![]() The Reading List is now joined by Shared Links, which are brought in from your social media accounts (only Twitter and LinkedIn at Mavericks’ release). Speaking of features, there are a couple new additions. With its performance enhanced, Safari is now the obvious choice. Previously, we were torn as to whether Chrome or Safari was the best browser for OS X, as we appreciated the speed of the former but liked the features of the latter. Scrolling is smoother than ever before, web apps like Google Drive hitch and lag with less frequency, and multi-tab browsing seems to demand less from a Mac’s hardware. Subjectively, we found the improvement reported by the benchmark to be noticeable. For reference, Safari used to score about 3,100 on the same hardware (a 2012 MacBook Air 13-inch). ![]() The Peacekeeper browser benchmark returned a score of 3,437, just south of Chrome’s score of 3,789 and far ahead of Firefox, which managed just 2,371. However, this time reality seems to match the hype. The old glass look always seemed like it was trying too hard.Īpple made a big deal of Safari’s performance updates, as the company does with every release. We don’t think it’d be too harsh to call it dull, but we do think it’s more practical. Gone is the curved glass look of the last few years, replaced by a simple, flat grid on a gray background. The latest to succumb is the Top Sites page, which opens by default when Safari starts. While the main browser window looks the same as previous years, other portions of the interface have continued their iOS-ification. Another round for SafariĮvery update to OS X also brings updates to Safari with it, and Mavericks is certainly no exception. If given the “portrait” tag, it would become visible under both “work” and “portrait.” This system embraces the fact that many files lack a single use but instead are needed for different reasons at different times. This effectively works like the Libraries feature that Microsoft strangely disabled with Windows 8.1, but better the Libraries feature revolved around certain types of files (like photos or documents) while the tags found in Mavericks are more abstract.įor example, a photo needed for a professional photography project could be listed under “work,” but it can also be slapped with other tags based on its content or context. Tags can be applied to files through the context menu and users can see all files with a certain tag by clicking that tag’s entry in the Finder sidebar. Tags are the other big addition, and they also work like the functionality they borrow from. Microsoft should really think of adding this to Explorer. In fact, we now miss having the feature on Windows laptops. This is a particularly handy feature to have on an 11-inch or 13-inch MacBook, neither of which have the screen real estate to comfortably contain more than a few Finder windows. ![]() A new tab lets a user explore additional folders without opening an entirely new window, and files can be moved between tabs via drag-and-drop. The first is tabs, which is obviously inspired by browsers and works exactly the same. Finder, the Mac file explorer, has not aged particularly well, and Mavericks is finally giving it two helpful updates. ![]() Navigating files isn’t the most straightforward task, which is why mobile operating systems tend to step around it, but desktops must have a way of dealing with the massive amounts of data they store. OS X 10.11.4 update might break FaceTime and iMessage Leaked iOS 14 code appears to reveal long-overdue upgrade for Messages on MacOSĪpple updates GarageBand for iOS, adds Touch Bar support to Logic Pro X Free is good, and it largely eliminates the skepticism many consumers have when asked to pay $20 or $30 bucks for what may seem a marginal update. While this is also a shift towards a mobile development model, it’s one few users are likely to gripe about. The release of Mavericks is Apple’s chance to prove its commitment to the Mac, and the company made a convincing argument before we laid hands on the new OS with a surprise announcement Mavericks free for anyone with a Mac running Snow Leopard or later. The introduction of the Mac App Store and iOS-like notifications only worsened these concerns would OS X’s evolution come to rely on iOS hand-me-downs? The last half-decade has witnessed the company’s transformation from a computer manufacturer into a mobile titan, and Mac users have become understandably wary. Apple’s introduction of Mavericks in June was flanked by a message the company battered into the audience with everything from demonstrations to jokes OS X still matters.
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