Almost all of what makes Mountain Lion what it is lies beneath its skin - the skin of a computer operating system still, of course, but one now harboring an interface that’s much more iOS-like, and whose watchword might as well be “unification.”Īpple claims Mountain Lion will ship with some 200 new features, most of them incremental, but a few alter the playing field enough to warrant special mention. If we assume the company’s aiming for a Wednesday release again, we’ll most likely see it on either July 18 - a week from today - or by the following Wednesday, July 25.Īs Snow Leopard was to Leopard, Mountain Lion’s relationship to Lion is deceptively conservative, appearing at first blush all but identical to its predecessor, save for cosmetic refinements like the less glassy Dock (think “frosted”) or the extra icons in the menu bar. When can you snag your own copy for $19.99 (in fact $10 cheaper than OS X Lion sold for a year ago)? Apple has until the end of July to make good on its WWDC promise. ( MORE: Apple’s OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: The Mac Gets Even More iPad-Like) Also like Lion, it won’t be available on disc as an alternative, and whether Apple’s planning to offer a significantly more expensive USB-based version, as it does with Lion, remains to be seen. The days of sending gold code off to disc duplication centers weeks before actual product shows up in boxes or gets installed on computers at retail are in the past: Mountain Lion will be available day one as a download through the App Store, like Lion before it. Follow knew OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion’s arrival was imminent after Apple announced at WWDC 2012 that we’d see it in July, and sure enough, Apple just posted the final version of its revamped operating system for the Mac - the so-called “gold master” - to developers on July 9.
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