Geek Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mac-os-x-10-8.jpg" alt="Mac OS X 10.8 spotted" title="mac-os-x-10-8" width="620" height="180" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-23179" /></p> <p>Not surprisingly, Mac OS X 10.8 development is well under way, and some Apple employees are using the OS on a regular enough basis for them to show up in analytics logs across the Apple web. Our own OS X 10.8 usage graph is shown above, which shows a clear uptick in everyday use of the development OS over the past few months. Narrowing down for IP and location, the majority of visits are coming from Apple in Cupertino, California, with the remainder popping up around the San Francisco Bay Area.</p> <p>We first noticed a blip for the next version of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> back in July before the launch of OS X Lion. Since then, visits have picked up to a steady level, suggesting that internal builds of OS X 10.8 are stable enough for developers and engineers to be using on a daily basis. More evidence is shown in the logs of <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/31/apple-has-already-started-work-on-mac-os-x-10-8/">MacRumors</a>, who first published their findings yesterday:</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/os-x-10-8-user-agent.jpg" alt="MacRumors 10.8 User Agent" title="os-x-10-8-user-agent" width="580" height="221" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-23181" /></p> <p>Next is <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/31/mac-os-10-8-users-already-doing-external-testing/">9to5mac</a>, who posted theirs today: <img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/9to5mac-10-8-useragent.jpg" alt="Mac OS X 10.8 user agent shown on 9to5mac" title="9to5mac-10-8-useragent" width="620" height="179" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-23182" /></p> <p>While it is relatively <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/16/change-user-agent-with-curl/">easy to spoof a browser user agent</a>, the number of entries, network location, and IP all point to these being legitimate. It’s also worth noting that OS X 10.7 was <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/03/20/mac-os-x-10-7-showing-up-in-web-logs/">first noticed by similar log entries</a>, long before the official preview of Lion by Apple.</p> <p>Practically nothing is known about Mac OS X 10.8, but speculation assumes that more features from iOS will make their way into the next version of Mac OS, in addition to having more deeply integrated iCloud support.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KvzBgFGW7kS293rpSLG0ikaQl80/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KvzBgFGW7kS293rpSLG0ikaQl80/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KvzBgFGW7kS293rpSLG0ikaQl80/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KvzBgFGW7kS293rpSLG0ikaQl80/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=dfU5e5iHH-E:wnHQGBeO9NE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=dfU5e5iHH-E:wnHQGBeO9NE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=dfU5e5iHH-E:wnHQGBeO9NE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=dfU5e5iHH-E:wnHQGBeO9NE:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=dfU5e5iHH-E:wnHQGBeO9NE:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=dfU5e5iHH-E:wnHQGBeO9NE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=dfU5e5iHH-E:wnHQGBeO9NE: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/dfU5e5iHH-E" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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