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This question serves to share and collect the enhancements which are not documented by Apple, or documented poorly.

Please justify your answer; if it is something that is well documented by Apple and elsewhere on the web, it does not belong here. Your answer should put the feature into context, explaining how to use it. Add a picture if necessary.

Please add only one topic per answer. Try to find and edit existing features / answers rather than posting a duplicate answer which will end up getting deleted. Note that answers which are not specific to Mountain Lion will be removed as well. You can post such answers here.

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    I wish I had enough rep on Apple.SE to downvote. As it is, you'll have to make do with an angry glare: ಠ_ಠ
    – Buns Glazing
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 18:47
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    I'm sorry, I just think it's not a very good question for the Q&A format of the site. No amount of editing will change that, in my opinion.
    – Buns Glazing
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 18:51
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    @GnomeSlicE We've done these type of wiki collections several times in the past. While they are disputed, they always receive a lot of resonance. It's better to avoid them, especially for little things. But as Apple does not document everything they introduce in their software this question can be useful to many. Feel free to discuss these type of questions on meta.
    – gentmatt
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 18:54
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    Disagree with GnomeSlicE. Agree with gentmatt. These types of questions, when well cultivated, can be very useful and discourage (to some extent) the really bad CW posts.
    – daviesgeek
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 19:02
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    The 200+ improvements mentioned by Apple can be found at apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html
    – Hope4You
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 19:12

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You can now silence bouncing application icons in the Dock by just hovering over them, instead of needing to click and activate them.

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    Actually, this was possible in Lion as well. My mother used it all the time for Entourage (she gets a lot of mail ;) )
    – Matt
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 6:17
  • I wish it made Adium stop flapping too :(
    – Steve
    Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 10:43
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'Do Not Disturb' Mode for Notification Center

In the Notification Center drawer, scroll up a bit past what appears to be the top. There's a switch 'Show Alerts and Banners' that is checked by default. Uncheck it to disable notifications for the rest of the day.

Alternatively, option-click on the Notification Center menu bar item to activate Do Not Disturb mode quickly.

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    The ⌥-click trick is particularly awesome. The Notification Center icon turns gray when in do-not-disturb mode! i.imgur.com/MV3Tt.png
    – Daniel ♦
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 17:20
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Exposé for all windows

Mountain Lion re-introduces the pre-Lion feature to be able to disable group by application in Mission Control, this was enabled by default in Lion and could not be disabled.

You can disable this in:
System Preferences → Mission Control → Group windows by application.

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    This alone may convince me to upgrade. I have avoided lion solely because of the removal of all-window expose.
    – Fake Name
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 4:34
  • This was already present in Lion... mine was even already ticked post-upgrade.
    – Steve
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 10:55
  • @Steve You are the very first person to say this. Please link a screenshot to verify your claim.
    – gentmatt
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 10:58
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    @gentmatt realised my colleagues sat next to me haven't upgraded, looks like it was enabled by default and you couldn't turn it off, the ability to turn it off is what is new.
    – Steve
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 11:06
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    @Steve Yes, that's it. :)
    – gentmatt
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 11:10
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Save As

...is back!

Try the following keyboard shortcut: option-shift-command-S. Or simply hit the OPTION key while the file menu is pulled down:

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    I love how they count this as a feature. They could have many more features if they removed them in previous versions and then added them back in in the later versions
    – Jonathan.
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 16:41
  • @Jonathan They don't, we do (count it as a feature).
    – jpc
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 14:04
  • @Jonathan Looking at this list, it seems that most “new” features fall into this category: they’re just fixes of what Lion botched up. Not sure if I should be disappointed or delighted.
    – Konrad Rudolph
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 14:40
  • @jpc, it is listed on Apple's website, on the page which lists all the new features. Therefore they count it as a feature.
    – Jonathan.
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 14:58
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    If you assign a shortcut for duplicate in System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts The menu entry Save As... will be shown permanently - without the need to press ALT.
    – gentmatt
    Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 11:49
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Mountain Lion offers direct video/audio encoding from Finder.

Select one or more audio/video files, then right-click and choose “Encode selected video files”. You’ll get something like this:

Note: this doesn't work for already compressed audio files (like aac and mp3). This does work for CAFF, AIFF, AIFC, S2df, and WAVE as per the -2700 error message that shows up if you attempt this on an already compressed audio file.

Also, this may be found as a Sub-Menu Item of the Services menu (contextual or from the File menu) for those with a number of third party service actions enabled/installed.

