I just finished watching the keynote, still not too happy with the name. Maybe if it was a internal Project name I would be okay with it. Maybe OSX Bobcat/Lynx? That seems to roll of the tongue a lot better than OSX 'Mavericks'.
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I was very surprised at the name, but I have to say I really like it.
I can't wait to try it… downloading now
No more big cats
Mountain Lion was already a repeat ("Panther" and "Puma" are the same cat). They could have gone for the four-peat and called it Cougar, or perhaps transitioned to aquatic mammals with "Sea Lion," but at some point they'd have run out.
Mavericks might not mean a "place name" to someone outside of California, but it does invoke the "Think Different" era. It will be interesting to see what comes next year.
It is a California thing.
California got more than just a shout out in this keynote, which as a Californian I did not mind one bit.....
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Should be interesting to see what they choose over the next few years. (yosemite, joshua tree, mohave, muir woods, tahoe, etc?...)
In any case, the rest of the world is going to learn a bit more about the Golden State.
Mavericks?
My husband, friends and family were greeting me and picking me up from the conference to go to late supper, when suddenly I piped up and exclaimed that the new OS-X was Mavericks - the whole table (14 of us Asians + my Jewish husband), all nearly chocked on their water, as they shouted back: "Are you kidding me? Is that inspired by some sports team or something, sounds like a sports team?" It's all going down hill - one man shouted from across the restaurant - you can't get any more commercial than that Apple!
So I ponder...
The entire event was a little anti-climatic for this fangurl but ehh, they were really on script this time though, less stuttering and even less missed pronunciations.
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This fangurl is with ya, I would stylize the heck out of the sea lion icon, but ya.
My husband, friends and family were greeting me and picking me up from the conference to go to late supper, when suddenly I piped up and exclaimed that the new OS-X was Mavericks - the whole table (14 of us Asians + my Jewish husband), all nearly chocked on their water, as they shouted back: "Are you kidding me? Is that inspired by some sports team or something, sounds like a sports team?" It's all going down hill - one man shouted from across the restaurant - you can't get any more commercial than that Apple!
So I ponder...
The entire event was a little anti-climatic for this fangurl but ehh, they were really on script this time though, less stuttering and even less missed pronunciations.
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This fangurl is with ya, I would stylize the heck out of the sea lion icon, but ya.
I loved those burns they laid down on skeumorphism. Look, we all are aware of the royal pr!ck that Forstall was. These guys had to work with him, and suffer through his non-sense. Let them vent a little. And besides, those skeumorphic designs were NASTY.
Why not give OS X the same style as iOS? Not completely the same of course, since OS X doesn't need the same amount of overlay stuff that iOS has reasoned by its small screen size, but the color and design scheme should be the same. That would finally make everything Apple more uniform.
For example the notification centers black color could be replaced with the new iOS-style white overlay color. It's much better.
For example the notification centers black color could be replaced with the new iOS-style white overlay color. It's much better.
If you lived in northern California and were a surfer you'd thing of the beach just up from half moon bay.
(notice the big wave photo they are using for backgrounds. Likely the shot was taken at mavericks.)
Apple will NOT run out of names if they are going to name the OSes after California beaches.
I made a bootable flash drive from the installer, and installed it on my 13" mid-2009 MBP. So far it runs really nice. I'm going to leave it on a second partition for a bit and see but I haven't ran into anything wonky yet.
The problem with that most of us (or the general public) will think of other 'Mavericks' before even remotely thinking (or not even knowing) about California beach names.
Heh. Funny you should mention that. I was still living in La Jolla when I filled that in.
I'm so glad it will run on my MacBook (Aluminum, late 2008)
OS X the best part of WWDC IMHO. Love the new OS, could be the next SL for me
OS X the best part of WWDC IMHO. Love the new OS, could be the next SL for me
My development machine is also my personal machine (single developer). For Lion and Mountain Lion, I installed the betas with no problem, with the exception of some annoying bugs, but nothing really dampened my ability to use the OS.
Anyways, I really want to install this preview, and I have three questions:
- Are there any bugs, that you have come across, that would make a personal machine impossible to use?
- Does putting it on a USB drive mean that you can preserve your current setup, and simply boot into the new OS from the flash drive? If so, can you provide instructions on how to do this, as I'm not sure about this at all.
- Could I partition my Mac and install it one the partition, as to not disrupt my personal machine?
Here you go:
So far I haven't actually ran into any bugs. It runs very well, although on an older machine spotlight indexing causes a tiny bit of lag, but once it's done everything is fine.
I was referring to putting the installer on the flash drive before, but you can install any version of Mac on a flash drive. All you do is point the installer to the flash drive. Then hold option when you power on your Mac and choose the flash drive to boot it.
Yes you can just install it to a separate partition. That's what I did, although my particular setup is someone unique.
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