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Twitter: Photo Booth can set profile picture Facebook will come later Messages: iChat is now Messages Notification Center: Disable temporarily with ⌥-click Tweet from NC when Twitter account is configured in Sys Prefs NC will be disabled when presenting. Configure in System Preferences Growl Hiss Mountain Growl Growl 2 in beta NCbackgrounder Sharing: Shortcut to send: ⇧⌘D Set custom shortcuts per Keyboard Shortcuts Mail New options in Mail to send page, link, or PDF. Twitter from Notification Center AirDrop: AirDrop for older MacBooks Mail: VIPs iCloud: iCloud is everywhere TextEdit: Pinch to zoom Documents in the cloud Preview: Documents in the cloud Sharing Calendar: Previously named iCal The calendar list is back All “todos” have moved to Reminders Reminders: Is able to create location aware reminders Swipe between lists View multiple lists at once with ⌘-click Notes: Change default font Pin notes Safari: Do Not Track Smart search field combines search and address bar Offline reading list Saves articles for reading. Downloads articles over multiple pages. Syncs with iOS 6 Tab view Pinch with two finger ⇧⌘ iCloud tabs syncs tabs with iOS 6 devices Finder: Inline progress for downloads and file copies Easy encryption of devices QuickLook with three-finger tap-gesture Game Center: Chess has Game Center integration Mac App Store: OS X updates integrated Apps push to other computer Notifications for updates Gatekeeper: Saves users from malware (hopefully) Time Machine: Backup to multiple locations Encrypted bakups Launchpad: Search is automatically highlighted Spotlight and Launchpad search for initial characters in apps, e.g. “ft” to find “FaceTime” Dock: New look Dragging icons inadvertently out of the Dock is now harder. Drag icon and hold it for a while until the “poof” appears Dictation: Shortcut: fn-fn Dictation Switcher Auto Save: Document management directly from the menubar Move To…: doesn’t move to trash Rename… Save To…: is back, but is called “Duplicate” Revert to… Accessibility: Summon Accessibility pane with global shortcut: ⌥⌘F5 Other: Full screen on any display Drag app to display and press fullscreen Doesn’t work with two apps… Drag and drop files in screen sharing Screen saver Photo Stream screen saver New screen saver slideshows Photo picker allows to choose Faces X11 and Java install on demand Exclusive for newer models AirPlay Mirroring requires “newer model” MacBook New H.264 video chip that is not built into earlier laptops is required. The chip is also found in the iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and 3. They are responsible for encoding the mirroring signal there. Power Nap Only available for customers of “SSD” laptops. Also only for newer models. Installs updates and runs backups while Mac is sleeping QuickTime X High performance H.264 encoding Also only for newer models This is not everything John Siracusa’s OS X Mountain Lion Review at Ars Technica