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=== Mac OS X 10.7 Lion === [[Mac OS X Lion]] (also known as OS X Lion) was released on July 20, 2011. It brought developments made in Apple's iOS, such as an easily navigable display of installed applications ([[Launchpad (Mac OS X)|Launchpad]]) and (a greater use of) [[multi-touch]] gestures, to the Mac. This release removed [[Rosetta (software)|Rosetta]], making it incapable of running PowerPC applications. It requires 2 GB of memory. Changes made to the graphical user interface (GUI) include the Launchpad (similar to the home screen of iOS and iPadOS devices), auto-hiding scrollbars that only appear when they are being used, and Mission Control, which unifies ExposΓ©, Spaces, Dashboard, and full-screen applications within a single interface.<ref> {{cite web | title=Apple β OS X Lion β The world's most advanced desktop operating system. | url=https://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/ | date=October 20, 2010 | access-date=October 20, 2010 | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022133532/http://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/ | archive-date=October 22, 2010 }}</ref> Apple also made changes to applications: they resume in the same state as they were before they were closed (similar to iOS). Documents auto-save by default.
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