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Why you should use Mountain Lion's Spaces

Posted March 20, 2013 - 11:02 am

Mountain Lion's Spaces can make your work more efficient and productive by letting you set up virtual desktops so that you can focus on what you want and not be distracted by windows from other apps.
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Using Mountain Lion's dictation and text-to-speech features

Posted March 15, 2013 - 9:53 am

Though not everyone cares to admit it, we all talk to our computers. Much of the time these conversations are quite short and comprised of ejaculations of joy or, when things aren't going swimmingly, a grumbled #$%&@!! Regardless of what you say to your Mac, it always responds in the same way--with stoney silence. But it needn't.
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Windows 8 adoption: Worse than Vista, better than OS X Mountain Lion

Posted February 4, 2013 - 5:23 pm

Windows 8's usage share may lag behind its predecessors, but if you consider it a failure, you have to say the same about OS X Mountain Lion.
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Mountain Lion mauls other OS X editions for top spot

Posted January 3, 2013 - 9:09 pm

Five months after its release, Apple's Mountain Lion became the most widely-used version of OS X, a Web measurement firm said Tuesday.
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Apple releases Supplemental Update 1.0 for Mountain Lion 10.8.2

Posted October 5, 2012 - 10:19 am

Apple on Thursday rolled out an update for OS X 10.8.2, with the catchy name Supplemental Update 1.0.
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OS X Mountain Lion's torrid upgrade pace cools

Posted October 2, 2012 - 2:41 pm

More Mac users took to OS X Mountain Lion last month even as the explosive growth of August slowed dramatically, Web measurement company Net Applications said Monday.
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OS X Mountain Lion grabs 20% share of all Macs

Posted September 4, 2012 - 2:24 pm

One in five Mac users has adopted OS X Mountain Lion, the upgrade launched five weeks ago, according to Web analytics company Net Applications.
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Deathmatch: Windows 8 vs. OS X Mountain Lion

Posted August 18, 2012 - 7:45 am

With the final version of Windows 8 now complete, how does Microsoft's great hope for reinventing itself for the post-PC world compare to Apple's new flagship? The short answer: not well. But lest you think that it's a simple case of sainted perfection versus preordained disaster -- the peanut gallery's running themes for Apple and Microsoft, respectively -- think again. OS X Mountain Lion has some unwelcome flaws, whereas Windows 8 has some virtuous aspects.
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Apple's Mountain Lion OS keeps crashing my iMac, and raises BYOD questions

Posted August 8, 2012 - 8:57 pm

Ever since I upgraded to Apple's "Mountain Lion" (Version 10.8) release of OS X I've been having a "small" problem with my iMac ... it keeps crashing. At least once per day, OS X gives up with a kernel panic and the System Diagnostic reports either "type 13=general protection" or "type 14=page fault." For what it's worth, the last two kernel extension events are for loading and unloading com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC4.1.21.
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Mac laptop owners report shortened battery life after Mountain Lion upgrade

Posted August 6, 2012 - 2:12 pm

Apple is investigating reports of shorter battery life on Mac laptops that customers have upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion, according to the company's support forum.
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Apple OS X Mountain Lion review: iOS-like features help unify your digital world

Posted July 28, 2012 - 7:36 am

With its new operating system, Mountain Lion, Apple continues its practice of cross-pollinating between OS X and iOS, as it cherry-picks the best features for users, whether they're at a desk or on the go. Michael deAgonia offers a detailed look.
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Should you do a 'clean install' of Mountain Lion?

Posted July 28, 2012 - 7:17 am

As with Lion last year, many Mac users are asking two questions about upgrading to Mountain Lion: (1) Can you perform a clean install of Mountain Lion? and (2) Should you? Here's our take.
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Up close with Mountain Lion: Contacts and Calendars

Posted July 28, 2012 - 7:03 am

Two familiar OS X applications get new names in Mountain Lion: Address Book becomes Contacts and iCal becomes Calendars. But the changes in both are deeper than altered names.
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Posted July 26, 2012 - 9:41 am

Jason Snell of Macworld tells Dan Miller all about OS X Mountain Lion, the latest Mac OS update from Apple.
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5 things OS X Mountain Lion can teach Windows 8

Posted July 25, 2012 - 10:16 am

Apple's OS X Mountain Lion will launch Wednesday, so it's a good time for Windows users to peer across the border at what features in Mountain Lion might prove useful.
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OS X Mountain Lion likely launch date: July 25

Posted July 3, 2012 - 1:53 pm

Apple will launch OS X Mountain Lion July 25 if it repeats what it did last year when it announced the then-new Lion a day after its quarterly earnings call with Wall Street analysts.
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Five things to look forward to in Apple's iOS 6

Posted June 30, 2012 - 7:35 am

Apple says there are some 200 or so new features in iOS 6, most of which are smaller tweaks and changes. But there are plenty of updates that will change, for the better, how mobile users will use their iOS devices.
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Apple steals from Windows Update playbook for OS X Mountain Lion

Posted June 26, 2012 - 9:55 am

Apple will boost the frequency of security updates in OS X Mountain Lion and automatically install required patches for users, steps that bring it into line with Microsoft's practices.
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Mountain Lion features you may have missed

Posted June 16, 2012 - 7:51 am

Apple first previewed Mountain Lion back in February, so developers and tech journalists have had plenty of time to get familiar with the OS update. However, at Monday's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple announced a few previously undisclosed features coming in Mountain Lion, such as dictation support, Power Nap, and Safari improvements.
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Apple posts another MacBook video and Mac OS X commercial

Posted June 13, 2012 - 10:18 am

Apple shows us more of the MacBook Pro retina display and new features of OS X Mountain Lion.
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Apple sets OS X Mountain Lion release for July, cuts upgrade price 33%

Posted June 11, 2012 - 9:14 pm

Apple said today that it would ship OS X 10.8, or Mountain Lion, next month, for $19.99, a 33% price cut from last year's upgrade to Lion.
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Analyst: Free Mountain Lion upgrade would be 'brilliant' Apple move

Posted March 3, 2012 - 8:32 am

Apple would be making a 'brilliant' move if it decided to give away OS X Mountain Lion to Mac users as a free upgrade, an analyst said today.
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10 exciting system changes in Apple's OS X Mountain Lion

Posted February 22, 2012 - 7:55 am

Sharing, sharing, everywhere
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OS X Mountain Lion: A big cat for business?

Posted February 19, 2012 - 8:29 am

OS X Mountain Lion is something of a mixed bag for enterprise environments: it adds some very useful features, but its tight integration with iCloud could raise red flags for CIOs and IT pros, says columnist Ryan Faas.
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OS X Mountain Lion: Hands on with Mail

Posted February 19, 2012 - 8:25 am

When Apple released Lion (OS X 10.7), Mail received its biggest overhaul ever, gaining many new and noteworthy features. The changes to Mail in Mountain Lion are more subtle, though there are some nice improvements--along with one significant omission.
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