Reminders, Notes, Notification Center, Game Center, Messages and AirPlay Mirroring are now part of OS X. We now see, beyond Calendar and AppStore, many iOS 5 apps included with OS X. Mountain Lion continues its convergence with iOS. Unfortunately, the more changes they make, the more quality is sacrificed. Apple realizes competitors are hot on their heels. Mountain Lion also appears to be quite a leap, considering the OS X release history of small, incremental changes. Lion was a bit of a jump, offering vastly improved gesture controls and the first convergence with iOS. The difference between Leopard and Snow Leopard was almost indistinguishable and mostly internal. There have been complaints that it really isn’t a compelling upgrade. Lion was $30 and Mountain Lion (the new one) is only $20. There have been 9 new OS X operating systems in a little over a decade. Apple releases new operating systems almost annually. If you do not own a Mac, you need to know one thing about OS X upgrades - they happen quite often. Apple could have created a more open system for integrating social networks. It has been extremely helpful in promoting this site. StumbleUpon is also an excellent social network for randomly exploring websites based on your interests. Thanks to Apple, the competition has an even harder time. The favoritism for Twitter and Facebook is based solely on popularity. The continual integration of select social networks, however, is a mixed blessing. The reminder will sync across all of your Apple devices. If you are working on your Mac and want to add something to Reminders, you can do it on your Mac now. It creates a synergistic ecosystem between all Apple devices. The new Mac operating system makes the Mac even more like an iOS device.
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