Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes
by karolist on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @03:46AM
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AirPlay mirroring sounds nice. Could it be used to show Photoshop canvas on an iPad when drawing with wacom?
I was thinking of buying an app for this, but if Mountain Lion does that I might hold off till I upgrade.
Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes
by ryannielsen on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @03:51AM
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Out of the box (so to speak), AirPlay mirroring only supports traditional AirPlay destinations, e.g. AppleTVs. I'm pretty sure you'll still want to pick up that app which makes an iPad an AirPlay destination.
Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes
by julien_p on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @04:43AM
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Also keep in mind that AirPlay mirroring requires at least a Sandybridge CPU, so you need a mac released in 2011 or later.
Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes
by kogir on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @05:02AM
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Can you cite a source for that? Experience suggests that is not the case.
Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes
by julien_p on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @07:08AM
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http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/ lists the following macs as supporing AirPlay
* iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)
* Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
* MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
* MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)
Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes
by kogir on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @01:15PM
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Strange, because it's working great on my 2008 unibody Macbook Pro with Core 2 Duo.
Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes
by pooriaazimi on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @05:11AM
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Searching "airplay mirroring mountain sandy bridge" suggests otherwise.
http://www.google.com/search?q=airplay+mirroring+mountain+sa...
http://www.mindofthegeek.com/2012/07/05/airplay-mirroring-in...
Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes
by mehulkar on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @03:33AM
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Integrated iMessage is all the extra features I need.
Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes
by Synaesthesia on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @04:37AM
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Safari uses Core Animation for rendering, much smoother scrolling. It also has a sort of "Tab expose" feature.
- AirPlay mirroring is slick, especially in meeting situations
- Document auto-save and versioning are a lot less annoying and more useful
- Improved sharing support can be quite useful in many situations
- Calendar and Contacts suck less
- Gatekeeper is, I honestly believe, a solid step forward in improving system integrity and security
- iCloud sucks less and is better integrated into some system apps
- You are now notified of both system and app updates, and update checks happen daily. I think this is huge for app developers
- Preview has support for entering text in text fields of PDF documents which aren't true PDF forms (this honestly might be my single favorite Mountain Lion feature)
For $20, I think this is a solid "polish" upgrade. There's nothing mind blowing, but there's an incredible amount of polish across the system, with a few truly useful features mixed in. For me? Money well spent.