Mac OS X Lion available today -- 7-20-11

Some noteworthy items to mention here:

  • Multi-touch gestures
  • Full-screen apps
  • Mission Control (brings together full-screen apps, Dashboard, Exposé, and Spaces in one new feature that gives you a bird’s-eye view of everything on your system)
  • Mac App Store
  • Launchpad (gives you instant access to all the apps on your Mac)
  • Resume (apps you close will reopen right where you left off, so you never have to start from scratch again)
  • Auto save
  • Versions (charts the history of your documents, taking snapshots in time, and displaying them side by side with the latest versions in an easily browsable timeline)
  • AirDrop (a fast way to share files with people nearby; send files to anyone around you wirelessly — no Wi-Fi network required)
  • Lion Server (includes a host of enhancements that give you more control of your Mac server and the users who access it)