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I was rooting around my system today, and wondering if there's any way to find out if an application is from the Mac App Store. The Info window - when you select an item and press Command-I - doesn't say anything, but the System Information application…
31 July 2012TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Much rejoicing accompanied the news that Mountain Lion brought back the "Save As..." option (which had been taken away in Lion and replaced with the not-nearly-the-same-thing "Duplicate" command). Unfortunately, Save As was relegated to a sub-menu…
30 July 2012TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
For fans of the Terminal, Mountain Lion brought some new command-line utilities. Perhaps the most notable is fdesetup, which Apple explains briefly: "fdesetup allows third-party management tools to enable FileVault, determine encryption status, capture…
30 July 2012MacOSXHints.com
With Mountain Lion, you can now use the OS to encrypt disks other than the startup volume, assuming they are in GUID format. This includes USB flash drives and external Firewire/USB/ThunderBolt drives. In the Finder, open a new window. Find your mounted…
30 July 2012TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
This Mountain Lion 101 feature is a quickie -- Apple's Mail app now has a new feature called VIPs that gives you one-click access to emails from those very important people in your life. Emails from VIPs have a star next to the sender's name, and a…
28 July 2012TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
[Post updated, see below.] Whole-drive encryption isn't one of the sexiest features in OS X, but it's nice to know it's there. FileVault 2 (introduced in Lion; the original FileVault began in 10.3 Panther) can be very useful, especially for Mac users with…
27 July 2012TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
One of my favorite features of Mountain Lion to demonstrate so far has been the iCloud Document Library. This is a way to store your iWork, TextEdit, and Preview documents in iCloud so that they are immediately accessible from other Macs on the same…
26 July 2012TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
One of the flagship iOS features to carry over to OS X Mountain Lion is AirPlay Mirroring, which allows users to mirror their desktop to an Apple TV. System audio can also be streamed to AirPlay-compatible devices, which means that apps without custom…
26 July 2012TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Although Messages has been available as beta software since February of 2012, it's now part of OS X Mountain Lion. This app replaces the old iChat app, providing a consolidated way to send messages not only to other Messages users, but also to friends…
26 July 2012TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
I'm a developer. One of the things we devs do to pass the time is complain about how long it takes to compile and brag about the power of our development systems. Hot-rodding your system isn't just limited to development, though. There are lots of people…
25 July 2012