Mac OS X 10.7: a Lion in Apple systems Application management: Launch pad and Mac App Store

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion introduces a new approach to application management, anticipated with the release of the beta version of Mac App Store last January, and is completed with the Launch pad features integrated into the operating system.




If the release of Mac App Store Apple wanted to offer the public a point of reference where to find, free of charge or for a fee, applications for the operating system, the purpose of Launch pad is to some extent, equal: put at the disposal of 'a reference point where you can find all the applications installed on your system. This is a solution that fits above the less savvy users, who may find it difficult to identify when there are no applications on the Dock because, perhaps, have no idea where to look.
Clicking on the icon shows a graphical representation of the Lion did the same wing of IOS springboard through which they appear, in one or more screens, the applications on the system. It 'best to make clear, however, that Launch pad only lists the applications in the "Applications" folder of your user and any subfolders, but is unable to detect any applications that have been installed in other locations, such as the Downloads folder . In this regard it would be better able to tell Launch pad to go into which folders to locate applications.


Just like you can with IOS, according to user needs, to group similar applications together into folders. In this case, each folder can contain up to 32 applications. The position is fully customizable applications and folders, similar to what you can do on the Apple mobile devices.

Apple wanted to tie in glove Mac App Store and Launch pad as soon as you start to download an application from the store, its icon appears in the window Launch pad accompanied by a progress bar to a representation of the file transfer. The application, once installed, will appear directly in Launch pad. If you want to uninstall an application downloaded from the App Store will be sufficient to hold the right mouse button and click on the little X that appears in the upper left corner of the icon, or drag the application to the trash.

Launch pad is, de facto, the first official Apple launcher (in the past similar functions were performed by third-party applications, we recall the most famous open source and Quicksilver), though savvy users use the search function time of Spotlight as quick launcher applications. Launch pad does not, however, is the only way to access the applications installed on your system, because the user can continue to operate in traditional ways. Still remains to be seen what the plans are evolving from Apple for this new feature, which visually represents the most obvious meeting point between the family Mac OS X and iPhone OS family.


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Mac OS X 10.7: a Lion in Apple systems Graphical interface and the Finder, some new

The new Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" introduces a new series of "cosmetic" in the GUI, even those who follow their own style of IOS. All buttons, pull-down menus, dialog text input, sliders and so the same approach modeled graphics that Apple has used for the operating system of their mobile devices. The result is a graphical interface, although not disrupted compared with that with Snow Leopard, even more simple and minimalist than found with previous versions of the system.

A Finder window in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

A Finder window in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
From the images we see how the new GUI has decreed the demise of the scroll bars permanent because the bars are displayed in the overlay when you make a scrolling content, and then disappear when you stop the operation. Also notice how the small icons on the sidebar being treated "monochrome".

The Finder is enriched by a new display mode: when the user decides to sort your files and folders according to a certain criterion, the Finder creates groups within the window corresponding to the policy, thus facilitating the identification of files.

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Mac OS X 10.7: a Lion in Apple systems Distribution and installation

Distribution and installation

The first truly new in Mac OS X 10.7 is in the mode of distribution to the public: Lion is the first of the Apple operating system to be distributed in the form of digital downloads. The platform chosen by Apple is obviously distribution Mac App Store, launched last January. The decision to sell the house in Cupertino also an operating system through its virtual store, is to explain clearly what the future vision in the software distribution: ban the physical media and digital delivery to the open road, with the likely consequence of seeing any optical drive disappear from the systems (at least the consumer, we believe that the optical drive on the professional machines will stand for some time) that Apple will begin selling soon.



The package of Lion is quite large: it is a download size of approximately 3.70 GB, which may be intractable by those who do not have a broadband connection from adequate performance. Apple tries to cater to these users in two ways: one version of Lion commercialized on USB drive (though at a higher price, as we shall see in the conclusions), and a custom installation service to be carried out at an Apple Store in the area of.

