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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: 2013-10-25, Author: Jason , review by: cnet.com.au
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 it's 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....
Tabs in Finder, Useful new apps, Enhanced performance, Great multidisplay improvements
Suboptimal tagging, Some elements still pigugly, Few moments of excitement, Feels a bit unfinished
For the most part, we think Mavericks is a decent upgrade. While there's nothing transformative here, nor is there anything that will make OS X a drastically unfamiliar experience, and that's a good thing when it comes to the lifeblood of your desktop. Wh...
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Published: 2014-10-17, Author: Karl , review by: macworld.co.uk
The main differences between the two operating systems are the new look and flatter design of Yosemite, along with features like AirDrop, Handoff and better integration with your iOS devices, and the cheaper iCloud Drive prices Yosemite and iOS 8 bring. I...
Abstract: There was a time when a new version of Apple’s OS X operating system was a major event for Mac users around the world. However, the recent arrival of Mavericks – or OS X 10.9 as it is officially known – went almost unnoticed amid the furore surrounding th...
As a free update, OS X Mavericks isn't really to be ignored. Simply put, it just makes OS X better.It doesn't however bring anything so drastically fresh to the fore, that it ends up feeling hugely exciting. If Apple had been charging for the update, we w...
Published: 2013-10-24, Author: Stuart , review by: pocket-lint.com
Battery life improvements are great, notifications, improved multiple display support, it's free (from Snow Leopard and beyond)
Different to iOS 7 design language, check for third-party application support to be sure, Quick Look is slow, Mail not as fast
Mavericks is a free upgrade so it's really hard to complain about, well, anything much. Quick Look seems initially slower than before, while Mail doesn't seem as speedy as its predecessor. We might also question why Apple hasn't gone down a more iO...
