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The editors liked

  • Implementation of key iOS features such as AirPlay Mirroring
  • ICloud support
  • Reminders and Messages service
  • Notifications
  • AirPlay Mirroring
  • ICloud
  • Twitter
  • Sharing
  • New Safari
  • Low impact of Gatekeeper
  • Share sheets
  • Mission Control better
  • AirPlay mirroring
  • Apple’s Notification Centre works like a charm
  • Popping up alerts in a sidebar reminiscent of the notification tray on your iPhone. You can mute it whenever you want
  • And even integrate the popular Growl service in too
  • So all of your existing apps will work with with it. iCloud meanwhile now automatically keeps your documents stored safely online lest your MacBook get nicked
  • As well as Notes an
  • Cheap
  • ICloud enhancements are great
  • New Safari is excellent
  • Notifications proved handy
  • Lots of new features
  • Notifications Center
  • Inexpensive
  • Notification Center removes pop-up clutter
  • Built-in social networking
  • Integrated Dictation tool
  • Excellent dictation
  • Slick notifications
  • ICloud integration
  • New apps that match iOS counterparts
  • Extensive cloud
  • Based sync features
  • Great new social sharing aspects
  • New Gaming Centre and AirPlay Mirroring
  • Well thought out security features

The editors didn't like

  • Gatekeeper security could make life more difficult for developers
  • And limit software growth
  • Dashboard Launchpad Mission Control still confusing
  • No Facebook or YouTube share support
  • AirPlay Mirroring good but not perfect
  • Awkward iCloud documents
  • IMessages needs work
  • Tab View too restricted
  • No custom Finder groups
  • Finder icons still mono
  • First up
  • Not every Mac can run OS X Mountain Lion
  • So check before you upgrade - regular MacBooks from before 2008 are out
  • For instance. And sometimes
  • Apple’s iCloud integration is at the expense of convenience. For instance
  • TextEdit used to be a quick way to just start typing - click once and go. Now
  • It takes much longer to boot up
  • And drops you into a splash screen asking you where you wa
  • Removal of RSS feeds from Safari and Mail
  • IMessage needs work
  • Rating
  • Design still harks back to last century
  • Loss of native RSS functions from Safari and Mail
  • Power Nap not universal
  • Another update already?
  • Dictation requires internet
  • Trivial inconsistencies in the interface

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  Published: 2012-07-26, Author: Edward , review by: itproportal.com

  • New apps that match iOS counterparts, Extensive cloud, based sync features, Great new social sharing aspects, New Gaming Centre and AirPlay Mirroring, Well thought out security features
  • Trivial inconsistencies in the interface
  • Year after year, we're more and more impressed by OS X, and Mountain Lion continues Apple's tradition of building on its strengths, innovating wherever it needs to, yet preserving continuity wherever it can. There are interface niggles here, but very few...

 
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  Published: 2012-07-25, review by: channelpro.co.uk

  • Abstract:  OS X evolves into an online social hub that blends the desktop and mobile experience – and it works surprisingly wellRating: 5Average: 5 (1 vote) Mountain Lion – or OS X 10.8, to give it its more prosaic designation – is the latest big cat to stalk ont...

 
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  Published: 2012-07-25, review by: CNET.co.uk

  • Inexpensive; Notification Center removes pop-up clutter; Built-in social networking; Integrated Dictation tool
  • Loss of native RSS functions from Safari and Mail
  • When you see what you get for your money, Mountain Lion surely qualifies as the best value upgrade ever. The built-in social networking tools and the greater organisation afforded by Notification Center are worth the money on their own. The fact you al...

 
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  Published: 2012-07-25, review by: pocket-lint.com

  • Lots of new features, Notifications Center, AirPlay Mirroring,
  • Design still harks back to last century
  • There is little to complain about here if you are already using OS X Lion, and the £13.99 is well spent, more so if you use an iPhone or an iPod. ...

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  Published: 2012-07-25, Author: Alan , review by: techradar.com

  • Notifications, Low impact of Gatekeeper, Share sheets, Mission Control better, AirPlay mirroring
  • Awkward iCloud documents, iMessages needs work, Tab View too restricted, No custom Finder groups, Finder icons still mono
  • If there's one feature that makes it worth upgrading, it's Notification Center. At £13.99, Mountain Lion is a real bargain for that alone. The true cost might be higher if you have to upgrade from Leopard, or upgrade any of your applications to make them...

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  Published: 2012-07-01, Author: David , review by: T3.com

  • Excellent dictation, Slick notifications, iCloud integration
  • Power Nap not universal, Another update already?, Dictation requires internet

 
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  Published: 2012-06-11, Author: Mark , review by: macworld.co.uk

  • Implementation of key iOS features such as AirPlay Mirroring; iCloud support, Reminders and Messages service
  • Gatekeeper security could make life more difficult for developers, and limit software growth
  • Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion was a solid update with a great collection of new features. It's shame to see that Messages still isn't as reliable as we'd like though. Some of the more extreme elements of the skeuomorphic interface are a little odd, and the...

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  Published: 2012-06-01, review by: evogadget.com

  • We can conclude that the Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 has good chances of dethroning Windows 8. The WWDC 2012 will reveal to the rest of the world not in the developers' universe what this OS is all about....

 
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  Published: 2012-03-06, review by: pocket-lint.com

  • Notifications, AirPlay Mirroring, iCloud, Twitter, Sharing, new Safari
  • Dashboard Launchpad Mission Control still confusing, no Facebook or YouTube share support, AirPlay Mirroring good but not perfect
  • If you are looking for the almost crazy leap of faith that Microsoft has taken with Windows 8 you won’t get it here, however rest assured you are unlikely to be disappointed either...

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  Published: 2012-02-16, review by: zdnet.co.uk

  • Abstract:  When Apple announces a new 'cat' with an OS X upgrade, you know that it's about more than just bug fixes and interface tweaks. With Mountain Lion, the same rule applies. Although most of the features (Gatekeeper being an obvious exception) are familiar

 
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