Once finished downloading the package, the screen will automatically appear with which to start the installation of Lion. And 'advisable, before proceeding with the actual installation, make a backup of your system to prevent the accidental loss of important data and documents.

The installation procedure will create a hidden boot partition size of 650MB which will take place through the actual installation of the operating system after a short reboot the machine. The same partition is then used later by the means appropriate to the activities of system recovery or to reinstall your operating system. Booting the machine from this partition you will have the usual installer's operating system already used by Apple in previous versions of Mac OS X.

It 'important to note that at this stage of the update the user interaction is not required, if not for the hard drive selection and acceptance of license terms. Disappears so any opportunity to customize the installation (such as the choice not to install certain items, perhaps not necessary for our activities in order to save disk space), since everything is conducted in a completely automatic. Finally, note that for the installation of Lion must have the latest version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.


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Mac OS X 10.7: a Lion in Apple systems Introduction

Introduction

Announced at a special event last month of October 2010, officially presented to the public during the last edition of the Worldwide Developer Conference in early June and is available on the market since July 20, 2011: we are talking about Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion", the last so-called "major release" of the operating system made by Apple.
He continues the tradition of the big cats: after Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard comes to what is recognized as the king of the iconography big cat, the lion, as if to indicate the achievement of the apogee Series Mac OS X, as we will explain in the article and summarize the conclusions, there is more of a clue pointing in this direction.



But let's see where he is going to fit the new Mac OS X 10.7 in the timeline of the major releases: Lion comes two years after the release on the market of Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard", a decidedly atypical in pattern of release of the Apple updates. The snow leopard fact represented the first major release of Apple without introducing any new features, making rather a series of major upgrades and changes behind the scenes. It was, in fact, a "tech releases" that, looking in hindsight, has paved the way for the development and release of Lion.

OS X 10.7 is actually proposed to the public with a fair number of new features (and without any distortion technology under the shell) connected by one common thread, that the ex-CEO Steve Jobs summed up very well during the presentation of last October with the slogan "Back to the Mac." Slogan, which then had a double meaning: first, bring attention to the operating system after months of Apple's spotlight on other areas (iPhone and iPad in particular), and secondly, the will to carry on the Mac developed a series of evolutions of IOS , specifically for the Apple portable devices, which can be effectively extended the scope desktop .

The article will gather the news of the latest release of Apple's operating system, trying to discover what connection there is with the "little brother" IOS and, above all, trying to figure out what the future path that Apple has begun to outline with the new Lion.


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New range of keyboards, headsets and mouse for Corsair

The American Corsair announced a new family of peripherals for the PC world; the goal is to make undeclared Corsair, over time, a company that becomes a reference point for the user looking for enthusiastic members for their system, with the only exception to the processor, motherboard and video card.

The range of solutions, Corsair has in fact already expanded a lot over the last few years: the memoirs, historical core product company, has in fact passed to the chassis and power supplies, adding more recently, speakers and headphones.

The new courses cover new headphones, developed specifically for gamers, as well as keyboards and mice. The models Vengeance 1100, 1300 and 1500 have different technical characteristics, although accumulate by the presence of a microphone. Vengeance 1500 and 1300 has similar structure, proving to be the most voluminous because of the ear by 50 mm in diameter. We also find microphone with noise reduction device. Vengeance 1500 uses a USB connection and allows you to handle the Dolby Headphone technology, then simulate playback in 5.1 and 7.1. Vengeance has 1300 connections instead of traditional jack. The first solution is proposed at $ 99 list, $ 79 while those required for Vengeance 1300.

The third model of headset, Vengeance 1100, using 40 mm headset microphone with noise reduction maintaining and wired jack with the supplied USB adapter. In this case, the fastening system is back with a headband.

Vengeance in the new range are also two new mice and two keyboards. Vengeance M60 mouse is a proposed $ 69.99, with 8 programmable keys; Vengeance M90 , at a price of $ 79.99, offers 15 programmable buttons and a memory which can store up to 6 distinct profiles. Both are laser sensor, 1.8-meter cable with USB connection and 5,700 DPI.

