According to Jefferies & Co analyst Peter Misek, Apple could be planning to phase out OS X while introducing a new operating system, supposedly a blend between the 10-year-old platform and iOS. According to Misek, the next-generation MacBook Air will be the first to sport the change as soon as next year followed by other Mac computers in the next few years.
OS X Lion - a major upgrade to Apple’s desktop OS - was released on 20th July. This release was download-only from the Mac App Store, meaning users with more than one Mac had to download the 4GB file separately on each of their Macs.
If you're an OS X Lion user, you're probably aware of Launchpad, a new view that displays all apps installed on the system at a quick glance. While extremely convenient, it can become overwhelming for users who have a lot of apps installed. Thankfully, there's a new tool that lets you hide specific apps from Launchpad.
OS X Lion, which hit the market a few weeks ago, includes as many as 250 new features and enhancements. One of those is a brand-new set of desktop backgrounds which would look very nice on any operating system. That's why we put together an archive of all the wallpapers that are built into Lion which you can use with any operating system. Whatever system you're using, some of these will certainly look good.
Apple Inc. has been granted 14 new US patents today with design patents pertaining to the design of the MacBook Air, iPhone 3G, Apple TV remote and, you guessed it, their battery charger.
According to inside information gathered by MacRumors, it appears that Apple is currently in the late testing stages of a 15" ultra-thin Mac notebook. After quietly axing it's 13" plastic MacBook just last week in favor of the 11.6" MacBook Air as it's basic, entry-level portable Mac, it seems as though Jobs and Co. are are already looking to fill in the void left by its departure.
Those who own an iPhone 4 are probably aware of its extremely high resolution display that makes text and images appear crisper than ever. This feature, known as Retina Display, has been rumored to be coming to the next-generation iPad and has now been spotted in the final version of OS X Lion.
While primary attention is still being given to desktop apps, we are slowly and steadily seeing focus shift to powerful web apps thanks to the advancement of web browsers and technologies like HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. This is evidenced by OS-level projects like Chrome OS and Joli OS as well as products like Mozilla Prism or the built-in feature on Internet Explorer 9 & Google Chrome which allows users to integrate web applications with the desktop.
Apple has today seeded build 11C26 of OS X Lion version 10.7.2 to developers. This is the first update to the recently released OS X Lion. The update is expected to bring iCloud support to the world’s most advanced operating system.
With the new OS X Lion having such a great start to life curled up inside the Mac, many of those who have built a Hackintosh PC from scratch may be wondering if it is easy enough to upgrade their systems and indulge in all the lovely newness. The answer is yes! Thanks to a fairly straightforward guide written by Tonymac, you could have your Hackintosh running Lion in no time.
