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Apple Releases First Developer Preview of OS X Mountain Lion, Public Launch in Late Summer

Very much looking forward to the AppleTV mirroring and a few other things.

Gatekeeper bothers me a bit, but it's inevitable:
10.8 - all 3 options
10.9 - increased security of the implementation and "Anywhere" option removed
OS XI - app store only
I guess we'll cross that bridge (which we're being slowly and subtly eased towards) when we come to it. For now I'll enjoy the next few years of OS X freedom.
 
MikeM1988 said:
I don't like Autosave, Versions and the loss of Save As. What is your advice?

(Please don't tell me "then don't upgrade." When I had to replace an aging, underpowered Mac Mini with a new one last summer, I didn't have that option.)
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Duplicate does essentially the same thing as "Save As." Also 10.7 does not do away with "Save As," it's still found in many, many non-Apple programs. So if you really hate it just stay away from Apple designed apps.

Big picture Autosave and Versions will save a lot of people's bacon and it uses very few system resources so no good reason to really hate on it other than you have to re-learn how to do certain tasks.
 
Going Digital said:
As a long time Mac user and Apple supporter this really makes me sad. Clearly Apple has discovered that the content distribution business model is the most profitable business to be in. Instead of creating your own stuff you just take a cut for delivering someone else's, very small overheads.

So Apple are now doing their upmost to shift everyone on to the App store so that they can take a cut of every app sold, just like the game consoles. While Gatekeeper might have some merit in having apps signed it really disturbs me that with every new release of OSX I loose more control over my computer.

Apple can revoke the certificate at any time rendering the apps signed by that certificate unusable. I don't want to give that kind of power to someone else. Just imagine for example I buy some neat software from a developer for $500 but then that company gets bought out by another who decides to use the name to distribute something apple objects to. So Apple pull the certificate and the $500 software I was happily using suddenly stops functioning.

Don't think for one minute that the run anything option is going to stay, it is only there now to give developers time to updates their software to signed versions before the option is pulled.
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Take a chill pill, you are going to extremes inside your head.
The certificates are for protection. If an app is found to have a trojan or nasty Trojan in it, it would be easily disabled and it wn't be able to run.
I dn't know where you get your apps from, but if a user is not careful, it could end up loading a virus on his Mac (yes, it is possible).

Regarding Apple forcing developers to the App Store, I don't think that will ever happen. That would require all developers to become registered developers, as how else could they test their apps if it's not on a Mac?

Anyways, Apple is now requiring OS X Developers to use Sandboxing. That's another security feature that has it's good and not so good side from a developer's perspective, depending on what the app needs to do.

You are not loosing control over your computer. Were are you getting these ideas from??
Gatekeeper and the App store have their purpose; to provide a more secure app distribution system, and to avoid malware from invading your Mac.
You can still login to root, and do whatever you want with your Mac, tweaks, changes, custom kernel updates, etc. I don't see I'm loosing control in any way.
 
Boy I'm gonna get busted but I don't care.

Here ya go :


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)
 
hamis92 said:
Someone with the Dev Preview: please put up the new default desktop picture! :rolleyes:
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Snow Leopard was Leopard, but cleaner (like snow). Will Mountain Lion be Lion, but rockier? :rolleyes:

I'm using Lion and Snow Leopard on a daily basis. For me, Snow Leopard is simply better in nearly every regard. But then, I have no mobile devices.

Not sanguine about Mountain Lion, but I'll keep my fingers crossed. Must admit, I'm beginning to consider linux, after using OS X for many years.
 
I still think there's more to come. Perhaps when we see iPad 3 in a couple of weeks time, they will preview the next iOS which will have links to Mountain Lion.
 
Cloudane said:
Very much looking forward to the AppleTV mirroring and a few other things.

Gatekeeper bothers me a bit, but it's inevitable:
10.8 - all 3 options
10.9 - increased security of the implementation and "Anywhere" option removed
OS XI - app store only
I guess we'll cross that bridge (which we're being slowly and subtly eased towards) when we come to it. For now I'll enjoy the next few years of OS X freedom.
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I bet there will be no OS XI.. just iOS
 
AMAZING!! Love it.. I had no idea it would release this early.. Whats more I kept on thinking it was April Fools :p
 
Rumor has it only 64 bit apps will run on Lion (again this is RUMOR that I saw another poster post).

That means Pixologic better hurry with that 64 bit version of ZBrush ;)
 
bwrairen said:
We'll be waiting for OSX jailbreaks soon.....
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No we won't. Gatekeeper is a good thing and in no way forces you to use the Mac App Store. As far as i can see, this is a neat way of protecting many new Mac users, who may not be as IT literate (or simply as careful) as the rest of us.

For example, I would definitely fully enable Gatekeeper on my old folks Mac, and many people might well do it for their children too. It's a much better implementation of Vistas dreaded UAC.
 
Peace said:
Boy I'm gonna get busted but I don't care.

Here ya go :


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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Prima facie, this is all to do with graphics...

They've dropped support for Intel's GMA 950 and GMA X3100 as there are no 64-bit KEXTs and Intel no longer support or develop drivers for them.

Drivers/support for ATI's X1600 are no longer maintained by AMD, so that has gone too.

NVIDIA, however, are maintaining driver support for the 8600M and there is already a 64-bit KEXT that supports them in Lion.
 
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Peace said:
Boy I'm gonna get busted but I don't care.

Here ya go :


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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Where did you get that information from? :p
 
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does that mean i could play an mkv on my mac and it would mirror it to the apple tv?
 
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