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Here’s a list of things that Mountain Lion killed today

Apple’s merging of iOS with OS X continues today with our first glimpse at 10.8 Mountain Lion, the next major OS release for Macs. Of course, in the process of bringing the best of both worlds together, some things win out. In the case of Mountain Lion, several apps and features were replaced with their...

Apple public relations’ new media pecking order

How the news of the Mac's next operating system -- Mountain Lion -- got disseminated

Source: Techmeme

The top tech news story Thursday, apparently, has nothing to do with working conditions in China, or who owns the iPad brand, or even the fact that Motorola (MMI) may have to remove "slide to unlock" from its smartphones.

No, the...

Mountain Lion drops support for several older Mac models (Updated)

Every new version of OS X comes with harsh news for owners of older Macs: "Your Mac is too old. You're stuck with your current OS. Forever." For Mac OS X Leopard in 2007, anyone who owned a Mac with a processor slower than 867 MHz was stuck with Tiger...

Tim Cook discusses Mountain Lion with the Wall Street Journal

Many media outlets got a sneak preview of Apple's next version of OS X, Mountain Lion, and the Wall Street Journal was no exception. The Journal was treated to a preview from Apple CEO Tim Cook himself. He discussed with the Journal the basic philosop...

Did your Mac make the Mountain Lion obsolescence list?

If you plan to install Mountain Lion on an older Mac, you might be out of luck. The new operating system release raises the ladder in terms of graphics performance required for its new features like AirPlay Mirroring. As a result, a couple years old Mac might not cut it anymore. According to French-language website...

Daily iPhone App: Dine-O-Matic chooses a restaurant for you

Eating at a restaurant is fun but getting a consensus from a group of diners can be a hassle. Offload the responsibly to your iPhone with Dine-O-Matic from the Iconfactory (currently on sale for US$0.99), which is more than happy to choose a restauran...

Will OS X Mountain Lion’s Docs In The iCloud Kill Dropbox?

The Finder's new iCloud view works just like iOS. Screenshot: Pocket LintWith Mountain Lion, Apple has finally tied iCloud to the Mac desktop. While iCloud has worked seamlessly on iOS since launch, moving documents between iCould and your Mac was embarrassingly awkward, involving web...

Will OS X Mountain Lion’s Docs In The iCloud Kill Dropbox?

The Finder's new iCloud view works just like iOS. Screenshot: Pocket LintWith Mountain Lion, Apple has finally tied iCloud to the Mac desktop. While iCloud has worked seamlessly on iOS since launch, moving documents between iCould and your Mac was embarrassingly awkward, involving web...

Hands on with Messages for Mac

One of the new features of OS X Mountain Lion, coming this summer, is Messages for Mac, which replaces iChat. Apple's iMessage service is available as a beta version to download for use with OS X Lion today. Here are our first impressions.

Messages is a good idea, but is not ready for prime time

It's rare that I can honestly say that Apple software has given me a headache. The new beta for Messages has left me and other members of TUAW staff reaching for aspirin and lamenting that this is nowhere near ready for prime time. That's understanda...

John Gruber: ‘Schiller Tells Me They’re Doing Some Things Differently Now’

Instead of the usual high=profile launch event, Apple treated journalists to their very own personal keybotesImagine yourself at an Apple keynote event. A special, one-off launch for the newest version of Mac OS X. You see the familiar format: Phil Schiller and a couple...

Kickstarter-funded Double Fine Adventure game coming to Mac, iOS

Double Fine's CEO Tim Schafer, who made almost two million dollars last week through Kickstarter for his next game, has announced that thanks to all the extra donations (the project was originally budgeted at just US$400,000), Double Fine will be abl...