K60 and K90 Vengeance keyboards are equipped with mechanical switches, with the top surface of metal. K60 Vengeance is proposed to be $ 109.99 list; Vengeance K90 , at a price of $ 129.99, includes as many as 24 extra G keys, and can store game profiles due to an internal memory.


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Vulnerabilities in control systems of power plants, military and production

There is a report that shows the last hours in the emergency created by Styx net memory, a sophisticated threat that last year has raised many important concerns about the possible repercussions. Several sites reported the news abroad that the researcher Luigi Auriemma would have detected and reported multiple vulnerabilities of products called SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).

This kind of device is used in industrial management and control of processes and notes from Auriemma also find a list of manufacturers involved in the problem: Beckh off Measure Soft, Rockwell, Carrel, Progea Azeo Tech and Cogent. These devices are used for the management of energy networks, to aerospace or military projects, so in scenarios of use are far from the end-user and highly strategic.

The vulnerabilities would allow the third parties 'execution of remote code and in some cases the construction of a Do S attack. As we wrote at the beginning, as identified by Luigi Auriemma reported Stux net the mind but also reflect on what makes computer security has strategic importance. Various online sources, citing major stakeholders, emphasize how embarrassing it is to discover similar problems of such systems is delegated to a task so critical and delicate.

Often it is assumed that the SCADA solutions are made to operate in an environment made safe by other infrastructure, but the problem arises when the system itself is exposed. Stux net has certainly brought attention to the problem, but as noted by Luigi Auriemma could be of concern, when some manufacturers have already solved the problems detected and is still waiting for official statements, discussions and explanations.


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In 2011, 375 billion photos will be snapped, almost all digital

The blog 1000memories.com has launched an interesting calculation on the number of images taken since the dawn of photography to ogi, using many different bases to estimate. Interesting is the method used to estimate the number of images taken between 1901 (date of birth of the first consumer camera, the Kodak Brownie) and 1984 from which time PMIA Silver Institute and began to publish detailed annual data: analysts created a function that relates the number of pictures taken on the number of employees at the giant Kodak, and the production of cameras and rolls of film has done for years, the real part of lion.

Certainly it is not a reliable estimate of absolute numbers, but can give a measure of plausible trends, assuming that most pictures are taken more necessary it is being produced films and cameras. As we said the data are more accurate after 1984, and bear witness to an almost exponential growth in the number of shots taken over the world.



Interesting is the breakdown of film photography after 2000, when there was the record high of 85 billion photos taken on film. The advent of digital, much of which for Kodak was a pioneer but then missed the train more importantly, supporting a real explosion of the phenomenon: it is estimated that the current year will close with 375 billion shots.

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HP-PC, this is the name of the spin off of the PC business?

The President of HD, Ray Lane, has provided some information on the future of the PC division of the U.S. . The fate of this group, responsible for an annual turnover exceeding 40 billion dollars, is now clearly defined: to become an independent company through a spin off from HP.

What name will be adopted for this new company? A choice has not yet been made but it would make sense to include in each case that HP at home, so as to give continuity to customers and partners. HP-PC may therefore be an estimate of valid, even if it does not seem to be the best brand dell appeal.

During an interview conducted with the site CRN Lane has also provided some interesting information about some of the motivations that drive investors to operate in the company of HP. At the base of some innovation, history and structure that HP has always sought over the years, as a simple and direct return on investment. This is not surprising: an investor, by its nature, is in search of maximum profit and this is before any consideration linked to the goodness or otherwise of products that are developed or in the case of a company like HP as much innovation to be developed inside.

The PC market, however, Lane has increasingly become a second so-called commodity business, where in the face of high volume and turnover is very high due to serve extremely low margins. And 'the rest is this motivation that prompted HP to the decision to separate the activities related to the PC from its other businesses, thus attempting to maintain in-house only the divisions that can ensure a high marginal


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