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• Apple unveils preview of new Mac system

  thewall.com.au | 6:32 pm Feb 16, 2012

  Apple has released a preview version of its new Macintosh operating system, bringing some features of the iPad to the personal computer.

  The Cupertino, California-based company said on Thursday the updated operating system, called Mountain Lion, will be available to Macintosh developers immediately and Mac owners can upgrade to the new software later in the year.

  Apple said Mountain Lion includes a new Messages application which replaces iChat and allows a user to send unlimited messages, photos and video from a Mac to another Mac or a device running iOS software such as the iPad or iPhone.

  It also includes integration with Twitter, allowing users to sign in and tweet directly from Safari, Photo Booth and third-party applications, Apple said.

  Game Center allows for live multiplayer games to be played across iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch devices.

  Mountain Lion is the first Mac operating system built with the internet "cloud" in mind, Apple said.

  "More than 100 million users have iCloud accounts, and Mountain Lion makes it easier than ever to set up iCloud and access documents across your devices," Apple said.

  A new security feature called Gatekeeper protects the computer against malicious software by giving the user control over what applications can be installed and downloaded, Apple said.

  With AirPlay Mirroring, a Mac user can wirelessly send video from a Mac to an HDTV using Apple TV.

  Apple chief executive Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal in an interview that the new Macintosh operating system takes advantage of features popular on the iPad and iPhone.

  "We see that people are in love with a lot of apps and functionality here," Cook said of the iPhone. "Anywhere where that makes sense, we are going to move that over to Mac."

  Apple sold 5.2 million Macs last quarter.

• Apple Mountain Lion Embraces Flickr and Vimeo Sharing

  mashable.com | 3:51 pm Feb 16, 2012

  Apple, which embraced Twitter in its iOS5 update last year, is expanding the palette of social sharing options with two new partners — Flickr and Vimeo — in the company’s latest operating-system upgrade, Mountain Lion. Users of the OS upgrade, also known…

• Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion preview: Notification Center, iMessage, AirPlay and more

  theverge.com | 2:14 pm Feb 16, 2012

  Major featuresAlthough Mountain Lion includes Apple's usual "hundreds of new features, " there are a few standouts — and most of them involve bringing over some version of a major iOS feature to OS X. Apple's been very open about its plan to share features…

• Apple Unveils Mountain Lion

  mashable.com | 1:43 pm Feb 16, 2012

  Apple developers, start your engines. Mac users, start dreaming of how much cooler your desktop or laptop experience could be this summer. That’s when Apple will launch the latest big cat-themed Mac OS X, version 10.8: Mountain Lion. Bottom line? It’s a…

• Apple Mountain Lion: Why No Facebook?

  mashable.com | 10:05 pm Feb 16, 2012

  Mountain Lion, the new version of Mac OS X which Apple announced Thursday, is deeply connected with the online world — Twitter, Flickr and Vimeo are all practically part of the OS — but one very big name is once again missing: Facebook. With its 845…

• iMZDL: iOS 5.1 Mac OS X 10.7.3

  iMZDL.com | 10:43 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Social Media News and Web Tips – Mashable – The Social Media Guide

  mashable.com | 11:18 pm Aug 24, 2011
• Here, Apple’s demo video for Mountain Lion

  9to5mac.com | 9:20 pm Feb 16, 2012
• PCmag.com | 8:15 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple announces Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Developer Preview with deeper iOS integration

  9to5mac.com | 7:55 pm Feb 16, 2012

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• LION CUB RELATED PICTURE http://t.co/yPomODU9

  @alanzeino - Alan
  

  8:46 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Mac iMessage. Booyah!

  @Kyle_Sexmuffin - Kyle Hearn
  

  11:47 am Feb 17, 2012
• nice that iMessage is not blocked in china. wonder how long that will last

  @niubi - Bill Bishop
  

  10:01 am Feb 17, 2012
• We take an early look at Apple's newly-announced Mac OS X 10.8: Mountain Lion. http://t.co/iNxPn9Rk

  @MacFormat - MacFormat
  

  9:53 am Feb 17, 2012
• OS X Mountain Lion's Documents in the Cloud Simplifies File Access Across Devices: One of the major new features... http://t.co/lzdY7Ps9

