Drag the files between the desktop spaces and apps.

Desktop reordering features with Mission Control.

Remote access features to get access to Mac from another MAC.

Wirelessly store the content to the cloud and get instant access.

Store calendars, contacts, emails, Safari bookmarks, and more.

Moreover, it provides a remote access to the Mac from another Mac using the internet so the users can get access to the data from anywhere are well as easily share the data when needed. The iCloud is able to store the contacts, emails, calendars, bookmarks and other data. Additionally, various enhancements in the OS makes it a better environment than the previous release. The new features I'll never use don't compensate for the premature loss of software support.A sleeker and interactive user interface provides more comfort to the users to perform daily tasks. Please stop releasing operating systems every year and indirectly forcing users to upgrade to a new computer every few years. I'm a third-hand owner of MacBook 4,1 (early 2008). It's a shame Apple didn't bother rewriting 圆4 drivers for the graphic processors in those models as the graphic card is the only factor keeping these models from the newer operating systems. Many of the A1181 MacBooks were stuck with Lion. Why were many of the A1181 MacBooks dropped at Lion? I also highly recommend spending $10 and upgrading to 4GB of RAM to avoid using SWAP memory. If you don't want to pirate Windows, a digital license key can be purchased on eBay for under $10. The display brightness also can't be changed.

Two finger scrolling doesn't work and the function keys don't have the normal functions in OS X. Officially, the maximum Windows OS supported on MacBooks is Windows 7 x86 but I've been able to run Windows 10 圆4 with a couple glitches. Another alternative is installing Windows. Linux operating systems support the latest versions of Firefox and Chrome.

Alternative solutionsĪside from trying to install a newer version of OS X on an unsupported Mac (don't try it it doesn't work very well on machines dropped with Lion), the best solution is to install an alternative operating system. Generally, software support for Lion is becoming scarce and an alternative solution will soon be necessary. However, there are a few years before that will happen. The main concern is when websites no longer support these older browsers. Though there are 'security risks' with using Lion to browse the net, I haven't had any problems. Opera is built on Chrome's Chromium webkit engine so Opera support was also cut around the same time as Chrome. The default Safari browser hasn't been updated since 2014. Chrome supported Lion until April of 2016 while Firefox supported it until August 2016. As of this writing, no major browsers support Lion.

Firefox mac os x lion 10.7.5