Mac OS X Mountain Lion Features

Apple just unveiled the next major upgrade to its core software, OS X. It’s called Mountain Lion. It bringing a lot of the features its customers use ever day on iPhones and iPads over to the Mac. The general public will have to wait until summer to download the release for themselves.  The developer preview version of Mountain Lion was live and available to Apple’s legions of app makers.

iCloud plays a greater role on the Mac side, syncing calendars, contacts and email across all your devices. As iCloud and the Mac evolve, Apple's vision of a unified experience across all devices is becoming clearer. Apple is offering a free copy of its newly released operating system, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, to those who purchased a new Mac on or after June 25.

Apple TV Sales 1 Million

Apple has announced sales figures for the second gen Apple TV. This week it is expected that sales will hit 1 million. The Apple TV went on sale in September of this year which means it hit the 1M mark in about 4 months.When compared to the first generation Apple TV, the sales are much better. This is partly due to the newer model having a far better price point than the original.

Reset Mac OS X Admin Password With Command

To reset your OS X password without an OS X CD you have two ways.

First Way:

1.First Way “create a new admin account”

2.Reboot

3.Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.

4.When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line): 

5.mount -uw /

6.rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

7.shutdown -h now

8.After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one and you’re good to go again!

9.Second way “Resetting or changing your existing password”.

Mac OS X Lion Features and Release Date

Now we know that “Back to the Mac” refers to iOS coming back to it’s parent operating system, Mac OS X. Apple provided a limited sneak peak at Mac OS X Lion, including the upcoming Mac App Store. Seeing is believing though, so read on for screenshots and more information about each item.

Release Date:
We were given a sneak peak at Mac OS X 10.7 Lion today, and Steve Jobs provided a release date: Summer of 2011. The Mac App Store (we called it!) will be available sooner, in just 90 days. FaceTime for Mac beta will be available to download immediately.

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Features:
Multi-touch gestures – Apple knows that touch screen notebooks don’t work, trackpads and mice are the way to multitouch a desktop operating system. With this in mind, Lion will have advanced gesture support

Mac App Store sold over millions of downloads

The new Mac app store during the launch yesterday, more than one million times. That makes Apple announced..The most downloaded paid app on the App Store was new Angry Birds. The social networking application Twitter was the most downloaded free app. The new Mac App Store launched Thursday with over 1000 apps in 21 different categories. “We are amazed by the incredible response that gets the Mac App Store,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. 


“Developers have a great job for the apps in the store and get users to enjoy the convenience and pleasure in using the Mac App Store shows up.”

A Better Class of Apps:
One of the great things about iOS is that it brought many feature-focused, simple-to-use applications to market. Software maturity often brings software bloat, so you end up with sluggish software and tons of features you neither need nor want. While many of the initial offerings in the Mac App Store also exist on the Mac outside the App Store, you can see a hint of iOS apps making their way to the Mac platform. While some apps unquestionably require many features, and there is no paradigm in simplicity, the iOS-style of app will be a very useful addition to the Mac software ecosystem. I've been using Weet (Twitter client) and Reeder (RSS reader) on the Mac for a while now, and they both demonstrate how well simple and lightweight apps can work on the Mac. Too many features and slow performance is frustrating, so a little more iOS in our Mac apps is very welcome.