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  9:39 am Feb 17, 2012
• Mountain Lion drops support for several older Mac models (Updated) (@rawsoncj / TUAW) http://t.co/Ris2dGMd http://t.co/WnSWrHig

  @Techmeme - Techmeme
  

  9:31 am Feb 17, 2012
• OSX Mountain Lion ! - Are you Kidding ?? - I think it's time for a genus change apple - why not name the OS after actual apples

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  9:08 am Feb 17, 2012
• By me @ Guardian: Boot up: Google 'tracked iPhones', why Mac OS X Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper is important, and more http://t.co/0yrr3j77 #fb

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  9:01 am Feb 17, 2012
• My iPhone consistently autocorrects "Yo" to "To" in iMessages but also changes "Tour" to "Your" #frustrating #firstworldproblems #deargodwhy

  @EricGreen87 - Eric Green
  

  8:15 am Feb 17, 2012
• If the purpose of the new Apple Mountain Lion OS is to make Macs more iPod like I am NOT pleased.

  @communicating - Chris@SocialTexture
  

  7:59 am Feb 17, 2012
• Mountain Lion incompatible with older Macs #apple #mountainlion http://t.co/vbJlv0OP #neowin

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  7:54 am Feb 17, 2012
• Apple's iMessage: All Your IMs Belong To Us (And Phone Network SMS Revenues, Too) http://t.co/yUlg9eDd

  @FastCompany - Fast Company
  

  7:33 am Feb 17, 2012
• Apple announced Mountain Lion today. I've been using is the past few months on 8 of my Macs; it works great!

  @TheFunnyRichGuy - The Funny Rich Guy
  

  6:53 am Feb 17, 2012
• Oh wow. . . With Mountain Lion, Mac is going the iOS way ! This amazing sync between the phone, computer and tablet will be life changing.

  @ArjunArumugam - Arjun Arumugam
  

  6:52 am Feb 17, 2012
• If someone could reverse-engineer iMessage so I can use it from my non-Apple devices, that'd be great.

  @joshsharp - Josh Sharp
  

  6:39 am Feb 17, 2012
• U can get a BETA of Apple's forthcoming 'Messages' that lets u send iMessages (the blue ones) from ur Mac 2 an iPhone http://t.co/O76eybEW

  @Ryan_Shelton - Ryan Shelton
  

  6:33 am Feb 17, 2012
• OSX Mountain Lion running virtualized http://t.co/ail9HjOU

  @CP7 - Chirayu
  

  5:44 am Feb 17, 2012
• I feel sorry all the poor children trying to use the internet for research and write their report for science class on mountain lions.

  @chriscoyier - Chris Coyier
  

  5:07 am Feb 17, 2012
• For those thinking of upgrading to Mountain Lion who do development on their Mac's. Don't..................... ... . .. .

  @lynxbat - Nicholas Weaver
  

  4:51 am Feb 17, 2012
• Mountain Lion may drop support for older Macs, integrated graphics not to blame http://t.co/VrCskRy6

  @verge - The Verge
  

  4:23 am Feb 17, 2012
• .@FutureBoy eulogizes the end of iChat, now that Mountain Lion is revealed - http://t.co/fN84LI8O

  @mashable - Pete Cashmore
  

  4:05 am Feb 17, 2012
• With Mountain Lion, Apple officially drops 'Mac' from OS X name http://t.co/N94u1vB0 #apple

  @applenws - Apple News
  

  4:04 am Feb 17, 2012
• I think this mountain lion is silently judging me. http://t.co/qZkUnsFi

  @siracusa - John Siracusa
  

  4:03 am Feb 17, 2012
• Downloaded the Beta version of Messages in Mountain Lion. Now I will enjoy the most advanced way of not having anyone to chat with.

  @rameshsrivats - Ramesh Srivats
  

  3:52 am Feb 17, 2012
• “@wired: The five features of OS X Mountain Lion we're most excited about" 1. Is mountain-themed. 2-5. What more could you want? cc @liam_b

  @ldshield - Lachlan Shield
  

  3:31 am Feb 17, 2012
• → Mountain Lion http://t.co/6HL1ZiUU

  @marco_org - Marco.org
  

  3:27 am Feb 17, 2012
• Apple blesses Twitter as the social network of Mountain Lion, shuns Facebook: http://t.co/3T7a8bPe via @VentureBeat

  @TheBigDebowski - Debbie Miller
  

  3:20 am Feb 17, 2012
• Apple After Steve - A small joke in iMessage for Mac OS X Lion ? http://t.co/IgOc45We

  @jfmartin67 - JF Martin
  

  3:06 am Feb 17, 2012
• OS X Mountain Lion? I think I'll hold out for OS X Nyan Cat.

