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The folks at Lifehacker.com have prepared a good video about upgrading to Mountain Lion: OS X Mountain Lion: Learn New Features, Fix Annoying Ones, and Uncover the Secrets

Apple’s new OS for the Macintosh OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion after a year of development is finally here. Here is some of the relevant news and information from around the net on the new OS:

• Apple’s ‘Mountain Lion’: Another step toward iOS, Mac feature unification | ZDNet
• Find Out If Your Favorite Apps Are Compatible with OS X Mountain Lion
• The New Mountain Lion Finder Is Fantastic For Photographers [Mountain Lion] | Cult of Mac
• How To Deploy Mountain Lion In Business And Education The Right Way [Feature] | Cult of Mac
• Mountain Lion 101: Dictation | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• Apple Releases Safari 6 For OS X Lion | Cult of Mac
• OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion [Review] | Cult of Mac
  

  Table Of Contents

  Page 1: Introduction & Table Of Contents
  Page 2: Messages & iMessage
  Page 3: iCloud & Documents In The Cloud
  Page 4: AirPlay Mirroring
  Page 5: Notification Center
  Page 6: Reminders & Notes
  Page 7: Dictation
  Page 8: Safari
  Page 9: Sharing, Twitter & Facebook
  Page 10: GateKeeper
  Page 11: Power Nap
  Page 12: Conclusion

  Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/180511/os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-review/#ICBBeHHYKB1Uh6Z9.99

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Macworld has an good article, actually it is part of a coming series of articles on getting your computer ready for the next iteration of the Macintosh OS called Mountain Lion…

We just launched a new brother/sister website  iOS 4 Construction.com to complement what we have here Mac4Construction.com

If you have an iOS app (iPad, iPhone, and iPad Touch) you would like to recommend to other building, remodeling and construction professionals please take a trip over there and tell us about it.

FileMaker today announced the release of FileMaker 9 the latest update to thier #1-selling easy-to-use and award winning database solution.

Some of the new features FileMaker 9 delivers:

• Quick Start Screen: remembers your favorite
  databases so you can open them instantly. more…
• Conditional Formatting: visually formats fields and objects based on conditions you decide. more…
• Send Link: share FileMaker Pro databases via a clickable email link
• Append to PDF: appends multiple (PDF) reports into one file for easier distribution.
• Use External SQL Data Sources: allows you to integrate live data from Microsoft® SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL ito your FileMaker solutions
• New Scripting Tools: Script folders and script copy
  and paste
• Enhanced Web Viewer and Tab Control Options
• Auto-Resize: Design it once. Use it anywhere. Layout objects, such as portals, tab controls, and the FileMaker Web Viewer, will scale to fit the screen or printer being used.
• Software Update: FileMaker will automatically notifies you when a
  new update is available.
• And Many More ….

For more information regarding just what’s in FileMaker 9 from some other sources check out:

• Macworld: Filemaker 9 focuses on ease of use
• Computer World : FileMaker bucking enterprise trend with latest version:
  Clean it up, pare it down

Today marked the start The 2007 Apple World Wide Developers Conference and with that Apple Unveiled a set of a great new videos to show off some of the kool new tools and features they have coming for us with the October release of Leopard OS X 10.5 ($129)

Interesingly along with that Apple also annoucned at the conference that they’ll be releasing a version of the Safari Web browser for Windows-based PCs and the Windows beta is available today at Apple.com/safari.