[OSX-Users] OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) & Messages

[Jules]

2 things for you this morning folks, for *brave* people only!

1. Apple released the first Developer Preview of Mountain Lion (OS X 
10.8) yesterday afternoon. It's on the software service at
     cifs://software.ecs.soton.ac.uk/software/images/apple/Mountain Lion
     Like Lion, just copy the installer app into your Applications 
folder and run it.
     Do *NOT* run this on your main Macs yet, I don't yet know how 
stable or functional it is.

2. Apple also released the first beta of their new "Messages" app for 
Lion/Snow Leopard.
     This gives you the ability to send and receive iMessages to and 
from people's iPhones and iPads.
     Dead cool! :-)
     Currently, to get a message to someone's iPhone, you must use their 
Apple ID email address or another email address they have listed as an 
alternative address. If you send it to their phone number, only the 
iPhone will receive it and not their Mac or iPad. Apple know all about 
this problem and are working on a solution.
     This beta app will expire when Mountain Lion is released.
     It does appear to work okay!
     Get it from:
     http://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion/messages-beta/

Have fun y'all!

Jules

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