Lion is follow in July to a Mac App Store near you . And because we just ca n’t waitress for it to be B. B. King , we ’ve render some information about justwhat you’re able to expectwhen the big cat makes its big introduction . We ’ve already coveredfive affair your Mac will be able to do ; now , let ’s take a aspect at some of the newfangled feature you ’ll notice in your Apple applications .
1. Create signatures and sign documents in Preview
Try as we might , we ca n’t seem to kick the habit of faxing documents : Like it or not , technology ’s least - glamorous mailing system still has a few trick company , rental agency , and banks prefer over the figurer — sign document , for example . If Apple has its way , though , using a fax motorcar to send your key signature may before long be going the way of the dodo , thanks to a new build - in option in Preview .
OS X ’s built - in PDF annotation and reader software system gains a Signature Capture choice that grant you to about skim in signature tune using your iSight camera ; the signatures are then vectorized and place in Preview ’s touch annotation choice , where you could drop them in on any form you care and resize them accordingly .
mail service has gottena Brobdingnagian overhaulin Lion — so much so that Apple even highlighted during this month ’s Worldwide Developer Conference tonic as one of the O update ’s ten big new features . Inside the revamp program , there ’s spate to love , but one characteristic in particular may come as a stand - out for Gmail internet browser holdouts : viewing related conversations .
post in Lion offers conversation view by default option , allowing you to track replies within any given ribbon , but if you ’re the type who likes to keep your e-mail organized , you ’ll line up that once you screen a letter out of your inbox , you ’ll lose it in the chain . No longer : Enable a checkbox in Lion , and any email thread you expect at will hold in all content , no matter their location in Mail . This even includes your Sent folder , so you may see your own replies in a pass on thread .
3. Make your Mac a photo booth
Briefly demonstrate on - stage at the WWDC keynote , Apple ’s Photo Booth software has receive a distich of neat new animation effects — like Dizzy , which expose a motion - tracking chemical group of sketch birds flying around the top of your skull , or Lovestruck , which emanate a series of float heart from your someone — but the biggest variety has been the summation of full - screen modal value .
Now , for Lion , several Apple apps have received the full - screen treatment , like Safari , Mail , Preview , and iCal , but Photo Booth ’s full - screen style takes thing one step far , skinning the intact windowpane to resemble a fair picture booth , with shimmery crimson pall and all . you could set the eccentric of range — still , four - shooter , or video recording — via a virtual telephone dial , and apply gestures to alternate between effects .
4. Do more with video in QuickTime
QuickTime Pro was a longtime favorite for video recording eccentric , offering advanced codecs , picture manipulation and rotation , and all sorts of special fire hydrant - in goodies . However , the “ Pro ” version was retire when QuickTime Player 10 fare out , vacant of most of the whoremonger and tweaks users had come to love . QuickTime in Lion regains some of QuickTime Pro ’s power , offering users the ability to merge clip , circumvolve them , and export sound recording only .
In improver , QuickTime add together a couple of newfangled features for screen recording fans : you may now specify a finicky incision of your screen you ’d care to record , and even show clicks , spotlight the shiner cursor whenever you select something on the screen .
5. Share your screen with others
Though the Screen share-out software has been around since the 2007 Leopard update , it becomes even more powerful in Lion . If your remote computer has multiple exploiter account , you may now lumber in remotely from one account while someone else , logged into their own substance abuser account , continues to use the Mac in - star sign . You wo n’t raise up their interactions ; they wo n’t detect yours . If you do n’t have a user account for that computer , you now have the option of lumber in with your Apple ID ; the person on the other end can authorize you for access , and you ’ll be able-bodied to connect to the remote screen background as if you were using a local drug user account .
Working with someone else remotely and want a presentation ? you could turn on Observe Only mode , which allow you to watch any actions happening on the remote computer without interfering . Screen Sharing has a customizable toolbar , as well , for easy access to switching from Observe to Control mode , or for send the lotion into fullscreen mode .
[ Serenity Caldwell is a stave editor in chief for Macworld , and she ’s play on her roar . ]
