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Apple Announces OS X Yosemite with Improved Cross-Device Connectivity and New User Interface

Jibbajabba said:
Indeed. Thought the same. No need to diss the competition.
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You can only poke so long before the bear awakes. I think Apple got fed up and decided to dish a piece of humble pie.

Edit: I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Yeah but the newest version of Android on this phone can do that already". So what you're saying is .1% of the market hu? When Apple rolls something out, it becomes available to hundreds of millions of devices and users instantly. That is what Apple offers. Google and Apple couldn't have more polarizing strategies.
 
peterdevries said:
This iCloud Drive pricing scheme will severely hurt Dropbox. With Dropbox being 5x more expensive than iCloud, it looks like I will transition in the fall.
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And considering at least the 200GB is the same pricing as Google Drive, I'd say it's a pretty good deal. I was hoping to see a 50 or 100GB offer, but after thinking about it, I'm probably going to bite and go 200GB. I've got 20GB of photos, then who knows how many GB in home video. Right now I'm paying 25$ a year for 50GB on Amazon Cloud Drive. Might keep that around just as a 2nd online photo backup, but probably not. 2 locals and 1 cloud should be fine (knock on wood).

The one thing I hope to see is write only folders. Especially for the photos. I don't want to be able to view them and flippantly delete them from my iphone app. I would love to see write only with entering your password to allow a 15,30 or 60 (whichever they decide) minute window to allow deleting photos.
 
johnnyturbouk said:
Overall very impressed with OSX Yosemite. Some very interesting features - and finally i can 'airdrop' files from mac to iPhone, to iPad etc! This will heavily reduce my reliance on dropbox - and i most welcome iCloud -live
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You and me both, I am super excited to try this and a few other features out when it finally hits the app store.
 
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Apple today announced the latest version of its Mac operating system, OS X Yosemite. The sequel to last year's OS X Mavericks, Yosemite includes a user interface redesign, as well as major new features focusing on seamless integration between Mac and iOS devices, a new cloud storage system called iCloud Drive, as well as the ability to make phone calls and send text messages through an iPhone.

Continuity
Continuity is the biggest new feature of OS X Yosemite, improving the connection between Macs and iOS devices. With Continuity, it's possible to share files between Mac and iOS devices and it's also possible to make phone calls on a Mac via an iPhone.

AirDrop finally allows users to share files, photos, and more between iOS devices and Macs. Previously, this feature only allowed files to be shared from Mac to Mac or from iPhone to iPhone, which means sharing files from an iOS device to a Mac will now be far easier. Apple also debuted Handoff, which is a feature that allows iOS devices and Macs to recognize one another, letting users seamlessly transition from one device to another. For example, if a webpage is opened on Safari on a Mac, a user can pick up an iPhone and continue browsing that same site on his iOS device. In a demo on stage, the function was used to show an email started on the Mac continued on an iPhone.

Through Continuity, iPhone communications integration allows users to make and answer phone calls sent to their iPhones right on their Macs. "Green bubble" SMS messages from Android also now show up on Macs, and it's easier than ever for a Mac to connect to an iPhone hotspot.

Design and Notification Center
The new UI is very similar to the flat look of iOS 7 with translucent windows, a new dock and app icons and an all-new notification center with a Today pane and both first- and third-party widgets like Weather and SportsCenter. There's also a new dark mode, which lets users turn the overall interface into the more darkened tone of Notification Center.

Spotlight
Spotlight has a brand new interface which looks somewhat like third-party Mac apps like Alfred and Quicksilver and pops up in the center of the desktop. The new Spotlight allows users to not only search through their computer, but online through sources like Wikipedia, Yelp and for live movie times. In addition, Spotlight can do unit conversions, like converting miles to kilometers.

iCloud Drive
Another significant new feature is iCloud Drive, a Dropbox-like service that syncs documents across Macs, iOS devices and Windows. It offers an iCloud storage folder directly within Finder so users can see exactly which files they have in iCloud and it is accessible from both Macs and iOS devices. Apple has introduced new pricing for iCloud with the debut of iCloud Drive. The first 5GB of iCloud storage is free, while 20GB costs $0.99 per month and 200GB costs $3.99 per month. Tiers of up to 1TB are also available.

Mail
Improvements to the Mail app in Yosemite include Mail Drop and Markup. Mail Drop's intention is to solve the problem of sending attachments that are far too large and result in failed sendings. iCloud now encrypts the attachments and sends the recipient a link to the attachment if it's too large. Attachments are limited to 5 GB. Markup allows users to sketch and doodle on emails, much like Evernote's Skitch.

