Geek Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/lion-ready-app-store-apps.jpg" alt="Lion ready apps on the Mac App Store" title="lion-ready-app-store-apps" width="620" height="123" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18666" style="border:1px solid #ccc;"/></p> <p>Despite the fact that <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/01/mac-os-x-lion-release-date-imminent/">today</a> is (was) the speculative launch day, OS X Lion has yet to appear. Nevermind that though, the good news is that Apple is rapidly accepting Lion-ready apps to the Mac App Store, indicating that a launch will be very soon.</p> <p> If you’ve been following along here, we pointed out earlier in the week that Apple had just <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/12/os-x-lion-will-soon-be-available-as-apple-asks-devs-to-submit-lion-apps/">recently began accepting</a> Lion apps to be reviewed for the Mac App Store, which cast some doubt on a launch this week. Additionally, we cited AppleInsider who suggested that Lion was pushed back to the “week of July 21st” due to some last minute security issues, and separately, we’d also been hearing that Lion would be launched next week, but the reliability of those sources has yet to be determined (no offense people) so just take that info with a grain of salt. Here’s what we said, which also touches on what “Lion-ready” means for OS X apps:</p> <blockquote><p>Independently, we have heard chatter of a July 19th or July 22 launch for Lion, but like all other claims on a specific launch date, they appear to be mostly speculative. The only certainty is that Apple appears to maintain a fluid timeline for the Lion release, but putting the launch off a week or two would give Apple plenty of time to approve Lion-compatible apps for the Mac App Store. Among other things, Lion compatibility means 64-bit architecture and also generally includes support for Lion-specific features like Versions and Full Screen apps.</p></blockquote> <p>As you can see in the screenshot above from the app <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordcrasher/id405987262?mt=12#">WordCrasher</a>, some of the Lion-ready apps on the Mac App Store specifically point out support for fullscreen mode, Resume, and Versions. </p> <p>For it’s part, Apple has thus far announced simply that <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/06/mac-os-x-lion-release-date-is-july-will-cost-29-and-available-only-from-mac-app-store/">Lion will be released in July on the Mac App Store</a>, but has yet to provide a specific day when 10.7 would be widely available. </p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CPnILKygxDYd-Tq0sQmxltziX2c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CPnILKygxDYd-Tq0sQmxltziX2c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CPnILKygxDYd-Tq0sQmxltziX2c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CPnILKygxDYd-Tq0sQmxltziX2c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aVT0mi76yUI:dDDcSbi41bc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aVT0mi76yUI:dDDcSbi41bc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=aVT0mi76yUI:dDDcSbi41bc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aVT0mi76yUI:dDDcSbi41bc:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=aVT0mi76yUI:dDDcSbi41bc:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aVT0mi76yUI:dDDcSbi41bc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aVT0mi76yUI:dDDcSbi41bc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/aVT0mi76yUI" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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