Mac OS X 10.7 is just around the corner with Apple’s Back To Mac event tomorrow and more rumours about iOS leaking into Apple’s full fat operating system are rife. An unnamed source claims to be whispering specifics about OS X 10.7 Lion and they’re making some interesting claims…

According to MacStories, a “reliable source familiar with the matter” (aren’t they always) says: “an iOS influence is visible in the new OS user interface”. The Mac OS X Deepthroat continues: “Apple took some elements from iOS and applied them to OS X, trying to blend everything nicely.”

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The report claims Mac OS X 10.7 strips everything back in favour of a “more minimal look” that mimics the style of iOS scroll bars and scrolling behaviour with gravitational scrolling and “pull to refresh” integrated into the OS. The report doesn’t go much further into speculation about Apple adding more multitouch features to Mac OS X 10.7.

We have seen previous reports that Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will see the introduction of a full-on touch layer to the OS. A job ad popped up earlier in the summer seeking a software engineer to work on the new feature.

Let us know what do expect to see at the Back To Mac event on Wednesday? A refreshed Macbook Air seems likely as do the overdue refreshes for iLife and iWork but is there anything else you want?

Out TBC | £TBC | Apple (via MacStories)

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  • Chris

    I am hoping they really surprise us with a touch screen iMac with iOS features in the operating system to support. Really hoping for new iLife and iWork packages. They may introduce App screens through iOS type update and encourage iMac applications replacing the dashboard we currently have with widgets but then open it for better widget, apps and games as on iPhone and iPad, all downloadable through iTunes. This would be separate to the mainstream Applications folder and dock items which will hopefully remain for the the likes of iLife, iWork and so on.

    • James Holland

      I'd love that too… but I don't think we'll see that until there's some hardware ready to run it… and Apple won't show hardware it's not ready to sell, which it won't be if OS X Lion isn't also ready. Chicken and egg, catch 22, etc etc…

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