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Apple OS X 10.8 Arrives Tomorrow
Mountain Lion Boasts More Than 200 New And Improved Features
By Gary Krakow
Here comes a cat of a different stripe: Mountain Lion.
Apple says the next edition of their computer operating system – OS X version 10.8 - will be available beginning tomorrow.
Among the more than 200 improvements: new apps called Reminder, Notes, Messages, Power Nap, Dictation, and Sharing.
There's also Gatekeeper for secure downloads, Game Center for an improved Mac gaming experience, an update for their Safari Web browser along with better Facebook and Twitter integration and a big push to get you to use Apple's iCloud remote storage plan.
Unless you've purchased a Mac in the past few days you'll need to purchase the downloadable update. From the Mac App Store. The price? $19.99. For those who just bought one of Apple's brand new computers the download will be free.