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The editors liked
Notifications
Low impact of Gatekeeper
Share sheets
Mission Control better
AirPlay mirroring
Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion's new iCloud integration and syncing features give you the same experience on all your devices. Upgrades to several core apps bring new and useful features for sharing and social connectivity
ICloud and social network integration
ICloud tab syncing in Safari
Fluid interaction with iOS
The editors didn't like
Awkward iCloud documents
IMessages needs work
Tab View too restricted
No custom Finder groups
Finder icons still mono
Game Center
While finally available for Mac
Still only has basic features. Dictation sends your voice to be translated at Apple servers
So you can't use it while offline. Gatekeeper keeps you from downloading unsafe programs
Abstract: With the final version of Windows 8 now complete, how does Microsoft's great hope for reinventing itself for the post-PC world compare to Apple's new flagship? The short answer: not well. But lest you think that it's a simple case of sainted perfection ve...
Now for the real question: is Mountain Lion worth the $19.99 asking price? That's a loaded question. If you have Snow Leopard or Lion, and you have a Mac new enough to support OS X 10.8, pinch whatever pennies are necessary to afford this update. $20 is a...
It's cheap, Icloud enhancements are great, the new Safari is excellent, Notifications proved handy, as did Notes and Reminders
Imessage needs work
Is Mountain Lion worth £13.99? Yes, definitely. For 14 quid we got a number of features that make the Mac OS X operating system better than ever, such as the new Safari web browser, Game Center and improved Icloud integration, making the entire Apple ecos...
Abstract: The latest version of Apple's OS X operating system brings a nifty feature over from iOS. Built in dictation should get more Mac users talking rather than typing. The Dictation feature is similar to the Nuance dictation applications on Windows PC's and Ma...
Abstract: I just clocked 24 hours with OS X Lion of the Mountain . The 4GB download took about 40 minutes on my 28Mbps connection and then another 40 minutes to install. All of my data was preserved properly in the upgrade, but I did have a full Time Machine backup...
Tabbed browsing is slick, sharing features are handy, faster than previous iterations, Apple's Smart Search is just as good as that found on Google Chrome
Apple has removed RSS feed option, no way to change default font
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Published: 2012-07-25, Author: Jason , review by: techworld.com
To those who would argue that these features water down the Mac, making it a simpler device more akin to an iPad with a keyboard rather than the heavy-duty device its often used as, I'd point to a feature like Power Nap. Allowing your MacBook Air to b...
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Published: 2012-07-25, Author: Richard , review by: tuaw.com
Abstract: It's here! Following a surprise announcement in February, OS X Mountain Lion has arrived (to use its full and formal title, sans the 10.8 version number).Barely a year after the release of Lion , this new OS nevertheless boasts an impressive list of new f...
In the time I've spent with Mountain Lion, I only experienced one crash where it did not wake from sleep, although Parallels had problems in Coherence mode. That's a reminder that, despite being built on a decade of experience, Mountain Lion is a v1.0 product a...
If there’s a one sentence summary of OS X Mountain Lion, it’s probably “You’re getting a whole lot for twenty bucks.” Apple weaves together elements from desktop, smartphone and tablet in a way that not only makes stepping over from iOS to OS X more s...
