Apple has finally made OS X Lion and Mountain Lion available as free downloads for Mac. Here is everything you need to know about this.

OS X has long been regarded by Apple as the pinnacle of safe computing, while consumers have also been under the impression that by using a Mac, you’re almost certainly protected from the bugs, malware and security leaks plaguing PC users.

Although there tends to be a gap of several years between each new iteration of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Apple runs a much more regular release cycle, and despite releasing OS X Lion only last year, its successor Mountain Lion looks geared up for a late summer release.

All those iPhone 4S and Siri fans who can’t put the intelligent assistant down due to their love of her dulcet tones will be more than happy to find out that you can give your Mac Siri’s voice, yes, make your Mac sound just like Siri! When Apple launched OS X Lion; they introduced a large array of new features, with one of the main ones being the inclusion of Nuance powered speech technology.

Apple has just released a minor update to its OS X Lion operating system for public consumption. Now at version 10.7.3, the latest update to the “world’s most advanced operating system” comes with support for new languages as well as the usual dose of bug fixes.

If you’re the owner of an iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S, you’re probably already acutely aware of just how eye-poppingly awesome that Retina Display screen is. Double the resolution of the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 and 4S screens just appear to be printed thanks to their super high-res screens. Wouldn’t it be awesome if our Macs made a similar jump? According to Cult Of Mac, that is something that Apple could well be working on making a reality.

Mac OS X has been run on non-Apple computers before, but today we’ll show you a pretty impressive new port a developer has reported on tonymacx86. He has been able run OS X Lion 10.7.2 on his Samsung Series 7 Slate, or as he calls it now: HacPro Touch. The catch is that an external monitor such as a TV is needed to run Lion successfully.

Apple has released OS X Lion 10.7.3 (11d16) to developers earlier this afternoon. This is the third update to the new Mac operating system.

Apple prides itself with its ability to get existing Mac owners to upgrade to its latest and greatest version of Mac OS X, and OS X 10.7 Lion is no different.

If you’ve ever attempted to install OS X Lion onto your PC (a process known as hackintosh), you will be aware that although the result is pretty good, the effort required to get you there is quite high in what is a rather tedious process.

Apple has just unleashed an updated version of OS X Lion to the general public. Numbered at 10.7.2, the latest update to the “world’s most advanced operating system” comes with support for iCloud along with usual stability and performance enhancements.

If you use OS X Lion, you’re probably aware of Mission Control: a new feature that displays all your currently open windows, as well as Spaces. While this feature is functional, it’s not at all customizable, but thanks to a few file edits, you’ll be able to change Mission Control’s standard fabric background to something else more personal.