#Mountain lion mac os x id update#

AirPlay will allow Mac and iOS users to play against one another. Gaming is becoming increasingly important on OS X and Game Center allows you to download games, play against friends and save your progress. Software updates are now fully integrated with the Mac App Store and can be downloaded directly.

#Mountain lion mac os x id update#

Time Machine can now also run in PowerNap mode, which allows the operating system to update itself while the computer is sleeping. Time Machine now allows you to select more than one hard drive to save backups. Amongst other things, Messages offers unlimited free iMessages, video conferencing with Facetime and photo/file sending. Lion users can try the beta version of Messages which is the same as iMessage on iOS but the final stable version only works on Mountain Lion. It integrates the address bar and search box including Google searches, favorites and history.

Omnibar is an added feature to Google Chrome in Mountain Lion. Password Tabs allows you to see passwords saved in Safari. Facebook sharing has also been integrated into OS X Mountain Lion, as anticipated. Advertisement (function() ) Share your universeĪ universal share button has been added to Safari's URL bar for reading later, add to bookmarks, e-mail, or Twitter. Here we will take a more in depth look at the features Mountain Lion has to offer. We've already given you a lowdown on the most important changes in Mountain Lion most of which are features taken from iOS.

It brings OS X much closer to iOS in terms of features and syncing with iPads and iPhones. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is Apple's latest operating system for Mac.