(Go with a three-finger swipe to the side instead and you'd would be looking at another open full-screen app.)Īpple notes that 'Mail, iCal, Safari, Photo Booth, FaceTime, Preview, and other built-in apps come with full-screen capability. Another tap and things are back to normal. You've got a gorgeous display on your Mac, so why not take full advantage of every single pixel? With Lion's new full-screen app feature, you can.Īll you need to do is tap a button in the corner of an app's window and - boom! - suddenly that app is able to take over your whole display. They'll feel entirely natural and as if they've always been a part of your computing tasks. A quick two-finger tap or a pinching gesture will let you zoom in and out on whatever's on your screen.Īll of these gestures may sound complicated, but after using Lion for a brief while, you'll find yourself not even thinking about them. Two fingers are all that's needed to scroll up and down through documents and websites or to swipe through content as if it's part of a book. Swiping to the side with three fingers, on the other hand, will let you switch between full-screen apps. You can swipe up with three fingers to view Mission Control and see every open window on your Mac. You can now control more features and content than ever simply by tapping, swiping, scrolling or pinching your fingertips across your trackpad or Magic Mouse. Lion slightly alters the way you interact with your computer by adding a some powerful multi-touch gestures. Yes, that sounds like a lot, so we're just going to focus on the highlights, the little gems, and the handful of annoying parts in order to give you a general overview of Apple's latest feline-themed update.

Is it worth the money and time? We think so.Īccording to Apple, Lion is how the company will challenge 'the accepted way of doing things by introducing new features that change the way you use a computer.' What does that even mean though? It means that there are more than 250 new features, tweaks, additions, and changes crammed into Lion. It's priced at $29.99 and - based on a guesstimate of average download speeds - will probably take most people about an hour to download.

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion - the latest version of Apple's popular operating system - is now available through the Mac App Store.

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