![]() A pinching motion brings the interface onscreen, and apps are opened with a tap. AdvertisementĪ new feature called Launchpad arranges apps as icons, similar to home screens on iOS. In-app purchases will also be routed through the App Store. In Lion, the App Store will be integrated into the OS, including push notifications, sandboxing, and delta updates. Pressing the spacebar with the cursor hovered over a window shows the window in Quick Look Mode, and dragging a set of windows up to the Spaces bar can set them up in a new Space.Īpple was pushing hard for the use of the Mac App Store, though apparently with good reason: the Mac App Store has become the number one PC software channel since opening in January, according to Schiller, besting Walmart, Office Depot, and Best Buy. ![]() A three-finger upward swipe brings up a screen that shows all open windows grouped by application and the user's set of Spaces along the top of the screen. Lion will also combine the current app and desktop management systems, Exposé and Spaces, into one interface named Mission Control. The demoed version of Safari also lacked a scroll bar, instead relying on flick-gesture scrolling. Users can swipe between fullscreened applications or back to the desktop, and applications like Safari can interpret a two-finger swipe as an instruction to browse forward or back. The gestures are meant to pair with a new, pared-down fullscreen mode for applications. Multitouch gestures will be integrated system-wide, with scrolling, taps, and pinches able to be used in all apps. Schiller noted that 73 percent of Mac sales are notebooks, positioning Apple to take advantage of all the multitouch possibilities afforded by trackpads. The new operating system will arrive in July for $29, and includes changes to multitouch and app interaction, as well as more slides toward OS X's convergence with iOS. Ten new features of Apple's next iteration of the Mac operating system, Mac OS X Lion, were highlighted at Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference today by Senior Vice President of Product Marketing Phil Schiller.
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