iMessage for the Mac

Apple is working on a new Operation System which will be released in summer 2012. The name of the new System will have the name OS X Mountain Lion and one of the new features will be iMessage. Other features such as the Reminder, the Notification Center as well as the Game Center will sound familiar for those who use iDevices such as the iPhone, iPad or the iPod Touch. I personally wished for iMessage on the Mac after the release of iOS 5. For me it was kind of a logical step to have iMessage on the Mac as a chat system that will combine the world of the Mac with the mobile world.

Having a chat function on a computer isn’t that new and text messages is also something we are familiar with. Many of us might have used already some online service to send a text message online.

Well and after Apple released iOS 5 with the iMessage I had a deep feeling that it will come to the MAC as well and I am glad that I was right. For those of you who want to get a sneak peak Apple released a BETA which you can download today to test the new iMessage on your MAC.

What you might need will be of course an iClod account, but if you have many Apple products you may have an iCloud account already. So download it, enter your Apple ID and test iMessage. I did it and it is working just fine.

If you are interested here is the link:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion/messages-beta/

I did test the new feature and must admit I enjoyed it very much to use my computer to send messages to my friends. For me it is a great feature and you should at least check it out.

The new MAC OSX Lion, released on the 20th July 2011

This morning I thought, hey 10 more days and July is over, when will Lion be released? So I checked the Apple website and saw that Lion is finally available in the Apple App Store. I must admit, that I was a bit disappointed that I haven’t gotten an Email from Apple, even if I have signed up for more information regarding Lion, but hey, it is finally there.

You can download the new MAC OSX Lion direct from the Apple App Store. The size is 3.5 GB, the price is US$ 29.99 and also important to know is that you need to purchase the OS just once, even if you have more than one computer. But don’t forget to check if your MAC fits the requirements before purchasing the new OS.

Apple recommends to backup your files before installing Lion. You also have to make sure that you have the latest version of Snow Leopard on your computer.

One very important application of the last Snow Leopard update is