Mac OSX Mountain Lion: Making Mac OS more like iOS
Apple , the creator of both the Macintosh OS, running on all Mac computers, as well as the more popular iOS , that runs on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, has announced yet another update to the Mac OS that will bring both of those platforms closer together. Until July 2011, the Mac and iOS platforms were completely separate. They had no similar user interface features, the underlying operating system was completely different, and the Apple-made apps were different from Mac to iOS. In July 2011, the next version of Mac OSX, the operating system Mac computers run, called Lion , was released. Lion brought some of the best features from the iPhone to the Mac. These weren't so blatantly iOS features, but more like an iOS-like experience coming to the Mac. After that point, the two platforms became more and more alike, with some of the major Mac apps coming to iOS, and more. Recently, Apple announced the newest version of Mac OS, Mac OSX Mountain Lion , which will be coming th