Mac OS X Lion's top 20 features: The InfoWorld visual tour
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion has dozens of new features, big and small. Here are the top 20 for professional users
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Welcome to Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
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Whole-disk encryption for the startup disk
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Backup and external disk encryption
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Configuration policies for setup and restrictions
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A new Server application
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Automatic, internal file versioning
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Locking files against accidental saves
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Drag-and-drop file-sharing across the network
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Viewing your entire Mac's contents, sorted
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More powerful file previewing
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Previews when you search in Spotlight
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A system preference for all your accounts
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Managing your location privacy
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Navigating your apps and windows via Mission Control
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iOS-style application navigation
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Secondary bookmarking in Safari
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A new view of your email
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A more iPad-like iCal and Address Book
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The Mac now speaks multiple languages
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Let your fingers do the walking
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Forget about syncing with iOS devices -- it's automatic
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Secondary bookmarking in Safari
If you're not careful, your bookmarks list can get out of hand with dozens and dozens of links to articles you meant to read and then forgot about, mixed in with the bookmarks to websites you visit regularly. Safari 5.1, which is introduced with Mac OS X Lion, adds a separate facillity called Reading List to store the links to online articles you mean to read, so they don't get mixed in with your "real" bookmarks. Reading List can even be set to not display a link once you've read it. Reading List is also promised for iOS 5, so your list will be available on all your devices -- and kept current through iCloud syncing.
Also at InfoWorld.com:
- Lion letdowns: Biggest disappointments in the new Mac OS X
- Get the key details on Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud
- How to bring Macs into your business
- What you need to know about Mac security
- Mac App Store: The way all software is going
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