![]() ![]() But with Apple's mobile devices, you are limited to pre-approved software from the company's App Store. Mountain Lion brings over another philosophical change from the iPhone.įor the longest time, personal computers let you install anything without question. Once you're signed in, you don't need to enter your username and password again when accessing that service from another app. That "single sign-on" feature is available right away for other services, including Twitter and Flickr. You need to sign on to Facebook only once, and Mountain Lion takes care of the rest. Mountain Lion will also sync contact information on Facebook friends with your Mac's address book. No longer will you have to cut and paste links. You'll be able to limit who sees your post and add your current location through that share button. In Preview, you can share a photo on Flickr or add it to iPhoto.įacebook integration is coming this fall. ![]() In Safari, for instance, you can send a Web page by email or post a link on Twitter. The iPhoto image organizer on Lion had that, but it's now built into other apps such as the Safari Web browser and the Preview document reader. Mountain Lion borrows a "Share" button from iPhone and iPad apps. The way conversations are presented feels more like texting than instant messaging. ![]() Now you can send messages from your Mountain Lion computer to your mobile friends, or reach another Mountain Lion user from your phone. The Mac's iChat app has been scrapped in favor of Messages, which is made phone friendly by incorporating the iMessage service for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users to exchange texts, photos and video. It mimics, down to the background color, layout and font, the way you get Facebook updates, news alerts and other notices on your iPhone. A notification center slides out from the right of the screen to offer calendar reminders and the latest mail items. The Mac already had such mobile-like features as the ability to zoom in or out on a MacBook by pinching your fingers on its touchpad. That's what I like most about Mountain Lion. Lion has some iCloud features, but Mountain Lion really brings the Mac into the iPhone-iPad family. ![]() For instance, songs and apps you buy on an iPad will automatically pop up on your iPhone through Apple's iCloud online-storage service. It's already easy to switch between iPhone and iPad. Apple wants to make it easier to switch from one to the other, several times a day. Mountain Lion is made for a world where your computer is just one of your computing devices, along with your iPhone and your iPad. ![]()
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