Additionally, this does not preserve meta data like locations of movies or ID3 tags for AIFF files, etc!

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  • I don't see this option when I right-click a mp4 file. Could it be a feature of Handbrake or some other application you have installed?
    – jtbandes
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 21:44
  • @jtbandes I did a fresh OS X 10.8 install this morning and have only installed XCode, some browsers, and some text editors since — no video software at all. I get this context menu on any *.mp4 file: i.imgur.com/NFNj7.png
    – Mathias Bynens
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 21:46
  • Oh I see — it's hiding under the Services submenu for me. Apparently it's an Automator action.
    – jtbandes
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 21:48
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    This was on Lion too, I'm pretty sure I've used it before yesterday.
    – Jonathan.
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 10:13
  • Is there anyway it can preserve the meta information of the original movie? I'd like to compress the videos I've created with my iPhone but when I do this I lose the location information embedded in the original movie.
    – Gerry Shaw
    Commented Nov 17, 2012 at 17:07
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Inline progress for downloads and file copies

Bars show progress.

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    I wouldn’t say the sharing button is underdocument. :P It’s actually one of the main advertising points for OS X.
    – daknøk
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 22:15
  • Unfortunately, the copy dialog box still appears.
    – Matt
    Commented Aug 9, 2012 at 23:50
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    This even works in the Dock via Stacks, in this case into the Downloads folder (that's the Download folder stack). Awesome. This is hands down the coolest feature in Mountain Lion for me.
    – Jason Salaz
    Commented Aug 24, 2012 at 18:16
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Scrollbars get a bit wider when hovered over

Now it is easier to grab them.

screenshot showing normal scrollbar, and new wider scrollbar

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  • This is awesome! Small, hidden, discrete while you scroll, bigger when you go to click… smart!
    – Alexander
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 19:27
  • Yes please!! I hate trying to scroll with the Lion scrollbars.
    – daviesgeek
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 22:46
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    Odd, this does not work when using Show scroll bars: always.
    – Arjan
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 10:08
  • This doesn't work for me. Tried both Finder and Safari.
    – kba
    Commented Jul 29, 2012 at 2:26
  • @Arjan do the scrolls bar get bigger when you mouse over them? (whilst in "Show scroll bars: always" mode)
    – Alexander
    Commented Jul 29, 2012 at 22:18
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Internet Sharing

Internet Sharing now supports WPA2 encryption (and no longer supports WEP, apparently) when sharing a wired connection to Wi-Fi.

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  • Glad to finally have WPA2 but removing WEP is disappointing. Some older devices only support WEP.
    – Kevin Mark
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 8:31
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    @KevinMark WEP is still (kind of) supported in Internet Sharing and AirPort Utility. If you option-click the drop-down menu in Security (in Internet Sharing), WEP 40-bit and WEP 128-bit appear as new options.
    – Ethan Lee
    Commented Aug 30, 2012 at 16:58
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Chess

...can now be played over the internet via Game Center.

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    Wow, why didn't they advertise this? Awesome feature.
    – Nathan Greenstein
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 20:08
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    Because it's Chess?
    – Daniel ♦
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 15:27
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    Wait, how can I enable that?
    – Moshe
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 18:59
  • @Moshe see my answer :)
    – houbysoft
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 19:11
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    This was advertised.
    – asmeurer
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 2:09
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Messages is AppleScriptable, including an Event Handler Suite! This could get fun.

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    Excuse-me, it's maybe a very dumb question, but where did upi find this Messages.sdef file, and what is this application you are using to reed it? Thank in advance!
    – Pascal Qyy
    Commented Jun 21, 2014 at 13:28
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    Use AppleScript Editor and open the dictionary from the file menu
    – Daniel ♦
    Commented Jun 21, 2014 at 21:36
  • Thanks a lot, it's very powerfull as we can script actions for messages sends from any iOS device!
    – Pascal Qyy
    Commented Jun 24, 2014 at 12:19
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Customizable sidebar

You can now drag/drop sections in the Finder side bar again.

moving around the Favorites section of Finders side bar

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    Du benutzt aber interessante Namen ;)
    – gentmatt
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 19:40
  • klar, immer doch
    – leberwurstsaft
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 19:42
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    OH SWEET LORD! FINALLY!
    – Alexander
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 22:09
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    This feature is documented by Apple.
    – Graham Perrin
    Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 12:50
  • How do you make the font size of the Finder side bar smaller?
    – matt b
    Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 13:46
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Show scrollbars without scrolling

If you have a multi-touch input device (a multi-touch trackpad or Magic Trackpad), resting two fingers on the device will make the scrollbar appear as an indicator of your scroll position. You no longer have to scroll the document to see where you are.

