Tag: Lion

Running OS X in VMware Fusion: Continues to Require Lion for Guest

Running OS X in VMware Fusion: Continues to Require Lion for Guest

by | Nov 22, 2011 | | 0 |

This past week, VMware Released a new version of VMware Fusion 4.1, which among other things reportedly included some significant speed enhancements to Internet Explorer 9.

One thing that was revealed is that you could run earlier versions of Mac OS X as a client under 4.1 (this was not previously possible with version 4.0.1). Given the licensing, we were incredibly surprised (although delighted) to see this. Unfortunately, while incredibly useful for developers wanting to test on multiple versions, this turns out to be an oversight.

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Two Features Lion Didn’t Deliver, yet?

Two Features Lion Didn’t Deliver, yet?

by | Jul 25, 2011 | | 0 |

Posted by Greg Mills

Lion delivered a lot of new features. However, some rumors and wish list items didn’t get fulfilled upon Mac OS X 7 reaching Gold Master status. One of the most likely rumors that didn’t pan out is a system wide “speech to text” feature. The text to speech feature has been around since before Apple even went to the Mac OS X from the older Apple Systems.

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Improved Adaptive Spelling in Lion’s Mail App

Improved Adaptive Spelling in Lion’s Mail App

by | Jul 24, 2011 | | 0 |

Posted by Greg Mills

One of the ways Apple delights users with its software is that we commonly find thoughtful features that Apple hasn’t even mentioned in support literature. As dyslexic as an old oak tree, misspelled words don’t jump out at me the first time around when I proof read.

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Lion Downloads Top One Million in First Day

Lion Downloads Top One Million in First Day

by | Jul 21, 2011 | | 0 |

Apple announced today that on its first day, over one million users bought and downloaded Mac OS X Lion. Available through the Mac App Store for $29.99 (US), users are buying Lion “faster than any other OS release in Apple’s history.”

“Lion is off to a great start, user reviews and industry reaction have been fantastic,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Lion is a huge step forward, it’s not only packed with innovative features but it’s incredibly easy for users to update their Macs to the best OS we’ve ever made.”

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Lion compatible Apps listed, More Lion Updates

Lion compatible Apps listed, More Lion Updates

by | Jul 20, 2011 | | 0 |

Posted by Greg Mills

When updating to a new Operating System, one never knows what apps are going to be broken or lose some functionality. Mac OS X Lion is no different that way. While Apple has provided updates to most of the Apple apps they sell, third party apps are a hit and miss thing.

Roaring Apps has provided a very extensive list of apps along with a rating as to compatibility with Lion. See: http://roaringapps.com/apps:table

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Mac OS Lion updates

Mac OS Lion updates

by | Jul 20, 2011 | | 0 |

Posted by Greg Mills

I will post updates to this story all day as news comes out about Lion.

The Apple Store is down with the famous “We will be back soon, We are busy updating the store for you and will be shortly” In addition to the Lion OS release, a number of hardware products are expected to be released as well.

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