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Roundup of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Features and Notes

An Inevitable Update

I am not prone to hyperbole, but Apple has revolutionised the world of computing (at least) twice. Once with the Mac and again with the iPhone. One made use of computers easy for everybody, the other put them in everybody's hand.
That Apple should be seeking to bring the most recent manifestations of those two revolutions ever closer together should surprise nobody. It is, I think, inevitable.
What is not inevitable is that Apple should draw its security barriers ever tighter to create a model of computing that is about nothing other than buying and enjoying content. Any drift that way needs to be challenged by as many voices as can be mustered and a readiness - if push comes to shove - to leave.
 
CubusX said:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/9A405)

And we need game center on our Macs why?
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"We" don't if "we" are a boring old fart like you. But some of us would like it.
 
Sad Day

This is a sad day. This is the day when Apple took Mac out of the OS X label. In other words, this is the beginning of the death of the Mac computer. Just like the time when Apple took the word Computer out of its name, the removal of the word Mac IS a big deal. Gone are the days when Mac Computers had real power and meant the user was a bit different and did not settle for the PC norm. Now, the so-called Apple Corporation puts out consumer products at the expense of its computers. I like and use a Mac computer. I don't like nor can I use an Apple iOS computer. I don't want nor do I need 90% of the so-called new features in 10.8. Talk about making a toy out of a great computer? I want the best computer on the planet bar none. And lately, Apple has been dropping the ball in favor of its phones and other consumer goods. Can anyone say Thunderbolt? Yes, it is a great technology, but where are the adapters, cables, and devices us power users want to do our jobs? Thunderbolt is a white elephant waiting for a zoo. Like firewire before it, Thunderbolt will be washed away by the next flavor of the month. Apple is letting its Mac computers go away to concentrate on phones and ipads. I am not looking for a game machine that socially connects its user to the world. I want a computer. A real honest-to-goodness computer with keys and a screen. Remember you heard it here first, the word Mac was removed from OSX today. This is the beginning of the death of the Mac computer.
 
nukenight said:
This is a sad day. This is the day when Apple took Mac out of the OS X label. In other words, this is the beginning of the death of the Mac computer. Just like the time when Apple took the word Computer out of its name, the removal of the word Mac IS a big deal. Gone are the days when Mac Computers had real power and meant the user was a bit different and did not settle for the PC norm. Now, the so-called Apple Corporation puts out consumer products at the expense of its computers. I like and use a Mac computer. I don't like nor can I use an Apple iOS computer. I don't want nor do I need 90% of the so-called new features in 10.8. Talk about making a toy out of a great computer? I want the best computer on the planet bar none. And lately, Apple has been dropping the ball in favor of its phones and other consumer goods. Can anyone say Thunderbolt? Yes, it is a great technology, but where are the adapters, cables, and devices us power users want to do our jobs? Thunderbolt is a white elephant waiting for a zoo. Like firewire before it, Thunderbolt will be washed away by the next flavor of the month. Apple is letting its Mac computers go away to concentrate on phones and ipads. I am not looking for a game machine that socially connects its user to the world. I want a computer. A real honest-to-goodness computer with keys and a screen. Remember you heard it here first, the word Mac was removed from OSX today. This is the beginning of the death of the Mac computer.
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Wow, see "whiney baby"

Also see "paragraph"
 
MacRumors said:
The new release brings a number of iOS-like features to the Mac …
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Oh great. Now we have to endure more 'Apple are merging OS X and iOS', 'the Mac's days are numbered', 'the sky is falling', and other such nonsense from unimaginative readers. :(
 
The the video preview some sort of 3D display???

At the end of the video, as the Mac turned, did it seem that the screens were 3D? ... or was that just me??
 
What a surprise!

I really like the idea of iMessages being used across all three devices! Personally, I didn't like Lion. So, Mountain Lion will be a upgrade for me definitely.
 
kalsta said:
Oh great. Now we have to endure more 'Apple are merging OS X and iOS', 'the Mac's days are numbered', 'the sky is falling', and other such nonsense from unimaginative readers. :(
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Oh, and the down-voting… Let's not forget the down-voting!
 
B00KemDAN0 said:
No, the local screen goes black according to reviews I've read, not the one you're playing to
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Well, I've been selected for the Customer Seed (2nd time now!). Airplay mirroring video (with sound) is something that I want bigtime. Since this is the first build, I am sure that if it doesn't fully work now, it will. I don't see the need for Apple to "block" streaming video. With that said, it may require a firmware update on the Apple TV side to fully take advantage of this.

We shall see...
 
Apple, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get rid of the Buddy list or just combine it into the chat window.

Having two windows for 1 app is pretty stupid.. it's like having all your inboxes in one window and a separate window for your emails.
 
sportguy0913 said:
I literally just bought Lion... sigh... that's the way the cookie crumbles... Hopefully it will only be $30 again. I'm thankful Lion was only $30, don't get me wrong, but I would have waited for MT Lion if I knew it was coming not too far away.........
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Normally the Mac has always been lateral upgrades. Gotta take the first step before getting to the next so you probably would of needed to buy Lion anyway. I don't know for certain but it's just my estimated guess.
 
Gemütlichkeit said:
You're having problems with the OS? Sorry to hear about it.
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Yep. 3 examples... try printing to a Samba print share if your AD password has a special character in it. Try binding to AD successfully using the GUI. Try allowing a new AD user to tick the "mobile account" box and then have a useable desktop.... None of which affect the home user of course, but all is making it hard to accept Macs into the corporate environment. It's not like Apple have a viable multi-platform alternative to AD.
 