Note: doesn't work with Magic Mouse.

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  • I hate having to move my fingers on the trackpad to show the scrollbars in Lion. This is a much improved feature!
    – daviesgeek
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 22:50
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    This seems to be Apple apps specific? Like I can see it in Finder and Safari, but no joy in Chrome.
    – Arjan
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 10:12
  • @Arjan I suppose Chrome is not properly handling the event, since it looks like it's using standard scrollbars but you're right that it doesn't work.
    – jtbandes
    Commented Jul 28, 2012 at 5:41
  • Surely Chrome will soon get a new build that does it right.
    – leberwurstsaft
    Commented Jul 31, 2012 at 10:20
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New date picker

A small calendar appears in date entry fields. Example:

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  • Lipiec!!!!!!!!!
    – bertday
    Commented Jan 30, 2013 at 8:15
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Photo Stream and other screen savers

Mountain Lion includes a bunch of new kinetic photo-based screen savers.

You can select from several categories of stock images or choose a folder, iPhoto event, or Photostream as the source of images.

Go to System Preferences -> Desktop and Screen Saver -> Screen Saver and select one of the screen savers in the Slideshows category to try them out.

Personally, I'm a fan of Shifting Tiles.

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  • Alas they have dropped my old favourite one.
    – Dave Sag
    Commented Aug 7, 2012 at 2:01
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Re-enable Web Sharing for individual users

May be more a "feature" than a feature, but anyway:

Per-user Web Sharing is gone from Preferences but can be easily re-enabled via Terminal.app. Copy the following snippet into /etc/apache2/users/USER.conf:

<Directory "/Users/USER/Sites/">
    Options Indexes MultiViews
    AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

and restart Apache with sudo apachectl restart.

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  • Or, you can use that software, to activate/deactivate web sharing easily :) (from VirtualHostX editors) : clickontyler.com/blog/2012/02/web-sharing-mountain-lion
    – rdurand
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 7:28
  • I can't get this to work, Web Sharing stays on irregardless of the position of the switch in the preference pane?!
    – nohillside ♦
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 7:46
  • Maybe you can contact the developer ? I really don't know how I can help here lol. I know they're active on twitter for their main app (@virtualhostx), maybe they can help you there ? Sorry it doesn't work, it seemed pretty good..
    – rdurand
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 8:16
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Enhancements to Launchpad

There's now a search bar on top, and when you mouse over the Launchpad icon while an app is downloading, you get progress information:

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    It's good to know that you do not need to click the search field first - instead: search by typing from anywhere in Launchpad.
    – gentmatt
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 17:39
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    @gentmatt: the reason for the large screenshot was to see the dock icon too...
    – houbysoft
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 17:42
  • Yeah, sorry. I did not notice that :) But I did read about it in your text.
    – gentmatt
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 18:11
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    @PooriaAzimi: well it lists all the apps. Whenever you install a new app in the App Store, the icon of that app "jumps" to the Launchpad, so it makes sense for launchpad to show the progress.
    – houbysoft
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 18:28
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    @PooriaAzimi: also note that a progress bar is now displayed under the "Applications" folder as well.
    – houbysoft
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 18:28
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The Mac App Store can be navigated with two-finger swipes

Back and forward are (finally) bound to the two-finger swipe gestures in the MAS just like they are in Safari.

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  • I've been waiting for this. Awesome!
    – gentmatt
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 7:41
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    Still not the finder though.... :'(
    – Jonathan.
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 16:41
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    @Jonathan You can go back and forward in Finder by holding option while making the mission control swipe (3 or 4 fingers). It probably doesn't allow two because some views have sideways scrolling.
    – ughoavgfhw
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 22:35
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    I worked on this last summer! You're welcome! :D
    – jtbandes
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 5:32
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    And two major OS releases later, it can finally be full screened! @Moshe Hi! Sorry I missed you at WWDC!
    – wjl
    Commented Jul 29, 2012 at 7:40
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AirPlay Everywhere

AirPlay devices like Apple TV and Airport Express now show as system audio output devices, so any audio on your Mac can be streamed to them. There are two ways to do it.

