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Apple releases Mountain Lion

• “AirPlay Mirroring” is one of the biggest new features in Mountain Lion and has immense business and education potential. AirPlay Mirroring uses industry standard encryption and thus is a secure presentation system.


• “Dictation” is another major feature. It works in any app, can be invoked by a keyboard shortcut, and is integrated with Contacts so that if you say a contact’s name, Mountain Lion will understand you an accurately type the person’s name (even if that name doesn’t have an obvious phonetic spelling).


• Easy one-click encryption of storage devices like flash drives and external hard drives using a contextual menu (left-click) in the Finder is a major feature for professionals that need to comply with data security and privacy policies, regulations, or laws. Apple has improved File Vault management options over Lion for organizations or users that need whole-disk encryption. Apple has also submitted Mountain Lion’s security and encryption to the U.S. government for FIPS certification, which is required by many government agencies (including the Department of Defence) and by many government and military contractors.


• Gatekeeper security and application signing, which ensures apps haven’t been tampered with or damaged after being installed (application signing has been around since Leopard, but Gatekeeper and Apple’s Developer ID program really highlight its importance).


• “Messages” includes several capabilities useful to business users. Secure and encrypted messaging to other Mac and iOS device users is one stand out feature. Group messaging and shared conversations are displayed across devices making it easy to carry on a conversation. Messages offers the ability to see if a message has been delivered, read, or if the other person(s) is typing a response. Messages can also be searched and forwarded. All of that has a lot of business potential.


• “Messages”, like iChat before it, supports screen sharing and the ability to push a presentation or recorded video to chat participants (this isn’t new, but it has great business potential and is worth mentioning). Screen sharing also adds the ability to drag and drop files between the Mac you’re currently using and one you’re viewing/controlling remotely.


• “Notes” is another new feature that’s pretty big. Notes can sync across Macs and devices using iCloud or other systems that support content syncing like Yahoo Mail, GMail, AOL Instant Messenger, Exchange, and most email systems. You can also double-click notes to pin them to the desktop outside Note’s main window.


• Like Notifications, “Reminders” is an excellent business feature. You can set reminders for common tasks, events, and other items. Since items can be activated by location, you can schedule reminders specific to certain offices and worksites as well as to client and customer offices or residences. You can also create Mac-specific reminders that don’t get triggered on iOS devices.


• “Notification Centre” is another major new feature that is implemented across many apps and therefore let’s business users tailor notifications to specific needs (project management, scheduling, customer contact, and almost anything else).