  @VinceintheBay - Vince in the Bay
  

  3:05 am Feb 17, 2012
• Mountain Lion's new Messages app is great, but has an alert overload problem http://t.co/IITxQkaA by @mpanzarino on @TNWapple

  @TheNextWeb - The Next Web
  

  2:49 am Feb 17, 2012
• Safari 5.2 developer preview for OS X 10.7 comes with Mountain Lion UI changes http://t.co/8QDZDRtM

  @verge - The Verge
  

  2:13 am Feb 17, 2012
• Mountain Lion: Most Skippable OS X Upgrade Ever? http://t.co/wPUscY2w

  @abduzeedo - Abduzeedo
  

  1:37 am Feb 17, 2012
• Mountain Lion feels pretty RAW. Before you get into an UPROAR, I'm kidding. If I told you I installed it, I'd be LYIN' (sad trombone)

  @mattcomi - Matt Comi
  

  1:29 am Feb 17, 2012
• 30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features In 2 Minutes [Video] http://t.co/GP91i2hU

  @cultofmac - Cult of Mac
  

  1:27 am Feb 17, 2012
• New #Apple OS X Mountain Lion keeps you on top of all things #Twitter http://t.co/afr04CBx #perth #mountainlion

  @tweetperth - Tweet Perth
  

  12:45 am Feb 17, 2012
• OS X Mountain Lion finally brings AirPlay Mirroring to the Mac: http://t.co/8KqY3OrX

  @MacTrast - MacTrast
  

  11:45 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Additional teaser photos of G-Dragon unveiled http://t.co/a2cnfoEo

  @allkpop - allkpop
  

  11:30 pm Feb 16, 2012
• OSX 10.9 LOLCAT

  @charlesarthur - Charles Arthur
  

  10:44 pm Feb 16, 2012
• I drink mountain dew like its going out of style.

  @dbeltwrites - Dustin Belt
  

  10:42 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Roundup of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Features and Notes http://t.co/VCOT8dxu

  @MacRumors - MacRumors.com
  

  10:41 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Just before the songwriter decided to write "The lion sleeps tonight" I wonder if they realised a classic song was just a whim away.

  @ShaneMatheson - Shane Matheson
  

  10:31 pm Feb 16, 2012
• You don't need to buy OSX Mountain Lion. (I can't wait til OSX LOLcat.) Here's why: http://t.co/HqeqEoKr

  @jasonium - Jason Chatfield
  

  10:30 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Older Macs voted off the Mountain Lion island: http://t.co/mtZTBbQX by @eJacqui

  @arstechnica - Ars Technica
  

  10:29 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Mountain Lion signals end-of-life for older Macs: In its announcement of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on Thursday, Ap... http://t.co/Y3l2Lkwn

  @appletweets - Apple Tweets
  

  10:28 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Here’s a list of things that Mountain Lion Killed today http://t.co/vOMjFjqf

  @9to5mac - 9to5Mac 
  

  10:14 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Mountain Lion signals end-of-life for older Macs http://t.co/5WmH63d0

  @appleinsider - AppleInsider
  

  10:14 pm Feb 16, 2012
• The five features of OS X Mountain Lion we're most excited about. How about you? http://t.co/xRUenbxF

  @wired - Wired
  

  10:00 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Great overview of Mountain Lion http://t.co/poZyGzs6 - pete

  @mactalk - MacTalk
  

  9:33 pm Feb 16, 2012
• If you have a Mac, Apple has just released a beta version of iMessage for your computer: http://t.co/Yaq7RLbw

  @mrbenjaminlaw - Benjamin Law
  

  9:18 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Microsoft's shares hit highest point in 2 years after Apple's OS X unveiling http://t.co/YABI4CoA by @harrisonweber on @TNWmicrosoft

  @TheNextWeb - The Next Web
  

  9:12 pm Feb 16, 2012
• this is exciting!: "Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion preview: Notification Center, iMessage, AirPlay and more" http://t.co/ZwAN0iwU

