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    Mac App Store

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    Nicholas Kolakowski
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    June 6, 2011
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      1Mac App Store

      1

      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.

      2App Access

      2

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

      3Full-Screen Apps

      3

      Lion will offer full-screen applications.

      4App Windows

      4

      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

      5Mission Control

      5

      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.

      6Versions

      6

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

      7Resume

      7

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

      8Retail

      8

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

      9Lion Server

      9

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

      10Multi-Touch

      10

      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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