When taking the wraps off Lion (Mountain Lion's predecessor) in 2010, Steve Jobs said the software was what the company imagined would happen if the iPad and the MacBook "hooked up." Of course, the idea of convergence between the two platforms is nothing new. It's also a direct response to recently-added features on those devices that-for better or worse-make the Mac a less essential piece of the puzzle. Like Lion before it, Apple has imbued the new software with many of the top-billed features from the iPhone and iPad, all with the intent of making its computers more useful and approachable to the millions that have snatched up an iOS device in recent years. The software is being released as a preview to Apple developers today, with a commercial release to follow sometime this summer through the company's Mac App Store. Its name is Mountain Lion, and it's the next major release of Mac OS X.
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