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“Lion is going to bring a lot of iOS back to the Mac. We’re going to see revamped user interfaces for Mail, iCal, borrowing from those icon metaphors and UI styles,” Alvares writes. “Everything is going to look much cleaner than before, much like QuickTime X did with its previous version (though I hope not at the cost of power and functionality). But where iOS segregates its functionality into ‘apps’, the Mac will feature a more integrated workflow of its different services. Imagine the Mail app featuring the Address Book and iCal interfaces in one single glorified window. The same addressbook showing up in iChat, ready for FaceTime.”
Alvares writes, “The thought of running iOS apps on a mouse/keyboard environment is sour at best, and Apple would never go for it. Those are touch based user interfaces, depending on a lot of functionality inherent on those devices, that would not work on any Mac as we know it. They just wouldn’t work. But what if Apple introduces a new way of writing Mac specific applications that are kind of like iOS apps?”
Read more speculation in the full article – recommended – here.
“The fox provides for himself, God provides for the lion!”
– William Blake
“The fox provides for himself, God provides for the lion!”
– William Blake
The Lion is beginning to roar.
The Lion is beginning to roar.
Simple improvements like offering widescreen preview in Mail is LONG OVERDUE and should never have to wait for the next OS.
Please Apple, deliver simple improvements between your 18-24 month OS upgrade cycle.
Simple improvements like offering widescreen preview in Mail is LONG OVERDUE and should never have to wait for the next OS.
Please Apple, deliver simple improvements between your 18-24 month OS upgrade cycle.
Beats Ballmer’s lion.
Beats Ballmer’s lion.
Mac OS X is dying. The new king will be iOS. We will start to see Apple go down this path. Desktop computers will become larger variations of the iPad. I’m excited, the rest of the world is catching up and Apple is headed for the future at full speed. I believe Lion will be the first hybrid Apple OS.
Mac OS X is dying. The new king will be iOS. We will start to see Apple go down this path. Desktop computers will become larger variations of the iPad. I’m excited, the rest of the world is catching up and Apple is headed for the future at full speed. I believe Lion will be the first hybrid Apple OS.
“Speculation” is “recommended”? Yawn.
——RM
“Speculation” is “recommended”? Yawn.
——RM
If it _is_ a full version of what we know as Mac OS X, I’d like these:
– Resolution independence.
– iTunes rewritten fully in Cocoa.
– Modern file system replacement for HFS+
If it _is_ a full version of what we know as Mac OS X, I’d like these:
– Resolution independence.
– iTunes rewritten fully in Cocoa.
– Modern file system replacement for HFS+
Apple, support for DFS Please!
Apple, support for DFS Please!
Okay Apple, the cats had a nice run but now it’s time OS X took to the sky in search of loftier heights.
Let’s start with birds of prey, like Falcons, please!
Respectfully,
Okay Apple, the cats had a nice run but now it’s time OS X took to the sky in search of loftier heights.
Let’s start with birds of prey, like Falcons, please!
Respectfully,
sounds just like a rehash of this article from the other day
http://www.derekunderwood.com/general-computer/mac-os-107-lion-brings-amazing-features/
sounds just like a rehash of this article from the other day
http://www.derekunderwood.com/general-computer/mac-os-107-lion-brings-amazing-features/
@G4Dualie
How about a compromise? The Griffin!
@G4Dualie
How about a compromise? The Griffin!
It is OS X 10.7 aka Lion.
It is OS X 10.7 aka Lion.
What if my iPad was the interface necessary to run iOS apps on my Mac or Apple TV?
Makes sense to me, sitting comfortably in a recliner, or on the bed with my iPad playing Angry Birds on the TV or my Mac. Instead of using the iPad’s display for animation, use the screen for score boards, virtual controls, maps, instant-replay, IM and chat, etc.
And then I woke up…
What if my iPad was the interface necessary to run iOS apps on my Mac or Apple TV?
