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Mac OS X v10.7 "Lion"
	File:Mac OSX Lion logo.png
	File:Macosx lion screenshot.png Preview of Mac OS X Lion in Mission Control view
Developer	Apple Inc.
OS family	Mac OS X
Source model	Closed source (with open source components)
Released to; manufacturing	Summer 2011 (scheduled)
Kernel type	32-bit or 64-bit Hybrid
License	APSL and Apple EULA
Preceded by	Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard"
Official website	Official website

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Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7^{[citation needed]}) is set to be the eighth major release of Mac OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

A preview of Lion was publicly unveiled at Apple's "Back to the Mac" event on October 20, 2010. It will bring many developments made in Apple's iOS, such an easily-navigable display of installed applications, to the Mac, and will include support for the Mac App Store, as introduced in Mac OS X Snow Leopard release 10.6.6.^[1]^[2]

New or changed features

Some new features were announced at the "Back to the Mac" keynote, but more features are expected to be revealed as the release date nears.

Mac App Store — An application store built in the image of the iOS App Store. Like in iOS, it will provide many ways for shoppers to discover apps, one-click installation, and one-click updates of all or selected installed applications.^[2]^[3]^[4] The Mac App Store was released for Mac OS X Snow Leopard on January 6, 2011 as it was bundled with the Mac OS X 10.6.6 update.
Launchpad — An application launcher that displays an iOS-like icon grid of installed applications. It will feature the ability to make multiple pages and group apps into folders which function the same as folders in iOS.
Full-screen apps — Native, system-wide support for full-screen applications. Superseding the former function of the green button at the top of application window, this button now opens applications in full-screen mode as a system standard.
Mission Control — Overview of running applications, combining other Mac OS features including Exposé, Spaces, Dashboard, and full-screen apps.^[2]
Multi-touch gestures — Similar to iOS, additional gestures performed using a multi-touch input device (e.g. Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad) will allow the user to scroll, swipe to different pages, and enter Mission Control. While this is not the first official multi-touch support for Mac OS X, it has been expanded; other frameworks, such as Lux,^[5] have already created multi-touch support.
Auto save — As in iOS, documents will save automatically so users don't have to worry about manually managing their documents.
Apps resume when launched — Applications resume in the same state when re-opened as already seen in iOS. Because of this, the Dock no longer visually indicates whether an app is currently running or not.
Autohiding Scrollbars — Scrollbars appear inside the content area of the window and autohide when not scrolling (similar to iOS).^[6] This was not announced, but was observed during demos.

References

^ New Apple MacBook Air costs less, plus App Store is coming - USATODAY.com
^ ^a ^b ^c "Apple unveils new MacBook Airs, previews Lion". CNET.com. Retrieved 22 October 2010. {{cite web}}: Text "Beyond Binary - CNET News" ignored (help)
^ Apple - App Store - Buy, download, and install apps made for Mac
^ AppleInsider Staff (20 October 2010). "Apple's new Mac App Store coming to Snow Leopard within 90 days". AppleInsider.com. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
^ "Full-Screen Multitouch Mac OS X Is Here (But Not from Apple)". Gizmodo. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
^ Apple Insider Apple leaks new scroll bar UI details in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

External links

Mac OS X Lion at Apple.com

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[1] New Apple MacBook Air costs less, plus App Store is coming - USATODAY.com

[CNetVideo-2] "Apple unveils new MacBook Airs, previews Lion". CNET.com. Retrieved 22 October 2010. {{cite web}}: Text "Beyond Binary - CNET News" ignored (help)

[3] Apple - App Store - Buy, download, and install apps made for Mac

[appleinsider_90_days-4] AppleInsider Staff (20 October 2010). "Apple's new Mac App Store coming to Snow Leopard within 90 days". AppleInsider.com. Retrieved 24 October 2010.

[Lux_Article-5] "Full-Screen Multitouch Mac OS X Is Here (But Not from Apple)". Gizmodo. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

[6] Apple Insider Apple leaks new scroll bar UI details in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

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+'''Mac OS X Lion''' (version 10.7{{citationneeded}}) is set to be the eighth [[Software version|major release]] of [[Mac OS X]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple's]] desktop and server [[operating system]] for [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] computers.
 A preview of Lion was publicly unveiled at Apple's "[[Stevenote|Back to the Mac]]" event on October 20, 2010. It will bring many developments made in Apple's [[iOS (Apple)|iOS]], such  an easily-navigable display of installed applications, to the Mac, and will include support for the [[Mac App Store]], as introduced in [[Mac OS X Snow Leopard]] release 10.6.6.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2010-10-20-apple-macbook_N.htm New Apple MacBook Air costs less, plus App Store is coming - USATODAY.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name=CNetVideo>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20020208-56.html|title=Apple unveils new MacBook Airs, previews Lion | Beyond Binary - CNET News|work=[[CNET.com]]|accessdate=22 October 2010}}</ref>