Safari
Safari has also seen improvements with a new "bird's eye" tab view, improved Privacy windows, and support for advanced HTML5 video, allowing for a 2 hour increase in battery life when streaming Netflix. The new tab view, essentially designed to replace the existing bookmarks bar, allows users to see a bird's eye view of all open tabs and lets users to bunch tabs together. Smart suggestions, which display favorite sites directly under the search bar, also help to replace the bookmarks bar.

As far as Privacy goes, users are now able to open a separate private window that does not affect existing windows or tabs, whereas previously, turning on privacy affected all open content. Safari includes 6.5x faster Javascript, with WebGL, SPDY, IndexedDB, Javascript Promises, CSS Shapes and more.

OS X Yosemite is available today to registered developers and will be launched to the public this fall. There will also be an public open beta program launched later this summer. OS X Yosemite will be a free upgrade for all users.

MacRumors readers can discuss the upcoming OS X version in our new OS X Yosemite forum.

Article Link: Apple Announces OS X Yosemite with Improved Cross-Device Connectivity and New User Interface
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When will we see the OS X Yosemite Core Technologies Overview? I want to see what kinds of goodies Apple has baked into its newest system.
 
Will continuity be for specified devices?

I have two children and they have iPad mini's and phones. I have an iPhone, Mac Pro, and an iPad. I do work and receive/send work email via my Mac, but currently don't take advantage of any of the cloud features because my kids would get the content sensitive information from my business.

Will this new "continuity" allow me to wrap security around devices so that only MY devices can get/receive these, or is it still "if it's under the same Apple Account it's open to everyone"?

Could be a very useful tool, but not if I can't keep my business separate from my kids natural curious eyes.
 
I for one was really hoping for redesigned icon's. Circles, squares, app outlines (iWork/iLife) looks cluttered. Go with one design and stick with it. The thing that gets me most is the slanted icons (calendar, notes, etc.) Just my 2 cents
 
pchacker said:
I have two children and they have iPad mini's and phones. I have an iPhone, Mac Pro, and an iPad. I do work and receive/send work email via my Mac, but currently don't take advantage of any of the cloud features because my kids would get the content sensitive information from my business.

Will this new "continuity" allow me to wrap security around devices so that only MY devices can get/receive these, or is it still "if it's under the same Apple Account it's open to everyone"?

Could be a very useful tool, but not if I can't keep my business separate from my kids natural curious eyes.
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You're going to want to investigate the management controls in "Family Sharing"
 
Transparency is old and so Vista! Its a shame, revisiting vista in 2014, sad sad sad.
 
iPhil said:
I'm wondering if the "instant hotspot" will work iPhone to iPad ... No laptop in the house .. :confused: :eek:
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I'd say, yes it will. At least the iPhone will do its part and provide the service to anyone. The question is, will the iPad be aware of the iPhone in its proximity? The iPad has all the same Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities a MacBook has and you can use the same non-instant hotspot now. It's only a matter of auto-configuration. So where would be the problem?

Don't worry. Most likely it will work for you. :)
 
Gudi said:
After consulting my pillow I've made up my mind. Yosemite is awesome!

Yes it is very flat and clean and colorful. But the color comes from the content, not the chrome. Buttons still have borders and use symbols instead of words in the color of the app icon. Gosh, iOS 8 is still awful in its use of color.

The unification of titlebar and toolbar is nice. Most apps have no need for a titlebar. Switchers from Windows will welcome the new behavior of the maximize button. Good bye fullscreen button, I liked you but I won't miss you.

The new Dock looks great. All the icons look nicer, more to the point. Swiping between fullscreen and desktop keeps the dock constantly fade-in and fade-out. A 2D dock will look a lot better during these transitions.

It will need time to fully accustom to the new look of OSX, but I think it will be consistent and predictive. Whereas I feel iOS is becoming more and more confusing with every release and every new feature added.
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Did you find any incompatibility of major app with this OS X yet? Is it safe to install main system?
 
The most annoying thing about this (other than the icons which are changeable), is safari. Fat but not long URL Bar, ugly bright white design, no top sites (which i loved) And the tab view is now horrible, only good thing is scrolling through tabs. I just hope they will enable theming :( :(
 
Its a shame that it s not available now! I can't wait to get my hands on it. apart from the dock, (which looks hideous!) I shall be hiding that dock from my screen!!

Anyway, I am looking forward to the iPhone integration with making calls etc. Handy with work.
 
bigfatgorilla said:
If you design an app for Windows 8, it will be accessible by only 14% of Windows users even though it was released 2 years ago, whereas if you design an app for OS X 10.9, it will be accessible by 51% of OS X users and it was only released last year.
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the use of Percentages doesn't paint an appropriate picture however.