Makes sense to me, sitting comfortably in a recliner, or on the bed with my iPad playing Angry Birds on the TV or my Mac. Instead of using the iPad’s display for animation, use the screen for score boards, virtual controls, maps, instant-replay, IM and chat, etc.
And then I woke up…
@radius
Excellent choice!
@radius
Excellent choice!
iOS running on any Mac with the Magic Trackpad. Or a new trackpad integrated keyboard. Imagine, 10 app windows running side by side at the touch of a keystroke.
Truly MAGICAL!
iOS running on any Mac with the Magic Trackpad. Or a new trackpad integrated keyboard. Imagine, 10 app windows running side by side at the touch of a keystroke.
Truly MAGICAL!
Why not rewrite Dashboard to where it can run games written for iOS. With a laptop trackpad or the new Bluetooth trackpad- it’s doable.
As to the posts that OSX is dying- that would mean that iOS is dying as us is based on a subset of OSX by Apple’s own statements.
Why not rewrite Dashboard to where it can run games written for iOS. With a laptop trackpad or the new Bluetooth trackpad- it’s doable.
As to the posts that OSX is dying- that would mean that iOS is dying as us is based on a subset of OSX by Apple’s own statements.
Add plugins to QuickTimeX, like the last real version of QuickTime.
Add plugins to QuickTimeX, like the last real version of QuickTime.
@kcwookie
This is absolute nonsense. Remember Steve Jobs example of cars and trucks. Each kind have its purpose and even when there 10 times more cars then trucks they will never make the trucks go away. So Apple will sell ten times more iOS devices then Macs but for certain tasks you will need big mashines also in the future.
Lion will offer perfect integration with the cloud (MobileMe) and the cloud will be the seamless link between MacOS and iOS devices. iLife 11 and iWork will show the way.
@kcwookie
This is absolute nonsense. Remember Steve Jobs example of cars and trucks. Each kind have its purpose and even when there 10 times more cars then trucks they will never make the trucks go away. So Apple will sell ten times more iOS devices then Macs but for certain tasks you will need big mashines also in the future.
Lion will offer perfect integration with the cloud (MobileMe) and the cloud will be the seamless link between MacOS and iOS devices. iLife 11 and iWork will show the way.
A silly but possibly related question has Apple done anything with it’s new billion dollar server farm? Is it up and ready to go yet?
A silly but possibly related question has Apple done anything with it’s new billion dollar server farm? Is it up and ready to go yet?
@kcwookie
I think you are confusing “dying” with transforming. Big difference.
@kcwookie
I think you are confusing “dying” with transforming. Big difference.
“What will Mac OS X Lion deliver?”
Pizza?
“What will Mac OS X Lion deliver?”
Pizza?
What if:
• iChat FaceTime compatibility with a Windows version too.
• HDMI output on all Mac (just like the Mac mini)
• DVR HD recording into one or any of the Macs or iOS devices
• .mac Membership live TV streaming (like Netflix, Hulu, …) from the Billion Dollar Server Farm w/ DVR like storage.
• AirPlay compatible
What if:
• iChat FaceTime compatibility with a Windows version too.
• HDMI output on all Mac (just like the Mac mini)
• DVR HD recording into one or any of the Macs or iOS devices
• .mac Membership live TV streaming (like Netflix, Hulu, …) from the Billion Dollar Server Farm w/ DVR like storage.
• AirPlay compatible
TRIM for SSD drives, please? Had this SSD boot drive for almost a year and I’m loving it. Would really like to be able to do maintenance on it though.
TRIM for SSD drives, please? Had this SSD boot drive for almost a year and I’m loving it. Would really like to be able to do maintenance on it though.
Well, I don’t know specifically what Apple will do, but:
They’ve always used software as a means to drive hardware sales, so there’ll be new things that use touch/multitouch in order to give people incentives to buy new Apple hardware.
Aside from that a replacement for HFS+ is long overdue.
