Apple is now run out of cat names with which to brand Mac OS releases, so now it’s being named after all things California. The first is the famous surfing location The Mavericks. I will look forward to future OS X releases 10.10 “Overtaxed,” and 10.11 “This Mac OS X release contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.”
I never used to sweat Apple releases at .0 level, but since Lion, their rollouts have been less than smooth. Nonetheless, since I have to support other people who might upgrade, I figured I should take the plunge early. I installed Mavericks on two of my machines this weekend. Had some issues with Mail hogging the CPU on my laptop for a while, and had to blow away my mail configuration and redo it. The other machine did not have that problem. Mail 7 seems to have serious issues other than that, so if you use Apple Mail, this new version sucks, just to warn you.
People with multiple displays will notice Mavericks handles this differently. It now treats each monitor as a sort of independent display. If you use full screen apps, you’ll probably like this. I don’t use many apps in full screen mode. The downside to the new multi-display regime is that you can’t have a window straddling the two displays. Apple does a little effect when you drag a window between displays so that it looks like it’s moving in between, but once you release the window it has to be on one screen or the, just cutting off the part of the window that overhangs the display.
If you’re thinking about upgrading, I’d wait. While not nearly as troubled as Lion (so far), there’s no real compelling reason to switch to Mavericks. There is no “must have” feature. I use a multi-headed workstation, and for me the new functionality rates a finger twirl; it’s just not all that cool and it has a downside. The new Maps application uses Apple Maps, which is worse than useless, and does anyone actually use iBook over Kindle? I’d wait until at least 10.9.1, possibly 10.9.2 if you’re thinking about doing the upgrade.
I have a real concern Apple is headed into trouble without Steve Jobs. Being an Apple customer in the early-to-mid 90s was depressing, and I fear they may be returning to that state of things.
UPDATE: More concerns about Apple.
I had a college English professor who said that everything in a poem is intentional. I’m going to assume that applies to the above. :-)
Having lived in California before, your first paragraph is the funniest thing I’ve read on-line in a long time.
Seems like all the major OS releases over the last year have been buggered one way or the other. At least Microsoft has been consistently following the “every other major release” rule for awhile now. Apple, though, seems to be suffering from Jobs-lessness. Hopefully they’ll get it together soon.
Maybe Tim is not the right person for the job.
I’ve assumed that’s likely the case, but the question is whether investors will address that possibility and how long before Apple’s brand is damaged.
Honestly, they should of brought Woz back as a figurehead. Woz is very different than Steve, but he has a lot of street cred with real nerds and developers.
How about?
By creating a new crime, this version of Mac OS would impose a state mandated local program
I get the impression that Apple is starting to stagnate and rest on the laurels of the success of iOS which is starting to show its age in comparison to Android 4.x.
The iPhone’s relat
I get the impression that Apple is starting to stagnate and rest on the laurels of the success of iOS which is starting to show its age in comparison to Android 4.x.
The iPhone’s relative stability and battery life compared to Android devices so far is what keeps me on an iPhone but Android 4.x tabs are way more useful than the iPad.
Apple quit innovating a while ago. And now they’re doing dumb Adobe styled mistakes.
Hey, OS X has been named after cats. Well, Steve is dead. And investors are concerned that with Steve gone Apple will change, lose its edge and flounder.
So let’s do stupid little things that make the difference that Steve is gone way way more noticeable.
Like naming the next OS release Maverick, after we um, well, lost the dude who might actually be associated with that release.
Could of gone with Bobcat. Especially for a free update. Ocelot. Serval.