MacOS 10.7 Lion
- 250 new features
- $29 update via Mac app store (no disk!), don't need to buy multiple copies
- 3000 new APIs for developers
- Multitouch gesture support
- Expose and Spaces combined, easier transitions between full screen apps
- Automatic save, can browse through different versions and copy/paste between them
- Air Drop - p2p drag-and-drop transfer via wifi
- 200+ new features
- Notification Center that aggregates notifications (missed calls, app alerts, updates, etc.); no more popups
- Newstand for subscriptions
- Twitter integration with Photos, Contacts, Safari, YouTube, Maps
- Safari Reader - reformatting mobile web pages for increased readability
- Reading List - tag articles, websites, etc. for later reading and sync to all devices
- Reminders - can save a locations
- Launch Camera from lock screen
- Take a picture with the volume up button
- On-device editing (crop, rotate, red-eye removal, enhancement)
- Rich Text Formatting in Mail
- iPad split keyboard option
- Wireless syncing, activation on device (no iTunes necessary!)
- Over-the-air delta updates (upgrades the parts of the OS that have changed instead of the whole thing)
- Messaging between all iOS devices - text, photos, ids, contacts - over 3g and wifi
- Available for 3GS and newer devices
- Stores all content and pushes to devices
- Automatic daily backups - Camera, music, device settings, apps, Pages, Numbers, Keynote
- Calendar and Contact changes pushed to cloud, all other devices updated
- No more Mobile Me; free Contact, Calendar, Mail, apps, and iBook sync
- Can view entire iTunes purchase history and redownload previous purchases
- Can sync up to ten devices
- iTunes Match - downloads any music to iTunes (even if not purchased through the store), upgrades music to 256k AAC DRM free, $24.99/year
- Beta version now available in the iTunes 10.3 update
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