With Each Mountain Lion Launch, Apple Delivers Better Performance
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5. Improved performance
With each new Mountain Lion launch, Apple delivers better acceleration, among other improvements, to ensure that the operating system performs more responsively to a users inputs. With Mountain Lion, expect to find better overall performance than in Lion and other previous iterations of the software.
6. The great digital download
Apples decision to once again toss aside disks for a digital download is more than welcome. Digital downloads of operating systems make just about everything easier. And in the long run, they will be the only way software is acquired. Its nice to see Apple leading that charge.
7. Working while its asleep
Mountain Lion will ship with a feature it calls Power Nap, according to Apple. Even when the Mac is sleeping, Mountain Lion will update applications, install software updates and more. Basically, Power Nap is designed to increase productivity and limit the impact of updates slowing down computers when users need them most.
8. Social integration
Social integration has become a key feature in all Apple operating systems. And with Mountain Lion, users will find both Twitter and Facebook integration across the platform. From having Facebook friends in the Contacts list to being able to tweet out just about anything from the operating systems applications, social integration could be a useful addition to Mountain Lion.
9. Built-in sharing between apps
One of the hallmarks of Apples additions to Mountain Lion is built-in sharing. With it, applications will come with the ability to easily and quickly share information between two programs. The feature will be built into all native applications, of course, but it should also find its way to third-party programs.
10. Say hello to AirPlay
For enterprise users, the iPads support of AirPlay, which sends the devices screen to a television, was a welcome addition. But now, that feature is coming to Macs. So, when users want to see their screen on a big-screen television, they can simply send it over to a set. But beware: Itll require an Apple TV to work on a television.
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