The Weekly Wrap exists to get you up on the stories you might have missed . And if you miss the big news this week , boy are you in for some exciting reading material : Apple announced a new release of OS X. But while that announcement and its aftershocks dominated the week ’s news , we compose about a few other things as well .
Mountain Lion
The cat ’s out of the base . With nary a leak , without a single peep on a rumor site , Apple surprised everyone withThursday ’s launching of Mountain Lion , also know as OS X 10.8 . Jason Snell got to drop a few 24-hour interval with the operating arrangement , and he offer up first looks at Notification Center , Notes and Reminders , Gatekeeper , andMessages .
We spoke to developers for their take on Gatekeeper , which protect users from running malicious apps . We take up a look atwhat put to work and what doesn’tin the Messages beta , sinceApple made that uncommitted Thursday . We looked atapp name changesin Mountain Lion , and went hands - on with the rechristenedContacts and Calendarsapps . Frankly , we’repretty excited about what you ’ll be able to do with Mountain Lion .
And , of course of study , we podcast about the cougar , too .
Mountainless Lion
Of course , Mountain Lion ’s official freeing is month off ; Apple say it ’s not coming until late summer . So while we ’re all stuck with this now geriatric - seeming Lion OS instead , let ’s at least make the most of it .
We offer upa slew of tips for various Lion oddities . We shared tutorial onmaking your art spirit dingy , a video guide tousing Keychain Access , andhiding and unhiding Mac App Store purchase .
Like Quick Look ? We put togethereight Quick Look tips , which — ironically enough — you’ll need to take a long , slow gander at . And Mountain Lion ’s far enough away that you may well benefit from our template tocreating a bootable Lion install drive for newer Macs .
If you crave software reassessment like mountain lions crave deer kernel , we ’ve got you covered : We reviewedSkipTunes , a menubar utility for control medicine playback . We make Pacifist the ever - tough five - mouse rating . And we also take care at My Living Desktop , which makes some of us think of a computer / zombie Revelation .
So app-y together
And , as ever , we covered a crew of iOS apps :
Speaking of apps , if you downloadthe 25 billionth one , you could win $ 10,000 to drop at the App Store .
Elsewhere in the earthly concern of Io , we reviewedthe iCade and Atari ArcadeiPad accessories . Reading that composition cost a one-quarter .
Appleonce again revamp its iAd terms . The company also suppose that a forthcoming Io update would require user approval before apps can get to the address Scripture .
Apple news
Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke publicly about labor stipulation across the company ’s supply chain ; we actuallytranscribed pretty much every give-and-take . After cooling our finger in a bucket of frappe for a while , we reported onApple ’s request that the Fair Labor Association inspect Foxconnand other Apple supplier in Asia ; a report from the FLA is due in March .
Hodgepodge
And then there were a few other stories worth reading , though they do n’t equip flawlessly in any of the anterior sections :
So yes , it was a pretty busy workweek here atMacworld , and we trust we ’ve facilitate you get caught up . We ’ll see you here next Saturday , presumably to enfold up Apple ’s announcements surrounding thenextnew version of Mac OS , 10.9 Jungle Elephant .
