Apple:
iWork 9.2 is recommended for users of iWork 9.0 and later when using OS X Lion v10.7.4 and above. In this release, the iWork for Mac apps are updated for OS X Mountain Lion and take advantage of features such as iCloud and Dictation.
The iWork apps are also enhanced to take advantage of the Retina display on new Mac hardware, so presentations, documents, and spreadsheets appear sharper and more vibrant.
This is a free update, and the apps still wear the ’09 badge. So, there’s that.
John:
I consider the web version to be the canonical version. It has the best formatting and the most features. I believe that good writing for the web includes a lot of links. A web browser is the best place to inspect and follow those links.
If you haven’t sent this to Instapaper yet, something is wrong with you. In your brain.
Viticci and his team have published a 120 page, $7 PDF review of Mountain Lion. I was lucky enough to help them get it out the door, and I have to say, it’s pretty great.
The best part? The team is donating a third of the money to the American Cancer Society.
Which is freaking awesome.
The new version of OS X from Apple — dubbed Mountain Lion — is now ready for download from the Mac App Store for $19.99.
Lion, the OS it replaces, was in many ways a new chapter when it comes to OS X versions. Lion was the first version to be available as a digital download. Requiring 10.6 Snow Leopard to be installed, Lion was a $29 download from the Mac App Store.
(Apple did offer Lion on a USB key in-stores for $69, but I digress.)
Notably, Lion brought many iOS features “back to the Mac,” as Apple claimed. Features such as Launchpad, the App Store, full-screen mode, gestures and more made the Mac feel more like home to the legions of iOS users considering Apple’s desktop platform for the first time.
(For kicks, check out my Lion review from last year over on Macgasm.)
So, does 10.8 carry that theme forward? Or does Mountain Lion back away from the “iOS-ification” of OS X?
Continue Reading → “Mountain Lion: The Next Big Cat From Apple”
The release notes tell the whole story about the future of the app.
Sigh.
This week on the 512 Podcast, on the eve of Mountain Lion’s release, Myke and I talk about the Nexus 7, the possibility of a smaller iPad, my losing battle with the iBooks Author EULA and backpacks.
This week’s show is made possible by DocuSign and Squarespace.
Tonight would be a good time to make sure your backup is updated.
Here are the high points:
There’s more:
Apple’s Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $2.65 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on August 16, 2012, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 13, 2012.
All in all, another killer quarter for Apple.
Dan Frommer:
Apple has long been fortunate to have an excited fan base promoting its products and helping lure first-time buyers. But did you know that Apple used to distribute free collateral to help its biggest fans spread the message?
That’s what this is: The 1997 MacAdvocate CD-ROM, full of “why Mac?” presentations, free software and games, Apple TV commercials, and more. It came out shortly after Apple acquired NeXT, but before Steve Jobs had really started remaking the company around products like the iMac or iPad.
Very cool, and very unlike the Apple of today.
If you haven’t seen the new movie, shame on you.
Counting is hard.
Ride was the first American woman in space, flying on STS–7 in 1983.