Well, I don’t know specifically what Apple will do, but:
They’ve always used software as a means to drive hardware sales, so there’ll be new things that use touch/multitouch in order to give people incentives to buy new Apple hardware.
Aside from that a replacement for HFS+ is long overdue.
ARM support, allowing new laptops with iPad-like battery life. The only sacrifice is Windows compatibility.
ARM support, allowing new laptops with iPad-like battery life. The only sacrifice is Windows compatibility.
Hopefully improve OpenGL support with 10.7. Improve support to 3.0 eventually get over that hump and move towards 4.0.
Hopefully improve OpenGL support with 10.7. Improve support to 3.0 eventually get over that hump and move towards 4.0.
@My Weird Theory:
Soon, Windows compatibility will be a no-issue.
Windows days are counted
@My Weird Theory:
Soon, Windows compatibility will be a no-issue.
Windows days are counted
NTFS read/write support would be a nice feature.
It’s not a big deal, but it is kind of annoying when I’m using someone else’s external hard drive, and I have to explain what a file system is, and why my computer can read but can’t write to the file system on their hard drive. It disrupts that whole flow of plug-and-play and it-just-works I’m so accustomed to.
There is an open source NTFS file system driver, and some proprietary ones sold with external hard drives, but I would have much better peace of mind if it Apple added it to the kernel for me.
NTFS read/write support would be a nice feature.
It’s not a big deal, but it is kind of annoying when I’m using someone else’s external hard drive, and I have to explain what a file system is, and why my computer can read but can’t write to the file system on their hard drive. It disrupts that whole flow of plug-and-play and it-just-works I’m so accustomed to.
There is an open source NTFS file system driver, and some proprietary ones sold with external hard drives, but I would have much better peace of mind if it Apple added it to the kernel for me.
@MacDoc
If you are saying MS DFS then you are already behind in technology…
@MacDoc
If you are saying MS DFS then you are already behind in technology…
I’d like to see full read-write support for ZFS from the Finder. Now that Steve’s good buddy, Larry Ellison, controls ZFS through his purchase of Sun, maybe Apple will make the transition to the file system of the future.
I’d like to see full read-write support for ZFS from the Finder. Now that Steve’s good buddy, Larry Ellison, controls ZFS through his purchase of Sun, maybe Apple will make the transition to the file system of the future.
@Ralph
I was thinking the same thing.
@Ralph
I was thinking the same thing.
“The thought of running iOS apps on a mouse/keyboard environment is sour at best, and Apple would never go for it.”
Easily dealt with. All Macbooks include a touch interface via the mousepad. And other Macs (like my ’08 iMac) will support the optional Touchpad.
“The thought of running iOS apps on a mouse/keyboard environment is sour at best, and Apple would never go for it.”
Easily dealt with. All Macbooks include a touch interface via the mousepad. And other Macs (like my ’08 iMac) will support the optional Touchpad.
Mister Snitch: “What will Mac OS X Lion deliver?” Pizza?
Nah. Blonde antelope.
Mister Snitch: “What will Mac OS X Lion deliver?” Pizza?
Nah. Blonde antelope.
@ Ralph M and G4Dualie
ZFS has had some serious “patent issues” with NetApp suing Sun. But now tat there appears to be a <a href=”http://www.sunhelp.org/2010/09/10/oracle-netapp-settle-zfs-patent-lawsuit/”>settlement<a>, maybe it can happen.
@ Ralph M and G4Dualie
ZFS has had some serious “patent issues” with NetApp suing Sun. But now tat there appears to be a <a href=”http://www.sunhelp.org/2010/09/10/oracle-netapp-settle-zfs-patent-lawsuit/”>settlement<a>, maybe it can happen.
I don’t know what OS X Lion will be like, but I do know that OS X Leopard is 2 years old and Snow Leopard is little more than a Leopard update. Snow Leopard is also buggier than Leopard ever was. So like many others, I’m waiting patiently and hoping to be impressed.
