Left Behind: Some apps like Messages, Reminders, and Game Center still look the same: dated or just plain ugly.Ĭlosed: With all the notification updates, it also leaves you wanting more from other third-party apps. Power: Mavericks revamps the way your Macbook allocates its system resources to save power and keep your apps running smoothly by drastically reducing processor consumption for inactive windows. Supported services include Facebook, Twitter, FaceTime, e-mail, instant message, calendar events, and reminders. Notifications: You can now create responses directly from notifications. Users can now label each file with a tag and color for quick indexed search. Mavericks also brings the ability to add tags to each file.
You can now browse your directories with similar Safari-like prowess.
Tabs and Tags: As users are now naturally used to browsing and managing the Web with tabbed interfaces, one is left to wonder why first-party developers never incorporated this into the native OS sooner. Pros:įree: Mac OS updates are typically a paid upgrade, but Apple has finally embraced the free distribution model, including a bunch of new app updates to boot. OS X 10.9 Mavericks - the latest update to Apple's desktop OS - noticeably improves the overall experience on for both new and older Macs.