The fiddly way

System Preferences > Sound > Output

The easy way

option-click on the volume control in the menu bar

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  • Is this limited to newer Macs? I only tried with a software receiver, which works with iTunes and iOS as a sender, but the option for AirPlay as System Output won't show up. This is a Macbook Late 2008.
    – leberwurstsaft
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 8:06
  • Not as far as I know. It works fine with my mid-2010 Macbook Pro.
    – Simon Whitaker
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 8:10
  • Nevermind, I just made a dry run with my old Airport Express. Didn't actually try to get audio out, but it shows up in the drop down menu. I wonder what the performance is like, for a system output it better have a much shorter delay than it has when playing music or video through iTunes or QuickTime.
    – leberwurstsaft
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 8:40
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Three-finger tap for QuickLook

Tap (but don't click) with three fingers over an item in Finder to open QuickLook for that item. Tap again to close the QuickLook window. This is exactly like pressing the spacebar.

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Slightly better Dock appearance

The Dock "shelf" (when the Dock appears at the screen bottom) is drawn in a less glassy way (looks more like brushed metal, less reflection, less wasted space).

Also, the active appication indicator lights are much more subtle that the glowing "orbs" that used to sit on the glass and look awful, and now look like little LEDs set into the edge of the shelf

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  • This is useless for everyone (like me) who has their dock on the side of their screen. That dock's appearance has not changed.
    – Fake Name
    Commented Aug 5, 2012 at 12:43
  • Yes, @FakeName, but the side dock appearance is the good one. In fact, there's a way to make the bottom appearance look like the side appearance, and that's what I actually do. Makes the dock more compact, and the active application indicators are a lot clearer. So stay with your side dock and don't worry, be happy!
    – matt
    Commented Aug 6, 2012 at 22:09
  • I wish they had made this same change in iOS!
    – daGUY
    Commented Nov 14, 2012 at 20:19
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Go full screen on any display

It is now possible to use a fullscreen app on a screen other than the primary one.

To do so, drag your app on the screen of your choice and hit the fullscreen arrow or the fullscreen shortkey of the app.

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    What happens on the other screen? My understanding was that the other screen was useless in Lion when you had an app full screened.
    – user15819
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 20:18
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    @Keen Unfortunately it is same as before in Lion, the other screen is useless.
    – Ermiar
    Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 20:19
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    that's a step in the right direction, though full screen mode is still utterly useless for me, since I work with two monitors.
    – daviesgeek
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 1:45
  • that is a misleading use of "support". "support" would mean that you could actually still USE more than monitor.. you know.. for more than one thing… you know.. like how it was for 20 years before Lion. don't get me started on that "basically-Ballmered" feature!
    – alex gray
    Commented Jul 29, 2012 at 2:47
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    This feature is documented by Apple.
    – Graham Perrin
    Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 12:57
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Zoom in PDF with Quick Look

Easily zoom in to a PDF with Quick Look (without Preview).

Methods include:

  • spread your fingers apart whilst the cursor is over the Quick Look window
  • smart zoom, Magic Mouse double-tap with one finger.

It doesn't seem to work on anything but PDF documents.

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  • Well, it's a step in the right direction. I've been lamenting the limitations of Quick Look for a while now. There's a step higher than skimming that this zoom enables, especially when the font used in the PDF is absurdly small.
    – Jason Salaz
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 0:06
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    Typical Apple doing something people want but not going all the way. This would be useful on images too...
    – Jonathan.
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 16:40
  • @Jonathan. Well, they need something to save for the next release, now that they have a note and a reminder application. rolls eyes
    – Harold Cavendish
    Commented Jul 28, 2012 at 8:48
  • I have normal vision, but find the difficulty I have reading plain text documents with QuickLook (and the inability to change those text rendering settings) to be a: needlessly inflexible b: maddeningly frustrating and c: an uncharacteristic F-you to anyone that doesn't have the vision of a 5-year old (aka, everyone, brailees, etc).
    – alex gray
    Commented Jul 29, 2012 at 2:44
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Dictation

You can dictate text wherever you can type text - even in an application that has not been rewritten for Mountain Lion. You must go in System Setting -> Dictation & Speech to activate the feature.

Note that you must have an Internet connection, since this is Siri behind the scenes and your speech must be sent to Apple's servers for interpretation.

