As of December 14th, 2012, te Messages beta for Mac OSX Lion will no longer be operational. Jim, reader of AppleInsider, received this email from Apple. In February of 2012, Apple launched the Messages app as a Beta for users of Mac OSX Lion. The Messages beta allowed Mac OSX Lion users to send and receive iMessages with iOS devices and other Mac OSX…
Mountain Lion 10.8 is now available for Mac! So go get it! If you’re unsure about compatibility, here is a full list of compatible Macs. Mountain Lion UK upgrade Mountain Lion USA upgrade Happy…
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is almost here. Earlier last month at WWDC ’12, Apple announced that the newest iteration of it’s OS X software would be coming “this July.” Well, it’s July, and seeing as this is the last week, Apple went ahead and made the announcement that OS X 10.8 will be available via the Mac App Store on July 25th, this Wednesday. The…
Purchased a new Mac recently? Apple has got you covered on Mountain Lion. If you purchased a Mac after June 11th you will be able to claim your copy of Mountain Lion through Apple’s Up-to-Date program. If you are eligible, you will have 30 days after the launch of OS X 10.8 to request your free upgrade. When Mountain Lion goes live in the Mac App Store,…
iOS betas are always fun when it comes to rumors. They seem to have a plethora of hidden information in them, if you can find it. This rumor is one not heard of before, or at least very little. According to Technically Personal, bits of code found in an XML of iOS 6 leads them to believe that the Maps application on iOS will be making a debut for OS…
With the announcement of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and iOS 6, many noticed that the integration of the two that first become obvious in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion was being upped to a whole new level. iCloud has been much more deeply integrated throughout the operating systems, and OS X takes hints from iOS in many ways including notifications, Notification Center,…
If you’re running Leopard on a Mac, and are signed up to MobileMe, you may have received a notification from Apple over the past couple of days offering a free Snow Leopard DVD. Before this move, Leopard users will have had to pay for the Snow Leopard update, then pay again to upgrade to the current Mac OS: Lion. This way, you’ll only need to pay for…
Apple quietly released the beta for the next iteration of OS X today, called OS X Mountain Lion. The observant user may have noticed that the “Mac” has officially been dropped from the OS X moniker. It’s clear that Apple is looking to offer a more unified and continuous experience throughout it’s entire line of gadgets, computers and handheld…
Apple has been allowing the press to get their hands on the next version of its Mac operating system before allowing developers to download the beta seed. The next OS X will be version 10.8, or Mountain Lion.  On first looks, the improvements made are refreshing, and as long as the update costs less than $25, will be worth the charge. Sadly there’s no…
Nuance, the company behind the well known voice recognition software, Dragon Dictate, has released a slimmed down version of its program in to the Mac App Store. Dragon Express costs $49 and is available now. It features the ability to turn your speech in to emails, tweets, Facebook updates and Spotlight searches. Nuance’s technology is what powers…
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