In accordo alla nostra precedente segnalazione, Apple ha mostrato per la prima volta al grande pubblico l'ottava major release del suo sistema operativo Mac OS X indicata con il nome in codice di "Lion".

Il gigante americano ha indicato nella prossima estate il periodo di lancio di quello che ha definito come "il sistema operativo più avanzato al mondo", aggiungendo inoltre che "Lion" ha subito l'influenza delle innovazioni del software favorite dal "fenomeno" iPad.

Tra le feature in primo piano di Mac OS X "Lion" Apple ha citato Mac App Store, un nuovo modo di scoprire, installare e aggiornare automaticamente le applicazioni, e Launchpad, uno strumento che semplifica il lancio delle applicazioni, e risente della struttura già utilizzata in ambito iPad.

E inoltre Full-screen apps, la nuova modalità di visualizzazione a schermo intero delle applicazioni, che permette all'utente di focalizzare la propria attenzione su un software specifico, salvo "switchare" velocemente su un altro programma in full-screen, e Mission Control, che, nell'era del multi-thread, consente di avere sempre sotto controllo le applicazioni in esecuzione, raggruppate sul desktop in base alla tipologia.

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The Mac App Store

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Launchpad

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Full-screen apps

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Mission Control

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Apple today gave a sneak peek of Mac OS X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system. Shipping next summer, Lion is inspired by many of iPad’s software innovations. Today’s sneak peek highlighted just a few of Lion’s features, including the Mac App Store, a new way to discover, install and automatically update desktop apps; Launchpad, a new home for all of your Mac apps; system-wide support for full screen apps; and Mission Control, which unifies Exposé, Dashboard, Spaces and full screen apps into an innovative new view of everything running on your Mac, and allows you to instantly navigate anywhere.

"Lion brings many of the best ideas from iPad back to the Mac, plus some fresh new ones like Mission Control that Mac users will really like," said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. "Lion has a ton of new features, and we hope the few we had time to preview today will give users a good idea of where we are headed."

The Mac App Store brings the revolutionary App Store experience to OS X, making discovering, installing and updating Mac apps easier than ever. Like on iPad, you purchase apps using your iTunes account and they download and install in just one step. App updates are delivered directly through the Mac App Store, so it’s easy to keep all of your apps up to date. The Mac App Store will be available for Snow Leopard within 90 days and will be included in Lion when it ships next summer.

Launchpad makes it easier than ever to find and launch any app. Similar to the Home screen on iPad, you can see all the apps on your Mac elegantly displayed just by clicking the Launchpad icon in the dock. Apps can be organized in any order or grouped into folders, and you can swipe through multiple pages of apps to find the one you want.

Lion includes system-wide support for full screen applications. With Lion, you can enter full screen mode with just one click, switch from one full screen app to another with just a swipe of the trackpad, and swipe back to the desktop to access your multi-window applications.

Mission Control presents you with a unified view of every app and window running on your Mac, so you can instantly navigate anywhere. Mission Control also incorporates the next generation of Exposé, presenting all the windows running on your Mac grouped by application, alongside thumbnails of full screen apps, Dashboard and other Spaces.

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