Apple’s WWDC 2011 Starts June 6th
Apple announced today that it will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 6 through 10 at San Fransisco’s Moscone West. This year’s conference will unveil “the future…
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35 storiesVideo Walkthrough of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Developer Preview
Here is a video walkthrough of the developer preview of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Lion is scheduled for release sometime this summer. Watch the video now before it’s removed by…
Screenshot Hints that MobileMe’s ‘Back to My Mac’ is Becoming Free in Lion
Back to My Mac is an awesome MobileMe feature that lets you remotely access all your Internet-connected computers’ files. It also lets you screen share with your other computers over the…
Mac OS X Lion Drops Support for PowerPC Apps
The developer preview of Mac OS X Lion does not run PowerPC apps. When you attempt to run a PowerPC app, you get an alert like the one shown above. Ever since Apple switched to Intel…
Mac OS X Lion Brings iOS-Like Auto Correction
I knew it was just a matter of time until Apple would bring the iOS auto correction feature to the Mac. MacStories noticed that the developer preview of Mac OS X Lion detects wrong spelling…
Lion’s Migration Assistant Allows Set Up From Networked PC
A new feature discovered in the developer preview of OS X Lion is the ability to set up a Mac from a networked Windows PC as part of the Migration Assistant utility instead of just another…
‘About This Mac’ Gets Redesigned with OSX Lion
Apple has redesigned the “About This Mac” section of Mac OS with Lion. It gives you a lot of important information about your Mac in a very user friendly interface. Source:…
Apple Gets Back to Basics in Mac OS X Lion
David Chartier at Macworld posted a great article today about the direction Apple is taking OS X with Lion. iOS and Mac OS X are symbiotic entities. When designing iOS, Apple distilled the…
Mac OS X Lion Includes New ‘AirDrop’ Feature
Apple released the first developer preview of Mac OS X Lion today. One of the new features in Lion is AirDrop, which lets you send files to anyone around you wirelessly. From Apple: With…
Apple Releases Developer Preview of Mac OS X Lion, Announces New Features
Apple announced the release of the first developer preview of Mac OS X Lion today. Lion was first demoed last October and is scheduled to launch this summer. New features in Lion include: a…
Apple Patent Describes a Cloud Based Safe Deposit Box
Patently Apple is reporting on a recent Apple patent application which describes a new Mac OS X feature called Safe Deposit Box. When users drag files into the Safe Deposit Box, they will…