AirPlay mirroring is the only thing I look forward to in this update. And that will be awesome!

Everything else looks like more stuff I'll be ignoring. Just like all the new features in lion that I am ignoring.
 
rauko said:
At the end they showed a computer from the iMac line, the MackBook line and the Air line, yet, no Mac Pro.

And BTW, no Mac Pro in the video either..... are they telling us something???
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There also is no Mac mini at the end of the video - but i somehow doubt they would axe that as well. If anything, the displayed computers may tell about internal sales numbers by model (picking the top 3 for the video).
 
Hopefully at least there will be an improvement on dual-monitor support, and maybe support for USB 3, and TRIM for all SSD's that support it.
 
nukenight said:
This is a sad day. This is the day when Apple took Mac out of the OS X label. In other words, this is the beginning of the death of the Mac computer. Just like the time when Apple took the word Computer out of its name, the removal of the word Mac IS a big deal. Gone are the days when Mac Computers had real power and meant the user was a bit different and did not settle for the PC norm. Now, the so-called Apple Corporation puts out consumer products at the expense of its computers. I like and use a Mac computer. I don't like nor can I use an Apple iOS computer. I don't want nor do I need 90% of the so-called new features in 10.8. Talk about making a toy out of a great computer? I want the best computer on the planet bar none. And lately, Apple has been dropping the ball in favor of its phones and other consumer goods. Can anyone say Thunderbolt? Yes, it is a great technology, but where are the adapters, cables, and devices us power users want to do our jobs? Thunderbolt is a white elephant waiting for a zoo. Like firewire before it, Thunderbolt will be washed away by the next flavor of the month. Apple is letting its Mac computers go away to concentrate on phones and ipads. I am not looking for a game machine that socially connects its user to the world. I want a computer. A real honest-to-goodness computer with keys and a screen. Remember you heard it here first, the word Mac was removed from OSX today. This is the beginning of the death of the Mac computer.
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I don't really understand this comment.

I consider myself a professional as well, and OSX Lion does a fine job for me. Will I use Game Center? Probably not, but that doesn't mean there isn't a reason for it to be there. Just because it's not "professional"? Not a valid complaint. People have been using Macs as home computers and for games for the last 28 years. Why shouldn't it continue?

Did Apple say they were taking away your "keys and screen"? I didn't hear that? In fact, I heard stuff that will help me daily. I won't have to reach for my iPhone when an iMessage or FaceTime comes in. I can tear off Notes and stick them to the screen (like Stickies, I presume). I can manage my iPhone's To Do list from my Mac (moreso than iCal permits presently...). Easily pass (and keep sync'd) Keynote documents from my Mac to my iPad via iCloud without having to use DropBox, email or iTunes? Yes, please!

I use Macs, an iPad 2 and an iPhone DAILY (see my specs in the sig below). I see this as nothing but positive. And it doesn't appear to diminish my "professional" usage at all.

Do I use Launchpad on my Mac? No. Am I forced to? No. But it doesn't bother me that it's there. My wife likes it very much.

I see nothing wrong with bringing good iOS features to the Mac.

...and when it comes to Thunderbolt, this is hardly Apple's fault. Third party vendors have been slow to adopt. Meanwhile, Apple's Thunderbolt display has some great features (gigabit Ethernet, FireWire) for the MacBook Air. And Apple supports target-disk mode from Mac to Mac over Thunderbolt. I was able to resurrect a corrupted boot partition on a new Mac mini via Thunderbolt from my MacBook Air. 5 stars in my book. I would like more (much more) third-party support, but I'm not sure I can blame Apple for it.
 
I think/believe the "unusual media event" was partially considering the public awareness and comments about Steve's post life birthday, hence the announce date 3-7-12 of the iPad 3, as well as the need to "control speculation" about Mountain Lion OS X 10.8. The most recent Lion release had quite a bit of speculation and uninformed chat that impacted its otherwise unspectacular consumer approval. Yes it was widely adopted.

Apple is virtually guaranteed this release will be widely adopted. They need that adoption to be successful and well received. I think the approach to appeal to the connected media first, is comparable to the media support President Barak Obama receives on his policies, whether or not you agree with them.

Rocketman

I am firmly in the Obama is a train wreck camp. Dollar weakness from deficit spending AND excessive monetary creation, has doubled ALL prices including food and fuel. What we need for better buying power is -2% inflation not + 2% inflation. Tell Obama and Bernanke via your congresscritters. IrvineEconomics.com. That's for government agencies to act on. http://mises.org/Services/MediaEmbed.aspx?MediaId=6436
 
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Gatekeeper is a cool addition. When I first read it, I thought it meant apps could only come from the mac app store. Whew. That would have been vile!

And I'll surely get slammed for this, but this feels like the polish that was absent from Lion in the first place. Of course, we will all specualte and wonder if there isn't that secret feature... though... the last few releases that has not happened at all. If anything, we saw features dropped vs. a "one more thing" moment. Though I really do hope there is some extra something coming, because while these are nice, they're not stellar.

Documents in the cloud is a glaring over site on Apple's part to begin with. This should be a Lion update fix. iWork for Mac and IOS can't sync. One uses iCloud ,the other iwork.com??? Really?

Nonetheless, I don't expect this is going to be a high priced update. I'm betting $29 as it feels more like the Snow Leopard for Lion update. Bug fixes welcome.
 
Meh.... pretty lackluster. :(

Don't see any compelling feature to upgrade to Lion, neither is there any in Mountain Lion. Guess I will stick to Snow Leopard again...
 
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