Yeah we need another Snow Leopard like release. No new features, just a clean out the bloat and streamline everything. And if OS X continues to be free, don't think it will be an issue with users.
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Apple Seeds OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 Build 13D28 to Developers
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Yeah we need another Snow Leopard like release. No new features, just a clean out the bloat and streamline everything. And if OS X continues to be free, don't think it will be an issue with users.
I disagree. I felt 10.5 and especially 10.6 really completed the Intel transition and helped mature the OS on the new CPU platform. 10.6 was deemed an 'under the hood' release and boy was it.
10.6 brought so many core OS features Intel native that help to show how much more performance the Intel chips had when running native code.
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Every OS X update since Snow Leopard its the same complaint from you. You sound like a broken record. Bertrand is gone. He's been gone for years now. And he's not coming back. Federighi worked under Bertrand too and i doubt he was twiddling his thumbs throughout that period.
People only tend to remember the good things of the past. Snow Leopard and even worse Leopard were far from perfect
Mavericks is a very solid OS...even more so since 10.9.2. And in my opinion, is superior to 10.5/10.6 overall.
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If you are testing a beta, and want to have a clean OS at every release, just reinstall 10.9.0 and then update to the beta. This way you don't have to download an entire 5 GB DVD image every time. It's much better.
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Yet 10.6 was the first OS release where Finder started getting slower. They added tons of animations which weren't really needed so now we can actually see windows opening and closing, which eats away little by little from our time. Browsing windows with thousands of files in them got a lot slower as well. Before 10.6 I could open two windows side by side, browse items in each of them really fast and then drag and drop thousands from one to the other instantly. Now I have to wait for those operations. I understand that Finder does a lot more today than back then but still, things got slower instead of faster.
This is absolutely only my opinion. I have no insider knowledge nor anything other than logic to back up my assertions.
Installed for like 2 hours and filed the first bug report already. Mail screws up its signatures again. Previous version would leave the old signature in place when switching accounts, this time it forgets all signatures assigned to accounts whenever you reboot.
Does this build fix the slow-to-get-on-WiFi-after-wake bug that was introduced in 10.9.2?
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Seems you're referencing statements I never made while assuming I have no knowledge of how in-house OS development is planned and executed. Still doesn't change the reality that Serlet did a much better job engineering OS X than current development, and I've been developing with OS X for well over a decade. You know what that say about assumptions
.As for 10.6, seems your "opinion" isn't as popular as you suggest. Try not to be so sarcastic, Joe. (see what I did there
)By the way, suggesting Apple lowered OS X pricing because it, in your opinion, was bloated and sluggish, makes very little sense. Following that logic, the free 10.9 Mavericks update must be pretty horrible.
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Don't like it, don't read it, and you're dead wrong on Federighi. Serlet had nothing to do with 10.7. Before you rudely address someone, educate yourself and try to be a bit more mature, it will open more doors for you.
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Don't like it, don't read it, Before you rudely address someone, educate yourself and try to be a bit more mature, it will open more doors for you.
Cute.
Except i never said Bertrand worked on 10.7 though...
What do you mean by that? What is as bad as Lion and what about it was better in Snow Leopard?
I hope 10.9.3 fixes:
Sleep/Wake up mode is still wonky in 10.9.2 and after the Firmware update to the nMP.. my MP 1,1 on 10.6.8 acts how I would expect. I have to have a convulsion with the mouse, or drag to a sleep corner to get the nMP to tell the monitors to power up.
Internet/Wifi is flaky, range is good (better), but speed and disconnecting is not, maybe just a nMP issue.
Better Graphics drivers, again my D700 runs 80%? faster under windows, please close that gap considerably.
Performance using a TB to FW800 cable to bring over data from an old drive, FW800 seems much faster on the MP 1,1 in 10.6.8, maybe just a nMP issue.
Sleep/Wake up mode is still wonky in 10.9.2 and after the Firmware update to the nMP.. my MP 1,1 on 10.6.8 acts how I would expect. I have to have a convulsion with the mouse, or drag to a sleep corner to get the nMP to tell the monitors to power up.
Internet/Wifi is flaky, range is good (better), but speed and disconnecting is not, maybe just a nMP issue.
Better Graphics drivers, again my D700 runs 80%? faster under windows, please close that gap considerably.
Performance using a TB to FW800 cable to bring over data from an old drive, FW800 seems much faster on the MP 1,1 in 10.6.8, maybe just a nMP issue.
That isn't going to be fixed by an OS update.
I'm able to do the same thing successfully on my Mac running OS X 10.9.2, as are all of my peers.
I think you may need to do some troubleshooting there...
I doubt we'll see anything more than maybe a few extra extensions. Hopefully OpenGL 4.4 will appear in the new release as it has harmonised OpenGL ES 3.0 and OpenGL 4.4 which should make targeting both platforms easier for games developers. I really do hope they focus on getting the SMB2 issues under control or just go back to AFP and provide an AFP server for Windows Server because right now after hearing all the horror stories I might as well stick to an external hard disk because of the issues I would face if I had an NAS.
Has anyone run benchmarks on the updated video card drivers?
My father has the same issue on his 2009 iMac, and one of my friends has the same issue on his 2011 MacBook Pro. Drives us all crazy.
I use a Dell display connected from the Thunderbolt port to displayport and don't see this problem in 10.9.2, can you provide more detail as to your setup?
It does not fix the problem. Also, a problem with dvi only 2560x1440 monitors using apple's dvi-d to MDP adapter not being recognized at all on a new Mac pro still persists. This problem has existed since early 10.9.2 betas and was confirmed by apple engineers when it was released. Wish they'd fix it. Bug reports and phone conversations has had no traction.