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  • will this feature be available in spanish?
    – Barranka
    Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 17:23
  • double press on function key (fn) to activate it & single press to finish. Its a handy shortcut for dictation.
    – Praveen Vijayan
    Commented Jul 31, 2012 at 16:11
  • Too bad that this cannot be done locally. An iPhone may not have the horse power, but a Mac should be able to....
    – Thilo
    Commented Aug 6, 2012 at 10:09
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New "Edit" toolbar in Preview.app

There is a new toolbar in Preview.app to replace the old "Annotations" toolbar that brings all the basic editing features that Preview offers (including their awesome smart lasso and instant alpha) plus the addition of speech bubbles! enter image description here

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Accidental Dock icon removal prevention

When moving and icon outside of the dock, it doesn't delete automatically, you need to stay out for a little at a minimum distance before it deletes.

There is a follow up question asking how to disable this feature - preferebly using a defaults write command.

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  • I removed the picture, because this picture does not help in understanding how the changed dock icon removal works.
    – gentmatt
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 14:18
  • Ok, thanks for explaining, was curious why you removed it
    – Philippe Gilbert
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 14:19
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    I was really confused after the ML install when I was trying to remove some default Apple stuff I don't need in the dock ;)
    – dertkw
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 19:32
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Applications in the Get Info dialogue window are now expressly listed as 32-bit as opposed to just "Intel," which has been entirely dropped.

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  • Let the "Apple's moving to AMD/ARM/back to PowerPC" conspiracies begin!
    – njahnke
    Commented Jul 28, 2012 at 16:26
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Week numbers in Calendar.app

Calendar.app can now display week numbers.

Week numbers in Calendar.app

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    I always wondered who used week numbers. is it a thing that accounting people are into?
    – estephan500
    Commented Aug 7, 2012 at 4:11
  • Good one :) About two-three times a year I have someone saying he/she can do some task "starting week X". Used to subscribe to some public calendar for those rare occasions.
    – Marie Fischer
    Commented Aug 22, 2012 at 3:57
  • I used it a ton working Meteorology.
    – Jason Salaz
    Commented Sep 28, 2012 at 22:15
  • It can be usefull for task repartition: "You do this even week, I do it odd week. We also can use it with statistic, eg: "how many money week 1, 2, 3, etc". The most important is to use the same mathod of counting, there are 3 or 4…
    – Pascal Qyy
    Commented Jun 21, 2014 at 13:35
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In-App File Manipulation

When you hover over the file name in the application bar you can Rename, Move to iCloud, Move to.., Duplicate, Lock and Browse all Versions.

Other than that, you can also have specific services that appear there.

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  • In my view, this is the best new feature of Mountain Lion (especially in combination with the option to bring back the "Save Changes?" dialog when closing a document). The screen shot does not represent its full yummy goodness: you may also see a menu item letting you Revert to the state of the document when it was last opened or last saved (or both).
    – matt
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 18:27
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    Provided a better screen shot
    – matt
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 19:01
  • by the way, what do you use to make your screenshot? it's really great!
    – Philippe Gilbert
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 19:30
  • Probably Snapz Pro X.
    – matt
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 21:06
  • @matt thanks, never heard of it but it look awesome. It's not cheap though...
    – Philippe Gilbert
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 21:08
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User prompt for address book access

This has only been officially announced for iOS 6 but quietly made it's way into Mountain Lion.

Your address book data is located in:

/Users/my_name/Library/Application Support/AddressBook

So far, I've used a firewall to controll read/write access on a per-application basis, but Mountain Lion does this now itself:

enter image description here

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    In case you gave an app access to your contacts but change your mind later, just go to System Preferences → Security & Privacy → Privacy → Contacts and uncheck the app.
    – Mathias Bynens
    Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 13:07
  • This also happens for Location Services and Twitter account access. Which means it should do the same for Facebook access in a future OS update that enables the Facebook account type in the first place.
    – Jason Salaz
    Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 6:35
  • Are you wondering why some apps show your contacts even though you denied them access? See this question: Can OS X apps access my contacts even if I don't give them permission?.
    – gentmatt
    Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 19:22
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Better Dashboard Widgets Management

The "widgets bar" at the bottom of Dashboard is gone. To manage what dashboard widgets appear, click the + button to enter a mode where you see all available widgets; click one to add it to your default set of widgets. A new search bar helps you find the widget you want just like in the refined Launchpad. So, click...

+

..at the bottom left to enter the "add widgets" mode:

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    Definitely a big fan of the improved Dashboard.
    – Terrance Shaw
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 23:21
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