I don’t know what OS X Lion will be like, but I do know that OS X Leopard is 2 years old and Snow Leopard is little more than a Leopard update. Snow Leopard is also buggier than Leopard ever was. So like many others, I’m waiting patiently and hoping to be impressed.
Please, NO not like iTunes!
It looks and operates like something Microsoft would have done on a severe ADHD day!
Go back to simplicity, like when you plug in something like an iPhone, a camera, etc
It opens up you drag a file from the device to where you want it on your Mac.
Don’t want to have a personal relationship with it. If I put 75 cents in a Coke machine, I want a Coke to come out, not also a guy asking me if I want fries with that, where would I like to sit to drink my Coke, do I want to change the color of my Coke can!!!!!! …………….give me a break, just want it kept simple.
Please, NO not like iTunes!
It looks and operates like something Microsoft would have done on a severe ADHD day!
Go back to simplicity, like when you plug in something like an iPhone, a camera, etc
It opens up you drag a file from the device to where you want it on your Mac.
Don’t want to have a personal relationship with it. If I put 75 cents in a Coke machine, I want a Coke to come out, not also a guy asking me if I want fries with that, where would I like to sit to drink my Coke, do I want to change the color of my Coke can!!!!!! …………….give me a break, just want it kept simple.
So, if the next OS was called Cougar, what sort of features would she offer, and what sort of accessories would she wear?
So, if the next OS was called Cougar, what sort of features would she offer, and what sort of accessories would she wear?
@Nomoremsbs We have already had a cougar os 10.1 was puma. And like most cougars its really throwing some makeup on something that is really nasty.
Cougar, puma, and mountain lions are all the same cat, After lion Jobs has run out of big cats except for the Cloud Leopard, I guess we have to look forward to MacOS Lynx or Bobcat, Maybe Maine Coon, they are pretty big too.
@Nomoremsbs We have already had a cougar os 10.1 was puma. And like most cougars its really throwing some makeup on something that is really nasty.
Cougar, puma, and mountain lions are all the same cat, After lion Jobs has run out of big cats except for the Cloud Leopard, I guess we have to look forward to MacOS Lynx or Bobcat, Maybe Maine Coon, they are pretty big too.
No major file system changes until OS XI. That will take some time.
No major file system changes until OS XI. That will take some time.
Make sure MGM cannot sue for brand name infringement.
Make sure MGM cannot sue for brand name infringement.
“A silly but possibly related question has Apple done anything with it’s new billion dollar server farm? Is it up and ready to go yet?”
Nope. Haven’t even broken ground yet.
“A silly but possibly related question has Apple done anything with it’s new billion dollar server farm? Is it up and ready to go yet?”
Nope. Haven’t even broken ground yet.
I’m worried that my intel MacBook pro 2006 won’t be able to run it :/
I’m worried that my intel MacBook pro 2006 won’t be able to run it :/
I thought they’d be kicking 20 goals a game, what with a good (but ageing) midfield and 2 of the best forwards in the competition plying their trade for Brisbane.
http://renadexwarning.com
I thought they’d be kicking 20 goals a game, what with a good (but ageing) midfield and 2 of the best forwards in the competition plying their trade for Brisbane.
http://renadexwarning.com
I’m hoping takes a proactive approach and beefs up Mac OS X security. Full ASLR, DEP, a port of FreeBSD Jails, a port of the PF firewall, a port of FreeBSD Capsicum, the addition of security utilities like sshguard, some form of IDS, auditing etc… built in to OS X.
ZFS would be nice if the licensing issue gets resolved.
I’m hoping takes a proactive approach and beefs up Mac OS X security. Full ASLR, DEP, a port of FreeBSD Jails, a port of the PF firewall, a port of FreeBSD Capsicum, the addition of security utilities like sshguard, some form of IDS, auditing etc… built in to OS X.
ZFS would be nice if the licensing issue gets resolved.