Reminders are a handy way to track your to-do lists. And Messages works with the same instant-messaging services that iChat supported, including AIM, Yahoo, Google Talk and Jabber. There's also a FaceTime button within the Messages app that lets you launch a video call. Through a typing indicator, you will know when the recipient is readying a response. You can also send group messages and receive a "read receipt" that lets you know when a person has seen your missive. And you can send pictures, high definition video and other attachments up to 100MB in size. Conversations in iMessage are kept up to date across all your computers and devices. The result: You can send messages to or from a Mac to anyone who has an iOS device.
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Apple's iChat instant messenger and chat service is being replaced by iMessage, the Mac version of a feature that arrived with iOS 5. But the feature was not built into the developer preview that I had access to. Apple is opening the technology to Mac developers so that various Mac apps can work with Documents in the cloud. In a cloud-based Document Library, you can organize documents into folders by dragging one on top of the other similar to the way in which you can create folders containing the apps you have on iOS devices. A Documents feature will let you view, create and edit the same documents on your Mac as on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. You'll be able to tap into the clouds to set up a new Mac with your Apple ID account credentials. Apple's cloud-based service, launched last fall, now has 100 million accounts. I've had a chance to check out the early Mountain Lion build on a loaner MacBook Air.
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But as with its predecessor, Mountain Lion will be available as a digital download through the Mac App Store (and presumably preloaded on new Mac models available at the time).
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The operating system isn't even in its prerelease beta state yet.
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And during the last quarter of 2011, Mac sales grew 26% year over year compared to the overall PC industry, which was flat.Īpple isn't providing pricing at this point (Lion cost $29.99) or a specific date when Mountain Lion will be un-caged for consumers. The Mac has outpaced PC industry growth for 23 straight quarters.
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This is a heady time for Apple's traditional computers.