“Apple has posted for developers the ‘GM seed’ of the next version of its desktop operating system, OS X Mavericks, in preparation for expected consumer availability sometime later this month,” Thomas Claburn reports for InformationWeek.
“The GM seed will become the official commercial release if no show-stopping errors turn up,” Claburn reports. “OS X Mavericks follows the release of iOS 7, Apple’s mobile operating system, last month — timing that works well given the growing areas of overlap between the two operating systems. iOS 7 added AirDrop, a file-sharing mechanism introduced in OS X Lion, and OS X Mavericks adds Maps and iBooks from the iOS world. That’s in addition to crossovers facilitated by iCloud with apps such as Notes and Reminders and common services like iTunes Radio.”
Claburn reports, “OS X Mavericks doesn’t bring dramatic changes to the Mac, but it does offer a lot of thoughtful improvements that add up. Here are 11 of the new features that might make it worth installing.”
1. App Nap
2. Sprite Kit
3. AV Kit
4. Safari Power Saver
5. Compressed Memory
6. Multiple Screens
7. Tags
8. Safari Push Notifications
9. iCloud Keychain
10. iBooks
11. Automatic Updates
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