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Mac App Store

Mac App Store
Jun 6, 2011
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Mac App Store

Mac App Store

Mac OS “Lion” includes a baked-in Mac App Store, which offers access to a wide variety of full-screen applications. It is a spiritual descendent of the App Store long available for iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad.


App Access

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Clicking the LaunchPad icon in the Mac’s dock will open a grid-like page of applications and folders reminiscent of iOS.??í


Full-Screen Apps

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Lion will offer full-screen applications.


App Windows

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With one click, individual windows within applications will zoom to full screen, and swiping the track pad will allow users to cycle to other windows.??í


Mission Control

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Another new feature, Mission Control, allows the user to “zoom out” of their desktop to a bird’s-eye view of everything running on the system, including applications.


Versions

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Versions is Time Machine for individual documents, allowing the user to revert to any number of previous versions with a single click.


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Resume

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A feature called “Resume” will restore an application to the same condition prior to logging out or restarting.


Retail

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Lion will retail for $29, starting in July. Apple plans on making the new operating system available via the Mac App Store.


Lion Server

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OS X Lion Server includes the Profile Manager remote-manager application, file-sharing capabilities for iPad and tweaks to the Mail Server.


Multi-Touch

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With Lion, track pads now support an increased range of gesture control, including page and image zoom and full-screen swiping.

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