{"id":14475,"date":"2012-07-26T01:10:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T17:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=14475"},"modified":"2024-08-07T17:25:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T09:25:25","slug":"mountain-lion-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/mountain-lion-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover 18 Hidden Features in macOS Mountain Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Leopard to Snow Leopard, Lion to the new Mountain Lion, Apple doesn\u2019t change much when it comes to User Interface. Once you have purchased Apple\u2019s latest Mac OS X operating system, the Mountain Lion, you would probably not notice any significant changes upon installation (some of you may say that it looks exactly like the Mac OS X Lion). But if you\u2019re wondering where the \u201cMountain\u201d makes a difference, this post is for you.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been playing with the new OS for a while now and in this post, you\u2019ll see some of the noticeable updates and new functions that have been made available on the Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Most of the new functions are on the inside and the good news is, it\u2019s a small learning curve to adapt to the changes.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cUniversal Access\u201d is now \u201cAccessibility\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>What was previously \u2018Universal Access\u2019 is now \u2018Accessibility\u2019, with an added left pane for better customization of your settings.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/new-accessibility.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"443\" alt=\"New Accessibility settings in Mountain Lion\"><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/old-universal-access.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"535\" alt=\"Old Universal Access settings\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Share App Store Apps<\/h2>\n<p>Discovered a cool app or installed something you\u2019d like to share among your peers and friends? The new App Store now provides you with a copy link to the app you like which you can share with friends and even tweet.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/app-sharing.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"303\" alt=\"App sharing feature in App Store\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Sharing is now easier<\/h2>\n<p>Apple has added a sharing icon to most of their native applications: Preview, TextEdit, Safari, Notes, etc. It allows you to share almost anything instantly with your friends over instant messaging (Messenger), email, Twitter, Flickr, or Facebook. Be sure to sign in with your social network accounts under <strong>System Preferences &gt; Mail, Calendar and Contacts<\/strong> to take full advantage of this feature.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/safari-sharing.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" alt=\"Safari sharing options\"><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/notes-sharing.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" alt=\"Notes sharing options\"><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/preview-sharing.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" alt=\"Preview sharing options\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Calendar with a sidebar<\/h2>\n<p>The new calendar now comes with a sidebar, allowing you to navigate through iCloud and 3rd party calendars (Google and other delegates) easily.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/calendar-side-panel.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"294\" alt=\"Calendar sidebar in Mountain Lion\"><\/figure>\n<h2>\u201cContacts\u201d is the new \u201cAddress Book\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Don\u2019t panic if you can\u2019t find your Address Book app. It\u2019s now called <strong>Contacts<\/strong>, and it now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allows you to use your Twitter profile photo as your contact photo<\/li>\n<li>Combines the information of multiple services (Yahoo, Google, etc) your individual contacts may have into one single contact card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/contacts.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"279\" alt=\"Contacts app in Mountain Lion\"><\/figure>\n<h2>TextEdit becomes better<\/h2>\n<p>Mac\u2019s default text editor, TextEdit, gets better. You can now start a new document or edit an existing document from iCloud.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/textedit-from-cloud.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"242\" alt=\"TextEdit iCloud integration\"><\/figure>\n<p>Plus, there are a couple of cool new functions hidden within the title of your document:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can now edit the title on the fly, right there on the title.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/textedit-rename-title.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"177\" alt=\"Rename title in TextEdit\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Made a mistake with this version of the document? No problem. Just revert to older versions with a Time Machine-like user interface directly from the title.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/textedit-in-timemachine.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" alt=\"TextEdit Time Machine integration\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Notes is On the Mac<\/h2>\n<p>If you are a user of Notes in iOS, you\u2019ll be happy to know that it is now on the Mac OS X Mountain Lion. Now you can update your notes from the same iCloud account on any of your devices, iPhone, Mac, or iPad. Watch them sync on the fly.<\/p>\n<p>And here are a few more cool functions of Notes we\u2019ve noticed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support for folders<\/li>\n<li>Supports bullets and lists<\/li>\n<li>Allows attachment of photos and files<\/li>\n<li>Allows sharing of notes with peers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/notes.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" alt=\"Notes app in Mountain Lion\"><\/figure>\n<h2>A smarter Safari browser<\/h2>\n<p>It looks like Safari agreed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-chrome-for-ipad\/\">Chrome is cool<\/a> after all. It added two functions in Safari that we already see in Chrome:<\/p>\n<p>The URL bar is now a search bar like the Chrome Omnibox and displays search results as you type.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/safari-omnibox.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"295\" alt=\"Safari Omnibox feature\"><\/figure>\n<p>Safari now has its own Incognito mode: \u201cTell websites not to track me\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/do-not-track.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" alt=\"Safari do not track feature\"><\/figure>\n<h2>More Subtle features<\/h2>\n<p>Here are more small but still new features in the new Mac OS X Mountain Lion that we\u2019ve come to discover:<\/p>\n<p>Look, a <strong>small progress bar<\/strong> appears within the folder when you copy or download files.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/folder-progress-bar.jpg\" width=\"98\" height=\"70\" alt=\"Folder progress bar in Mountain Lion\"><\/figure>\n<p>You can now <strong>encrypt the entire drive<\/strong> by selecting the drive, right-clicking, and choosing <strong>Encrypt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/encrypt-drive.jpg\" width=\"284\" height=\"130\" alt=\"Encrypt drive option\"><\/figure>\n<p>A <strong>Search function has been added<\/strong> to the <strong>LaunchPad<\/strong> and <strong>Widget<\/strong> Dashboard.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/search-in-launchpad.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"163\" alt=\"Search function in LaunchPad\"><\/figure>\n<p>You can now<strong> organize your Widget apps into folders<\/strong>, just like on the iOS.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/widget-apps-in-folders.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"163\" alt=\"Widget apps organized in folders\"><\/figure>\n<p>If you like having your screensaver on, you can now use Photo Stream as the image source for your screensaver.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/photo-stream-as-screensaver.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"340\" alt=\"Photo Stream as screensaver\"><\/figure>\n<p>Lastly, a <strong>3-finger tap<\/strong> on any text file launches the Dictionary.<\/p>\n<h2>Shortcuts and Gestures<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Duplicate a file or folder on the fly with: <span class=\"key\">Command<\/span> + <span class=\"key\">D<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Launch \u201cAccessibility Options\u201d instantly with: <span class=\"key\">Command<\/span> + <span class=\"key\">Option<\/span> + <span class=\"key\">F5<\/span><\/li>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/accessibility-shortcut.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" alt=\"Accessibility shortcut\"><\/figure>\n<li>To <strong>access Notification<\/strong>, do a <em>two-finger<\/em> slide from right to left.<\/li>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/osx-mountain-lion-features\/slide-notification.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" alt=\"Slide notification gesture\"><\/figure>\n<li>You can now use <em>two- or three-finger swipes<\/em> to navigate through the <strong>Reminder Lists<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Leopard to Snow Leopard, Lion to the new Mountain Lion, Apple doesn\u2019t change much when it comes to User Interface. 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