Tag Archive | "Lion"
Preview 5.5 includes nifty new “Magnifier” tool
MacStories tips us off to a newly discovered feature Apple implemented in Preview 5.5. Dubbed “Magnifier”, the magnifier tool lets you closely examine portions of a document or photo without having to zoom in on the entire photo. Accessible from the Tools menu, the magnifier can even be resized with a two-finger pinch gesture and, […]
Continue reading...Developer video preview of OS X Lion
Sunday, February 27, 2011
A great walk-through from Ian Bauters of some of the many changes in the upcoming OS X Lion update. Watch it while it’s hot because Apple may pull it at any moment.
Continue reading...Apple asks security experts to examine OS X Lion
Saturday, February 26, 2011
For as much as Mac OS X has a reputation for being safer than Windows, security researchers won’t hesitate to point out that the opposite is, in fact, true. Indeed, the primary reason why the Mac has been relatively immune from security threats often found on Windows is because the Mac’s relatively paltry market share […]
Continue reading...Two-finger trackpad scrolling in OS X Lion is backwards
Friday, February 25, 2011
With the beta of OS X 10.7 now in developers hands comes this video showing that the two finger trackpad scroll we know and love from previous iterations of OS X has been changed in OS X Lion. Users, though, can go back to the old two-finger scroll via system preferences, but this is undoubtedly […]
Continue reading...Apple releases developer build of OS X Lion
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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It’s a busy day over at Apple. In conjunction with the release of three new MacBook Pro models, Apple also seeded the first build of OS X Lion to developers today. The preview is currently available for Mac Developer Program members via the Mac App Store. Some newly announced features for OS X 10.7 include: a new […]
Continue reading...OS X 10.7 Lion undergoing heavy internal testing at Apple; UI overhaul in the works
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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With so much talk centering on iPhones and iPads these days, it’s been easy to forget that Apple is working on what is by all accounts supposed to be a significant OS X update in the form of OS X Lion. And to be honest, aside from a somewhat brief preview of the OS back […]
Continue reading...OS X Lion preview hints at iOS style scrollbars
Monday, October 25, 2010
Apple’s somewhat brief sneak peak at Mac OS Lion hints at a revamped scroll bar UI for the upcoming iteration of OS X. During a presentation conducted by Apple VP of Mac OS X engineering Craig Federighi, we were able to see that Apple has, for the time being, abandoned the aqua scrollbars in favor […]
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Monday, February 28, 2011
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