Over the last few years Apple has moved to an annual renewal
cycle OS X. The latest version - OS X 10.8 - was published in the shop Mac App
Store in July of this year. Previous - OS X 10.7 Lion - launched in July 2011.
Earlier update cycle was twice as long as: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was released
in August 2009, and OS X 10.5 Leopard - in October 2007. Thus, a new version,
under the alleged codename Lynx, expected in the summer of 2013.
Apple believes that the most promising variant of OS X is
the convergence of desktop and mobile operating systems. In particular, the
interest in this Federigo Craig, senior vice president of software development,
and Bob Mansfield, who recently led a new direction for the development of
semiconductors.
Apple has already started to integrate the functions of iOS
in the desktop version of the operating system with OS X 10.7 Lion. Mountain
Lion In this concept was further developed: The most recent operating system
contains the 10 most popular iOS
features , including iCloud, messages, reminders, notes, Center notifications,
Twitter, quick link, Game Center, AirPlay video replay function and voice input
data.
In Apple intend to make the experience of interaction with
any of the devices of the company was the same. For this reason, it is expected
that in the years to OS X will be strongly modified. Update the team plans to
move precisely this course.