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October 2013
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The editors liked
Numerous new power-user productivity features
Battery-saving features
Free
Multimonitor setups finally work properly
ICloud Keychain is a great security feature
Improved desktop notifications
Useful Finder tabs and document tags
Tighter iCloud integration with iOS devices
Moderately improved performance and battery life
Powerful yet unobtrusive notification panel that includes iMessage sending. Tight integration with iOS 7. Clean
Convenient UI. New power-management and security features. Intuitive new features like a tabbed Finder and color-coded tags. Maps and iBooks g
Mac OS X Mavericks brings new apps
Streamlines familiar features
And improves power efficiency and battery life for laptop users
Efficient. Fullfeatured. Tightlyintegrated with iOS 7. Cleanerlooking and more convenient than ever. New powermanagement and security features. More options to perform tasks like messagesending without opening a separate app. No relearning or retraining n
Free upgrade
Many apps are better-looking
Lots of performance tweaks
It's free
Compatible with old devices
Updates are mostly useful
Longer battery life on MacBooks
Introduction of iBooks app
Better control of notifications
Great support for multiple displays
Finder tabs
Finder tags. Free upgrade. A steady
Sensible continuation of Apple's OS X/Unix heritage.
IBooks and Maps now available on the desktop
Productivity features like tags and tabbed windows
The editors didn't like
Mail app seems worse than before
Mail app is worse
Broken Gmail support
No transit directions in Maps
Reminders
Game Center
Messages not updated
Multitasking still feels limited
Shared Links in Safari doesn't support Facebook
Bottom Line
OS X remains the best consumer-level desktop operating system
Despite Microsoft's impressive catch-up in Windows 8.1. Newly included apps
Automatic app updates
Better laptop power management
Tight integration with social media
And unifie
Older features like Gatekeeper and Launchpad could have used some renovations
But were left untouched in Mavericks
Minor inconsistencies in deep features like keyboard shortcuts. New colorcoded tag feature lacks some conveniences
Published: 2013-10-24, Author: Jason , review by: cnet.com
Mac OS X Mavericks brings new apps, streamlines familiar features, and improves power efficiency and battery life for laptop users
Older features like Gatekeeper and Launchpad could have used some renovations, but were left untouched in Mavericks
As a free upgrade that gives you more apps, improved features across the board, and better performance, there is really no reason not to get Mavericks on your Mac.
Efficient. Fullfeatured. Tightlyintegrated with iOS 7. Cleanerlooking and more convenient than ever. New powermanagement and security features. More options to perform tasks like messagesending without opening a separate app. No relearning or retraining n
Minor inconsistencies in deep features like keyboard shortcuts. New colorcoded tag feature lacks some conveniences
OS X remains the best consumer-level desktop operating system, despite Microsoft's impressive catch-up in Windows 8.1. Top-notch, unobtrusive security is a major plus, as is tight integration with social media and the ability to run Windows applications ...
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Published: 2013-10-23, Author: Edward , review by: pcmag.com
Powerful yet unobtrusive notification panel that includes iMessage sending. Tight integration with iOS 7. Clean, convenient UI. New power-management and security features. Intuitive new features like a tabbed Finder and color-coded tags. Maps and iBooks g
Bottom Line, OS X remains the best consumer-level desktop operating system, despite Microsoft's impressive catch-up in Windows 8.1. Newly included apps, automatic app updates, better laptop power management, tight integration with social media, and unifie
OS X remains the best consumer-level desktop operating system, despite Microsoft's impressive catch-up in Windows 8.1. Newly included apps, automatic app updates, better laptop power management, tight integration with social media, and unified notificati...
Abstract: Computerworld - OS X 10.9, better known as Mavericks, is the 10th iteration of the operating system that powers Apple's desktops and laptops. Unlike previous versions, Mavericks is the first to be named after a place in California instead of a large cat -- and the first to be given away by Apple for free. Even so, it still looks and acts very much like its predecessor, Mountain Lion, meaning there's no major learning curve for users who upgrade...
Published: 2013-10-22, Author: Peter , review by: imore.com
Apple is in a completely different place with Mavericks than it had to be with iOS 6 - iOS 6 was tired-looking, and it was bursting at the seams with changes that were long overdue. Mavericks, by comparison, takes a finely honed operating system and makes...
Abstract: It's here. Apple's yearly update to Mac OS X. With more features, app redesigns and some very significant performance enhancements, this is the best version of OS X yet. But with Maps data still poor, and some neglected stock apps, does it give everything...
Published: 2013-10-22, Author: John , review by: macobserver.com
Longer battery life on MacBooks, introduction of iBooks app, better control of notifications, great support for multiple displays, Finder tabs, Finder tags. Free upgrade. A steady, sensible continuation of Apple's OS X/Unix heritage.
Abstract: Apple promised us a software-rich WWDC this year, and the company delivered. While iOS 7 looks set to be the biggest change in the company’s mobile offering since the original iPhone, OS X Mavericks teased the latest refinements to Apple’s desktop plat...
