{"id":7351,"date":"2012-11-19T12:56:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T19:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=7351"},"modified":"2012-12-16T17:53:57","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T01:53:57","slug":"apple-to-end-messages-beta-for-os-x-lion-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/apple-to-end-messages-beta-for-os-x-lion-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple to End Messages Beta for OS X Lion Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you updated yet to Mountain Lion? If not, Apple is about to provide yet another reason to compel people to update from OS X Lion, by ending the free beta of Messages next month.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of security-related upgrades that were introduced in Mountain Lion<\/a>, which make it a much safer operating system. But some people are reluctant to plunk down $20 for OS upgrades when their existing version is still functional. (Certainly understandable in this economy!) If you\u2019ve come to enjoy the Messages app, it may be a bit more compelling to upgrade your OS, as Apple will soon be disabling the app\u2019s ability to use the iMessage protocol.<\/p>\n

In order to continue using this functionality uninterrupted, users will need to upgrade to Mountain Lion<\/a> before December 14, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you updated yet to Mountain Lion? If not, Apple is about to provide yet another reason to compel people to update from OS X Lion, by ending the free beta of Messages next month. There are plenty of security-related upgrades that were introduced in Mountain Lion, which make it a much safer operating system. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n