Showing posts with label Mountain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mountain. Show all posts

Saturday, 28 July 2012

Mountain Lion OS for Mac leaps into mobile

Right on schedule, Apple released the latest version of the Mac operating system software — Mountain Lion — this week. It's the ninth version of OS X, which was introduced in 2001, and follows in the footpads of Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger,

Now, a year later, we've got Mountain Lion, and it brings the upgrade cost ever lower to $19.99. That's great. It encourages users to get on board with the latest and greatest, and I expect the result of this pricing (and the ease

Web tracking firm Chitika has a stat that's actually not all that surprising: Mountain Lion downloads accounted for a relatively huge percentage of.

AllThingsD reports that just over 48 hours after launch, OS X Mountain Lion is already accounting for over 3% of web traffic coming from the Mac

Web tracking firm Chitika has a stat that's actually not all that surprising: Mountain Lion downloads accounted for a relatively huge percentage of.


Friday, 27 July 2012

Why Mountain Lion Just Became the Ultimate Cord-Cutting OS

Although Messages has been available as beta software since February of 2012, it's now part of OS X Mountain Lion. This app replaces the old iChat.

With the release of any new operating system comes a list of annoyances for veteran users. OS X Mountain Lion is no different, and while a number of its new features are great, a few annoyances have popped up that are

DENAIR, Calif. — Authorities say they have shot to death an 80-pound mountain lion after it took a door off its hinges and broke into a Stanislaus County home. Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department officials said Thursday that deputies shot the

Nothing but love for the lightly-updated iWork, but millions of Macs in SOHO, business and enterprise settings depend on Microsoft's Office 2011 suite.

DENAIR, Calif. — Authorities say they have shot to death an 80-pound mountain lion after it took a door off its hinges and broke into a Stanislaus County home. Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department officials said Thursday that deputies shot the


Thursday, 26 July 2012

Mountain Lion upgrades take from 13 to 57 minutes, says Apple reseller

Computerworld – Mountain Lion upgrades can take as little as 13 minutes and as long as almost an hour, a New York City Apple reseller said today. Tekserve, which bills itself as "New York's largest independent Apple store," timed the Mountain Lion

by Dan Moren, Macworld.com. One of the many features that Mountain Lion has borrowed from iOS is the idea of systemwide sharing. In many apps you'll see a Share button, represented by an arrow popping out of a box, which provides quick, one-button

The last mountain lion sighting was Thursday. Stern Hall is located on Gayley Road, right by the theater. Lots of similar sightings were reported near the campus last year as well. Hikers often found deer carcasses as further proof lions were hanging

Likewise, Mountain Lion Power Nap will wake up just enough of the system on certain Macs to grab email, notes, reminders and messages, run backups, and download OS X updates. All of this is done without turning on a screen, powering up a fan, or doing

We've been fielding a number of tips this morning from eager Apple users who have been experiencing issues downloading Apple's latest operating system.


Apple Mountain Lion has lots to like

the answer is "no". But for those who have minimal cloud storage requirements and who are using the handful of apps that currently take advantage of iCloud Document Library, iCloud and Mountain Lion are a well-designed and implemented alternative.

Mountain Lion is really an incremental update to Apple's existing Lion operating system — meaning it isn't a total overhaul, just another step in Apple's strategy to bring some of the iPhone and iPad features to the Mac. But it adds some interesting

Mountain Lion is really an incremental update to Apple's existing Lion operating system — meaning it isn't a total overhaul, just another step in Apple's strategy to bring some of the iPhone and iPad features to the Mac. But it adds some interesting

The new system, formally OS X 10.8 and dubbed Mountain Lion, went on sale Wednesday, July 25, 2012 as a $19.99 download from Apple's App Store. It builds on the previous system, Lion, which came out last July. (AP Photo/Apple) Photo: Associated

Last year, I posted about creating a standalone Lion USB installer thumb drive. This year, I update those instructions for Mountain Lion.You'll need.


Friday, 20 July 2012

Opponents can't stomach Chick-fil-A's plans in Mountain View

Chick-fil-A has issued a statement in response to Ed Helms. Read through it now.

UPDATE (KYTX) — The Chick-fil-A franchise has released a statement in response to the controversy created by recent comments from its President Dan Cathy. On Facebook, it reads in part: "Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over

The fact that Chick-fil-A is a company that espouses Christian values is no secret. The fact that its 1600 fast-food chicken restaurants across the country are closed on Sundays has long been testament to that.

The president of the popular fast food chain Chick-fil-A has ignited a social media firestorm after saying his company opposes gay marriage. "Guilty as charged," Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press when asked about the

Though Chick-fil-A has come under considerable fire for its documented support of anti-gay Christian organizations, officials for the fast food chain have remained mostly tight-lipped about the controversy — until now.