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Apple Gives Developers Access to OS X Mavericks
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can someone who's running it PM me the result of:
I'm interested to see if there is a difference in the Catalog this time around
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cat /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist
Answer me this:
If I designed and built a Ferrari and called it a Ferrari Dronfield. What would you think about that?
My MacBook Air only has 1 partition . I've run all the 10.8.3 and 10.8.4 betas on it. I think I'll just install this over 10.8.4 and go with it seeing how no body here has had issues
Going by the Wikipedia article, it sounds like it started out as Maverick's, as in Maverick's beach or Maverick's spot. I guess apostrophe somehow dropped out.
Internationally it will be a tough to market under such a name, as it has quite a few peculiar sounds in it and it is fairly long. I can imagine it will not roll off the tongue in many languages. Heck it does not roll off very smoothly in English, mostly due to the "s" at the end. Vista was not a very good OS, but the name ticks off all the boxes very well for international roll out: only two syllables and each syllable is very easy to pronounce.
They ran out of cats! But I have to admit, as a German, I thought exactly the same.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavericks_(location)
I was thinking that "safari" goes in the same theme with the big cats, not so much anymore with "mavericks". The name "safari" seems out of place now..
Rent Chasing Mavericks and you.will.understand. As a surfer and a Mac user, I couldn't be happier with Apple's choice of names for their new OS.
trim on non apple SSD need to be enabled? can i usa trimenabler or other similar software?
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milo is correct. No downloads yet for appleseed invitees. Looks like the invite process is still going, no download today either. Also got the Safari 6.1 invite (separately).
I hate to rain on your parade, but did you test if Skype works? It does not work properly on my MacBook Unibody Late 2008; as soon as I click on a conversation, it throws an exception or freezes.
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This older version appears to work:
http://www.oldapps.com/mac/skype.php?old_skype=10001?download
Via: http://community.skype.com/t5/Mac-L...-on-new-iOS-10-9-Mavericks/m-p/1682048#M32033
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I'd think it was steampunk.
But if you designed a Ferrari I doubt the family would name it after any town in G.B., but if it did Donington would be the one.Do you have a point?
Skype I can do without. Looking forward to seeing tags officially supported. Now, if there is just some way to convert my existing Finder comments to tags.
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With 280+ State Parks (including State Beaches) and 20+ National Parks and Monuments in California, I don't think they will run out of "California" landmarks any time soon. But, as I said, I'm more interested in official support for tags. I hope this really takes off.
I would think of Drone-field. Were you trying to name it after some military training grounds for UAVs out in Mojave desert somewhere?
I just made a second partition and then did a clean install onto it. The whole process took less than half an hour by the time it had installed and booted into 10.9.
So this new OSX is 10.9. Will it be 10.10 next or 11.0? It's now been 10 releases of 10.x. Now 11.0 would make sense to me. They should have saved "Mavericks" until 11.0 and used one more cat name for 10.9. Just my thought anyway.
Incredibly smooth and fast for being a beta 1 (MBP mid09). I wish i could give iBooks a spin, but i don't think it is in this release. The 'under the hood' updates definitely gave my older mac a little more pip in its step. Far more responsive.
Also coincides nicely with the totally tubular design of the Mac Pro.
Tuuubullarrrr!
Missing the Point about Names
In regards to the name, I don't like the term "Mavericks" but I love that Apple named the OS after a spot with killer waves that only the best can surf. It implies focus, challenges, working to be the best, speed, etc.
But people seem to be missing the point. They say, "I identify that word with..." (fill in the blank). Yes. You do now. But how many people have googled that beach after hearing the keynote? How many are passing on that info to their friends--who are googling that beach? How many are watching that documentary who wouldn't have before?
So now "Mavericks" is changing in what we connect it to. McCain/Palin are going to fade in connection to it, as is the basketball team (for all but those who root for that team, of course). Google is going to start to put that Beach (or Apple's new OS) first when people put that word into their search. The aim is to make the OS and name (and possibly big waves) synonymous. And, thus, give people a better feeling when they see it. They'll see 'Mavericks" and start to like it because it means "good OS" or "Cool beach."
This may or may not work--but that's the aim with all names. Not just to attract customers, but to give the word used a new context. If Apple can't do that, can't make any name shine as positive because it relates to Apple's cool new OS, then no name, however cool is going to benefit them.
The "goodness" of the name is all in whether Apple can alter it to their benefit in our minds, not in whether it is, inherently and in itself, a good name or even a recognizable name in regards to the place it references.
In regards to the name, I don't like the term "Mavericks" but I love that Apple named the OS after a spot with killer waves that only the best can surf. It implies focus, challenges, working to be the best, speed, etc.
But people seem to be missing the point. They say, "I identify that word with..." (fill in the blank). Yes. You do now. But how many people have googled that beach after hearing the keynote? How many are passing on that info to their friends--who are googling that beach? How many are watching that documentary who wouldn't have before?
So now "Mavericks" is changing in what we connect it to. McCain/Palin are going to fade in connection to it, as is the basketball team (for all but those who root for that team, of course). Google is going to start to put that Beach (or Apple's new OS) first when people put that word into their search. The aim is to make the OS and name (and possibly big waves) synonymous. And, thus, give people a better feeling when they see it. They'll see 'Mavericks" and start to like it because it means "good OS" or "Cool beach."
This may or may not work--but that's the aim with all names. Not just to attract customers, but to give the word used a new context. If Apple can't do that, can't make any name shine as positive because it relates to Apple's cool new OS, then no name, however cool is going to benefit them.
The "goodness" of the name is all in whether Apple can alter it to their benefit in our minds, not in whether it is, inherently and in itself, a good name or even a recognizable name in regards to the place it references.