Sure 51% marketshare on Mavericks seems like it supports your analysis, but that doesn't account the actual Volume.

IIRC, Estimated OSx users is around 75m in 2013. 51% of that means that 38.5M on Mavericks.

in 2012 numbers, there were an estimated 1.3Billion Windows users. if we use these numbers, and only 14% upgraded to Win8. we're still talking about 180,000,000 users.

you would have to be looney to ignore a market of 180 million users because it's only "14%" of the windows market.

however, you are right. it's better for developers to make programs that will work on 100% (or as close to possible) of windows. meaning that Developing for the "app marketplace" isn't as desired as standard windows programming for desktop programs.

this was a big sticking point during the "metro" pre-release days. Originally Microsoft was going to make the APKs for Win8's Desktop mode a paid subscription. regular dev's would only be allowed to develope Metro based apps for free.

Obviously the public outcry forced Microsoft to back off that stance and open up desktop mode programming back to the way it has always been.
 
LordVic said:
the use of Percentages doesn't paint an appropriate picture however.

Sure 51% marketshare on Mavericks seems like it supports your analysis, but that doesn't account the actual Volume.

IIRC, Estimated OSx users is around 75m in 2013. 51% of that means that 38.5M on Mavericks.

in 2012 numbers, there were an estimated 1.3Billion Windows users. if we use these numbers, and only 14% upgraded to Win8. we're still talking about 180,000,000 users.

you would have to be looney to ignore a market of 180 million users because it's only "14%" of the windows market.
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This and while we can just as easily stick with two or three generations old MacOS software, Windows users have the same benefit.

In a 24/7 environment, if it ain't broke don't fix it. We still have Windows XP and Windows 7 running in LOTS of our HP workstations as well as Snow Leopard in our Mac Pros and iMacs.
 
Digital Skunk said:
This and while we can just as easily stick with two or three generations old MacOS software, Windows users have the same benefit.

In a 24/7 environment, if it ain't broke don't fix it. We still have Windows XP and Windows 7 running in LOTS of our HP workstations as well as Snow Leopard in our Mac Pros and iMacs.
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Windows XP huh? Where do you work? Now that Microsoft has discontinued security updates for XP, that's going to an infosec nightmare.
 
Trik said:
Windows XP huh? Where do you work? Now that Microsoft has discontinued security updates for XP, that's going to an infosec nightmare.
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Yup XP, the most solid Windows OS until Windows 7.

Since MS just recently canned support, we may be replacing those machines totally, they are from 2004 last I checked, but you can put an HP workstation through the meat grinder and it will come out clean on the other side.

I work at various locations, mostly hoping around different Maryland universities and broadcast houses, with my feet at one local broadcast facility.
 
Trik said:
Windows XP huh? Where do you work? Now that Microsoft has discontinued security updates for XP, that's going to an infosec nightmare.
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you would be absolutely flummoxed to see just how many XP machines still run in the wild.

Nevermind running. But actually performing well, and very stable.

Many of the clients I work with (Banks / Financial institutions) are littered with XP workstations.

And financial institutions are pathetically slow at updating anything. (some of them are still even using our software version circa 90's that is only accessible via Telnet green screen.
 
I wonder if Apple has advanced to the point of making the font size in Safari's toolbar readable? Actually, that's all I need in any new OS at this point in time.
 
LordVic said:
you would be absolutely flummoxed to see just how many XP machines still run in the wild.

Nevermind running. But actually performing well, and very stable.

Many of the clients I work with (Banks / Financial institutions) are littered with XP workstations.

And financial institutions are pathetically slow at updating anything. (some of them are still even using our software version circa 90's that is only accessible via Telnet green screen.
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Oh no, I work in IT Security, I am aware of the number of machines still running XP in the wild. I'm just surprised someone was announcing it with pride. ;) There are already metasploit modules that can exploit XP vulnerabilities that MS will now never fix... It's just a matter of time before someone develops a worm that can zombie every single XP machine connected to the internet.
 
bchery21 said:
I feel everyone is saying it's bad just to be in the 'it' crowd. But I dunno, just my opinion.
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LOL! "it" crowd for an OLD interface? Really? some people have some preference doesn't make them part of any crowd just like you ... or maybe it's liking the new thing puts you in the "it" crowd.
 
hulk2012 said:
Did you find any incompatibility of major app with this OS X yet? Is it safe to install main system?
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Reading the fine print.

OS X v10.10 Developer Preview 1 is pre-release software. Do not use this pre-release software in a commercial operating environment or with important data. You should back up all of your data before installing this software and regularly back up data while using the software.

No, its not safe.
 
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