  @peterjblack - Peter Black
  

  9:07 pm Feb 16, 2012
• OOooOo Mac OS X Mountain Lion

  @jjennylu - Jenny Lu
  

  9:06 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Mountain Lion: Most Skippable OS X Upgrade Ever? http://t.co/xSJ4jdiS

  @TechCrunch - TechCrunch
  

  9:05 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple OS X Mountain Lion: Top 15 New Features - http://t.co/avvahPy4

  @mashable - Pete Cashmore
  

  8:58 pm Feb 16, 2012
• I might just distance myself from friends that don't use iMessage.

  @jaswah - Jason Lynch
  

  8:53 pm Feb 16, 2012
• ‘Mountain Lion' download only, as OS X shifts to yearly updates #macos #osx http://t.co/AChXC831 #neowin

  @NeowinFeed - Neowin Team
  

  8:29 pm Feb 16, 2012
• iMessage Beta for mac can be downloaded here: http://t.co/g7uNAF7L

  @atomicbomb - Chris of clan Coppin
  

  8:29 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Macworld’s Mountain Lion Coverage: http://t.co/HUd9utiI

  @daringfireball - Daring Fireball
  

  8:25 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Hands-on with iMessage beta on the desktop: a good start with beta bugs: http://t.co/iauFh9zK by @eJacqui

  @arstechnica - Ars Technica
  

  8:13 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Are you a Mac? If so, stay tuned for summer when Mountain Lion will bring you one click Flickr photo sharing: http://t.co/A2KRT1d2

  @Flickr - Flickr
  

  8:03 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Lion →Mountain Lion → Mountain Goat →Goat Herder →Baby Jesus Shepard →Man Jesus Cloud →Monkey Magic

  @c41 - Pete Ottery
  

  7:52 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Mac Blog: OS X Mountain Lion Drops Support for Many 2006-2008 Macs with Integrated Graphics http://t.co/O1Q83r0D

  @MacRumors - MacRumors.com
  

  7:27 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple will run out of cats for their OSes soon. Awaiting the arrival of OSX LOLcat.

  @sebchan - sebchan
  

  6:59 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Pogue’s Posts: Apple's Mountain Lion Makes the Mac More Like the iPad http://t.co/hwDLaotk

  @nytimes - The New York Times
  

  6:51 pm Feb 16, 2012
• I've been running Mac OS X Mountain Lion for a week. What's it like? Here's my preview... http://t.co/VyDPfDay

  @Pogue - David Pogue
  

  6:34 pm Feb 16, 2012
• "Mountain Lion?" Yawn. I'll update my Operating System when Apple finally gets around to naming one "THUNDERCAT."

  @DamonLindelof - Damon Lindelof
  

  6:32 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple should have named Mountain Lion "Cougar" - OSX 10.8: an old operating system going after young users

  @HAL9000_ - HAL 9000
  

  5:23 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Software Update Moves To The Mac App Store With Mountain Lion http://t.co/nTwoU0OW

  @cultofmac - Cult of Mac
  

  5:14 pm Feb 16, 2012
• @Slash has just unveiled the title and cover artwork for his upcoming album... http://t.co/dG3roehS #BadAssCover

  @gibsonguitar - Gibson Guitar
  

  5:03 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Mountain Lion is not amused: http://t.co/EUkbMgwk

  @ScottKellum - Scott Kellum
  

  4:18 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple's strange PR move: No on-stage debut for OS X Mountain Lion http://t.co/sTsrIt3v by @MartinSFP on @TNWapple

  @TheNextWeb - The Next Web
  

  3:21 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Big Bang unveils G-Dragon’s image teaser http://t.co/oHnx2JUY

  @allkpop - allkpop
  

  3:14 pm Feb 16, 2012
• "When you get a mention or a direct message, a Twitter notification appears on your desktop." - Mountain Lion

  @hrbrt - Chris  Herbert
  

  3:14 pm Feb 16, 2012
• In an exclusive interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled idea to bring everything "that makes sense" from iPhone to Mac http://t.co/hHAb1Yj6

  @WSJ - Wall Street Journal
  

  2:50 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple announces Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion... http://t.co/3YanvMH4

  @hackernewsbot - Hacker News Bot
  

  2:42 pm Feb 16, 2012
• !!! OS X Mountain Lion: Safari's URL bar now features integrated search.

