9. Installing New Software

In This Chapter

Shopping the App Store

Obtaining apps via other means

• Keeping your apps current

Discovering new software

• Using Parental Controls on your Mac

OS X Mountain Lion comes with a nice selection of preinstalled apps that can handle a wide range of popular computing tasks. These core apps, such as Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, Safari, FaceTime, and Notification Center, to name just a few, integrate and exchange information with each other, as well as with Apple’s iCloud file-sharing service.

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Every Mac also comes with the iLife apps (iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand) preinstalled, plus you can ...

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