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"Users have downloaded more than 3 million copies of the new version of Apple's PC operating system, Mac OS X 10.8 or Mountain Lion, in its first four days of availability. \nThis makes Mountain Lion the most successful OS X release in Apple\u2019s history.\n\u201CJust a year after the incredibly successful introduction of Lion, customers have downloaded Mountain Lion over three million times in just four days, making it our most successful release ever,\u201D said Philip Schiller, Apple\u2019s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. \nMountain Lion brings more than 200 new features, as well as many bug fixes and improvements, and is available through Apple's Mac App Store for $19.99. \nRead our review of Mountain Lion here. \n\n\nOS X Mountain Lion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMessages\n\nAdios iChat, Hola Messages! Apple's new all-in-one messaging client combines Google Talk, AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo IM support along with the ability to send iMessages to contacts on a Mac or in iOS.\nSee our hands-on of the Messages Beta for more details.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReminders\n\nFirst introduced in iOS 5, Reminders is now on the Mac. This means users can access and modify their reminders on the iPhone, iPad and Mac.\nThe interface is a dead ringer for Reminders on the iPad. It syncs instantly via iCloud across devices.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGame Center\nAnother iOS transplant: Game Center. Users can access their iOS Game Center scores and stats. Even better, future games will allow users on iOS and the Mac to play head-to-head.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNotes\nApple's note-taking app is now in OS X. The best part: notes sync automatically with iCloud, meaning they are instantly accessible on the iPhone or iPad.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial Accounts\nIn OS X Mountain Lion, users can add social accounts directly to the OS. This makes it easy to connect and share to Facebook (coming this fall), Twitter, Vimeo and Flickr.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAirplay\nOne of our favorite features of OS X Mountain Lion: Airplay support. This makes it easy to share you screen -- and any video on it -- to a television with an Apple TV. All without wires.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSafari Tab View\nThere is lots of great new stuff in Safari 6, but we really love the tab view that makes it easy to flick across tabs with a trackpad or Magic Mouse.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niCloud Tabs\n\nSafari 6 for OS X Mountain Lion supports cloud tab sync with iOS 6 (currently in beta). This makes it easy for users to access the tabs open on the iPhone and iPad.\nThis feature is virtually identical to Chrome's tab sync, but for Safari fans, it's a great treat.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare Sheets\n\nJust as users can share content from within iOS 5, they can now share images, files, and more directly from OS X Mountain Lion.\nThe share sheets depend on the program you are in, but you can usually send stuff to Facebook (this fall), Twitter, Messages and Mail.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTweeting a Link\nSending a tweet with a URL from Safari works the same as it does on iOS. It's an easy way to share your favorite web pages.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTweeting From an App\nUsers can tweet photos from compatible apps such as Preview. The image is uploaded to Twitter's official image service.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNotifications\nNotifications are now an official part of OS X. They can be controlled at an app level. By default, non-pressing actions will appear on screen for a few seconds before disappearing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNotification Center\nSwiping from the far right on the trackpad brings up the Notifications Center. This displays recent notifications by app in an easy to access way.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTweet From Notification Center\nUsers can also send tweets directly from the Notifications Center. This makes it easy to send a tweet without having to have an app or website open.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMail VIPs\nIn Mail, users can now designate certain contacts as VIPs. They get their own starred folders and special notifications every time a message comes in.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSoftware Update in Mac App Store\nOS X software update is now integrated into the Mac App Store. As a bonus, if you have Apple software that wasn't purchased in the Mac App Store (such as iLife or iWork), updates to those apps appear in the Mac App Store updates panel too.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGatekeeper\n\nOne of the new security features in OS X Mountain Lion is Gatekeeper. By default, it only allows apps that have been signed by a developer or were purchased in the Mac App Store to run. \nThis is just one more step to make sure that malware or other nasty software doesn't accidentally find its way onto your Mac.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\niCloud\n\niCloud integration is coming to iWork via an update, but the platform is better integrated into OS X Mountain Lion.\nIn Preview.app, for instance, users can easily upload or access documents from iCloud directly from the app.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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