Apple has released OS X Mountain Lion today in the Mac App Store. The OS is available for $19.99 but if you purchased a Mac after June 11th you can get it for free by visiting this page. You can find the author of this post on twitter: @khaled. Please follow SaudiMac on Twitter and add SaudiMac on Facebook and SaudiMac on Google Plus. Remember to visit We Want Apple Saudi Arabia petition and spread the word ...

Apple has released Mac OS X Lion in the Mac App Store for $29.99. It requires at least a Core 2 Duo Mac running Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later. Mac OS X Lion features include full Arabic interface, Multi-Touch gestures, Full-screen apps, Mission Control and many improvements. Download size is 3.49 GB and we highly recommend making a full backup of your main hard drive using SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner. Apple ...

Apple has updated its iLife '11 apps today. The updated apps are iPhoto (image manager), iMovie (video editor) and GarageBand (audio editor). These apps are available with new Macs as part of iLife '11, they are also available in the Mac App Store for $14.99 each: iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand. Update: Apple has also updated iDVD and iWeb. TUAW notes that this update also changes the appearance of iLife '11 ...

Apple has announced the winners for this year's Apple Design Awards during WWDC 2011. The awards "recognize outstanding achievement and excellence in iPhone, iPad, and Mac app design. Each year, winning products set new standards for the developer community to follow. Read about what made this year’s winners stand out above the rest." Apple Design Awards for 2010 did not award Mac Apps but with the Mac App ...

During WWDC 2011 keynote Apple unveiled their next Macintosh operating system. Mac OS X Lion includes over 250 new features. Full Arabic localized interface was finally added to Lion as we mentioned before. Mac OS X Lion will be available exclusively on the Mac App Store for $29.99 in July. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard owners should consider upgrading to 10.6 Snow Leopard first (on Amazon for $29, aff link). httpv ...

Sparrow, a popular email/gmail client for Mac OS X, was updated today. The latest update include support for Facebook avatars, unified inbox and many improvements. Sparrow 1.2 features are: Facebook friends profile pictures integration Add Facebook friends directly from Sparrow Unified Inbox Gravatar support Threading by subject New interface design Dock icon: compose new message on right click Free resizin ...

I noticed recently that updates for some useful apps such as Atomic, iCab Mobile and Skyfire web browsers were not available for download. They only appear if I logged to the US iTunes App Store but when I switch to the Saudi store the apps disappear. Looking closer I noticed that these apps had the following rating: You must be at least 17 years old to download this app. 17+ rating in the app store include ...

My favorite Mac Twitter client, YoruFukurou, is now available in the Mac App Store. YoruFukurou is a powerful Twitter client with many features not available in the official Twitter client. YoruFukurou also supports filtering tweets and adding multiple tabs with customizable content. Features include: Manage multiple Twitter accounts Create tabs from rules (user IDs, keywords and regular expressions) Create ...

Last year's WWDC there were no Apple Design Awards for Mac apps but this year Apple announced that the awards will be available for 3 devices: iPad, iPhone and Mac. The awards are also exclusive to App Store apps only, so Mac applications not available in the App Store are excluded. Here is a list of last year's Apple Design Awards winners. More information about the ADA are available on Apple's website. Yo ...

Sparrow Gmail (and IMAP email with the next update) client is now available in the Mac App Store. Sparrow is sold for a reduced introductory price of $9.99. The app's features are: Threads: Quickly flick through threaded conversations on your mac like never before. Labels: Create and edit Labels straight from within Sparrow. easily keep a clean and tidy inbox. Quick reply: Responding to your mails as never ...