  @hrbrt - Chris  Herbert
  

  2:25 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple unveils Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion coming this summer with 100+ new features http://t.co/RL5oDNdQ

  @appleinsider - AppleInsider
  

  2:06 pm Feb 16, 2012
• BREAKING: Apple have just announced the next version of OSX - Mountain Lion and here is a preview http://t.co/pF3lgFcX

  @TMACGURU - The Mac Guru
  

  2:06 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple announces Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion http://t.co/tZ4x49VW

  @newsycombinator - news.yc Popular
  

  2:05 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion press release — http://t.co/fNePCZ2b

  @bjango - Bjango
  

  2:01 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Download Messages Beta (iMessage For Mac) http://t.co/7ptCy0PG

  @iMZDL - iModZone Downloads
  

  2:00 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) in-depth preview http://t.co/Yv7n2fUp

  @engadget - Engadget
  

  2:00 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple Announces Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion [Breaking] http://t.co/SvzQ7797

  @cultofmac - Cult of Mac
  

  1:59 pm Feb 16, 2012
• First look at Apple's OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: The Mac gets even more iPad-like | http://t.co/uIhTUROC via @Techland

  @ANCALERTS - ABS-CBN News Channel
  

  1:52 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Where the hell did Mountain Lion come from? Totally unexpected. http://t.co/vPlthbeP

  @tapbot_paul - Paul Haddad
  

  1:52 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple unveils Mac OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion' as iOS continues its push to the desktop http://t.co/SyYyQyRT by @m4tt on @TNWapple

  @TheNextWeb - The Next Web
  

  1:50 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Mountain Lion - "We're starting to do some things differently ... (@gruber / Daring Fireball) http://t.co/c3U9B7k6 http://t.co/Q3DCpFfC

  @Techmeme - Techmeme
  

  1:45 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Happy Mountain Lion Day

  @shantonusen - Shantonu Sen
  

  1:43 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple announces Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Developer Preview with deeper iOS integration http://t.co/vKrd2sNo

  @9to5mac - 9to5Mac 
  

  1:43 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: available to developers today, and everyone else in summer 2012 as a paid update http://t.co/RXxLhKhv

  @verge - The Verge
  

  1:40 pm Feb 16, 2012
• ★ Mountain Lion: http://t.co/W1pf1swQ

  @daringfireball - Daring Fireball
  

  1:40 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Surprise! OS X Mountain Lion Roars Into Existence (For Developers Today, Everyone This Summer) http://t.co/YVIJPQzx ... want want want

  @stuartkhall - Stuart Hall
  

  1:39 pm Feb 16, 2012
• OS X Mountain Lion is coming this summer. Screenshots and preview from @macworld — http://t.co/xPvIPNrK

  @bjango - Bjango
  

  1:38 pm Feb 16, 2012
• first TC comment "BTW, lion to mountain lion is a downgrade." LOL http://t.co/0wFnbDjO

  @parislemon - MG Siegler
  

  1:37 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Surprise! OS X Mountain Lion Roars Into Existence (For Developers Today, Everyone This Summer) http://t.co/0wFnbDjO

  @parislemon - MG Siegler
  

  1:32 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple Unveils Mac OS X Mountain Lion: So Long iChat, Hello Twitter [PREVIEW] by @futureboy - http://t.co/KQkS1YVr

  @mashable - Pete Cashmore
  

  1:31 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Apple OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) in-depth preview http://t.co/H4dQZxf4

  @engadget - Engadget
  

  1:31 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion preview: Notification Center, iMessage, AirPlay and more http://t.co/RXxLhKhv

  @verge - The Verge
  

  1:31 pm Feb 16, 2012
• Surprise! OS X Mountain Lion Roars Into Existence (For Developers Today, Everyone This Summer) http://t.co/7zWmx6MN by @parislemon

  @TechCrunch - TechCrunch
  

  1:31 pm Feb 16, 2012
• LEGO® Minecraft™ Micro World details unveiled today http://t.co/HaMAC6Gk @LEGO_CUUSOO

  @LEGO_Group - The LEGO Group
  

  1:05 pm Feb 16, 2012