Other perks include delivery and read receipts, as well as switching to FaceTime calls with a click. You can also share documents (up to 100MB). One of our favorite features is the ability to drag and drop photos and even videos (up to 10MB) to a message. Just start typing to send a new message, and you can add additional recipients just as you would in an email for easy group messaging. Too bad Facebook isn't on board.Ĭlick to EnlargeGetting started is simple. It enables you to send iMessages to any iOS device, as well as instant messages to iChat, Google Talk, AIM, Yahoo and Jabber users. Messages is yet another Mountain Lion app with iCloud as the backbone. Syncing between the MacBook Pro with Retina Display, iPhone 4S and third-generation iPad via iCloud was practically instantaneous over Wi-Fi, but took 20 to 30 seconds over 3G. In our testing, this feature worked smoothly. That way, you can create a reminder on your Mac and then your iPhone can remind you when you're arriving or leaving a place you designate (e.g., home or work). The Reminders app for Mountain Lion borrows one of our favorite features for iOS 5, which is the ability to add a location to a task. At least you can share notes via Mail or Messages. Unfortunately, the images don't appear on your iPad or iPhone, just lame paperclip icons that tell you something's attached. We quickly put together a gadget wish list this way. You can also drag and drop a picture from pretty much anywhere, including the Web. You can add bullet points, make numbered lists and format text. This makes it easy, for instance, to keep your tasks open on one side of the screen while you work on the other side.Ĭlick to EnlargeThe Notes app for Mountain Lion adds a few other features you won't find on the iPad. Apple makes them more multitasking-friendly by letting you pin any to-do list or note to your desktop by double-clicking it. (Cough, TweetDeck.)Ĭlick to EnlargeThough they look similar, the Reminders and Notes apps in Mountain Lion aren't just carbon copies of their iOS counterparts. We can't wait for third-party developers to sink their teeth into the Notifications API. Want finer control over notifications? System Preferences gives you a ton of options, including re-ordering apps in Notification Center, choosing the number of items that appear at once and the alert style. ![]() You can now toggle all alerts and banners off just by swiping up with two fingers within the Notification Center. Alerts (for things like appointments) will stay on the screen until you either close it or hit Show to open the related app.Ĭlick to EnlargeIf you really need to focus on your work and don't want any distractions, you'll be glad to know that Apple has added a nice feature since the Developer Preview. ![]() If you click on a banner, it will open the corresponding app. Just swipe with two fingers to whisk banners off the screen. Banners (for things like incoming email and messages) disappear after five seconds, but you don't even have to wait that long. You can even post Twitter and (soon) Facebook updates right from this area using Share Sheets.Ĭlick to EnlargeMountain Lion delivers two types of notifications: banners and alerts. Just swipe with two fingers from the right side of the trackpad to see incoming emails, upcoming appointments, Twitter notifications, and more. That's why Notification Center will be a breath of fresh air. Just because Macs have bigger screens than iPads that doesn't mean alerts can't get annoying.
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