Apple has a tendency to remove these videos rather quickly so make sure to watch it sooner than later. Some noteworthy features include the ability to re-size windows from any corner, a completely revamped iCal, the ability to add and […]
Continue reading...New “All My Files” icon in OS X Lion pays homage to Steve Jobs
Thursday, March 3, 2011
“All My Files” is a brand new feature in OS X Lion that helps a user organize all of his/her files with a number of different sorting options. While that might sound boring, the icon for the new feature is anything but. If you zoom in on the icon you can see that the virtual files, […]
Continue reading...Spotlight in Lion includes live preview of search results, webpages included
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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Yet another newly discovered feature in OS X Lion; live previews of webpages from within spotlight search results. via Reddit
Continue reading...Apple revamps “About This Mac” section in OS X Lion; not too shabby!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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One of the more interesting UI changes we’ve seen in Lion thus far is Apple’s complete re-design of the “About This Mac” section found under the Apple icon on the upper left-hand side of the toolbar. The previous “About This Mac” section merely relayed information about the version of the OS, the processor, the memory, […]
Continue reading...Developer seed of OS X Lion includes ability to encode videos right from the Finder
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Now that developers have had time to devour the OS X Lion beta, a number of interesting new features are being discovered, one of which is the inclusion of video encoding directly from the Finder. Simply control click on a media file or files and users can then choose to encode it. Note that the […]
Continue reading...OS X Lion beta lets users play songs from with in the iTunes album artwork screensaver
Monday, February 28, 2011
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As the subtle and not so subtle changes to OS X Lion keep rolling in, 9to5Mac relays a small but interesting change to the Apple screensaver. Apple users can currently adjust their settings so that their screensaver is comprised of album artwork pulled from iTunes. But with Lion, users will have the ability to hover […]
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
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