OS X 10.9 Mavericks Overview
The latest Mac operating system may not have a feline name, but OS X Mavericks is a more ferocious and efficient operating system than it’s predecessors.
One of our favorite Mavericks features is the Maps app. It’s smooth and responsive with very crisp and detailed text. It has a realistic 3D feature called Flyover that gives an eagle eye’s view of certain cities.
Maps provides information like phone numbers, photos and Yelp reviews on local points of interest, and Maps offers point-to-point directions, live traffic conditions, and alternate routes. Not surprisingly, Maps is smoothly integrated with OS X and can be linked to your Mail, Contacts and Calendar apps.
One of our favorite Mavericks features is the Maps app. It’s smooth and responsive with very crisp and detailed text. It has a realistic 3D feature called Flyover that gives an eagle eye’s view of certain cities.
Maps provides information like phone numbers, photos and Yelp reviews on local points of interest, and Maps offers point-to-point directions, live traffic conditions, and alternate routes. Not surprisingly, Maps is smoothly integrated with OS X and can be linked to your Mail, Contacts and Calendar apps.
Another notable feature of Mavericks for power users is its enhanced multiple display support. With Mavericks, there’s no primary or secondary display. Each display has its own menu bar and dock. Each monitor operates like it’s own separate computer. So, you can have multiple app windows running on different displays, or even run a different apps full screen on each display. You can add additional computer monitors to your Mac or Mavericks gives you the option to use AirPlay and Apple TV to wirelessly turn your HDTV into a fully functional display.
Notifications are more interactive in Mavericks. You can reply to a message, respond to a FaceTime call, or delete an email right from the notification. Mavericks lets you get notifications from your favorite websites even when your internet browser is closed.
Mavericks has made some nice changes to Finder. It’s more intuitive. You can group all of your Finder windows into one, sort of like having multiple web pages open in tabs in an internet browser. Finder tabs can also be arranged and viewed various ways within a window. Lastly, files can be dragged and dropped between the tabbed windows.
True to Apple, the new Mavericks operating system has several new features running quietly yet powerfully behind the scenes. Highly technical processes with fancy names like memory compressing, app napping and timing coalescing are built into the OS. You don’t have to understand how they work but your Mac will run more efficiently, use less power and have a longer battery life.
The OSX Mavericks operating system will be available this fall. The price has not been announced, but based on Apple’s pricing history, it will likely be in the $30 range.
Click here for more detailed information on Mavericks, or contact us at 888-813-5558 or support@cranstonit.com.
Notifications are more interactive in Mavericks. You can reply to a message, respond to a FaceTime call, or delete an email right from the notification. Mavericks lets you get notifications from your favorite websites even when your internet browser is closed.
Mavericks has made some nice changes to Finder. It’s more intuitive. You can group all of your Finder windows into one, sort of like having multiple web pages open in tabs in an internet browser. Finder tabs can also be arranged and viewed various ways within a window. Lastly, files can be dragged and dropped between the tabbed windows.
True to Apple, the new Mavericks operating system has several new features running quietly yet powerfully behind the scenes. Highly technical processes with fancy names like memory compressing, app napping and timing coalescing are built into the OS. You don’t have to understand how they work but your Mac will run more efficiently, use less power and have a longer battery life.
The OSX Mavericks operating system will be available this fall. The price has not been announced, but based on Apple’s pricing history, it will likely be in the $30 range.
Click here for more detailed information on Mavericks, or contact us at 888-813-5558 or support@cranstonit.com.