{"id":11198,"date":"2012-02-20T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=11198"},"modified":"2012-02-18T17:01:34","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T00:01:34","slug":"newsletter-issue-638-some-mountain-lion-odds-and-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2012\/02\/newsletter-issue-638-some-mountain-lion-odds-and-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #638: Some Mountain Lion Odds and Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Except for the members of the media who received copies of Mountain Lion ahead of the Thursday launch, few suspected that Apple would get out another Mac OS X upgrade so quickly. After all, to some at any rate, Lion still needs work. 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