Apple Releases OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 4

[Harrycooke]

Hahahah screw your itoys. Nah, i feel sorry for yeh. Maybe later in the day.

haha I wasnt expecting it until next week anyway. iToys are fun.

 

[GermanyChris]

Because I like beautiful looking apps, not just any app that shows text. And since I prefer beauty, I only have Apple devices.

Gag!!

 

[buckyballs]

I don't think iOS 7 b4 will update without the dev site being up since people need to use Xcode 5 to test and develop their apps.

So do OS X developers! They release betas of OS X for the same reasons that they release iOS betas! So developers can ensure app compatibility!

 

[charlituna]

I hope iBooks is in this DP build

Something tells me it won't be. iBooks makes more sense as a stand alone app.

 

[l0renz]

Is iBooks there?

nope

 

[KattDaDon]

Well theres always the next DP build or Final build for iBooks

 

[jmh600cbr]

This is surprising as the dev site is still down. Was it released at 1pm est? That's what time all iOS betas have been released. I don't expect iOS beta until at least tomorrow.

 

[AboutThisMac]

There's something irritatingly different about Mission Control....

 

[newtestleper]

Cue "where's iOS 7 beta 4" posts.

You'd be great to have in an emergency...

 

[oiuh151]

Why are you guys so eager about iBooks for OSX? You better buy books for Kindle, so you can read them at any device you want... you're not bound to Apple then.

And there's a kindle-app on the mac already, with sync and everything.

As someone who uses Kindle's Mac software daily, the sooner iBooks is released the better. The Kindle Mac app is atrocious on so many levels it borders on being unusable.

 

[Lancer]

This will be the first time in a long time I'll actually be able to get the new OS X when it comes out, I was using a trusty PPC PowerMac which was stuck with Leopard. Now I can't wait to update my new iMac.

 

[oatman13]

There's something irritatingly different about Mission Control....

There is also an animation now when you swipe your finger away from one another to move windows away from the desktop.

 

[w0lf]

What I've noticed so far

Fixed:

- You can use purge again but you have to use sudo.
- Fixed bug where Keynote update was showing in App Store and would not update when you already had the latest version
- Fixed a bug where Activity monitor would show NA for everything if resumed in the Memory tab
- Fixed bug when installing where the first boot would not load previously open desktops
- Fixed quickly moving in and out of a preference plane causing System Preferences to display an error and not be able to load the pane until restarted (seem to have just added a slight navigation delay)


Still broken:

- Quicklook won't play .gif anymore
- Dragging a tab out of finder leaves a mini ghost window
- iCloud Keychain displaying blank window after logging in (requiring force quit of sys prefs)
- Safari reloading web pages when going back

 

[oatman13]

There is also an animation now when you swipe your finger away from one another to move windows away from the desktop.

...And they improved the animation when you launch LaunchPad

 

[l0renz]

There's something irritatingly different about Mission Control....

Yup i've noticed that too

 

[kycophpd]

Is it just me or is this beta MUCH more clearer on my rMBP than before? My screen pops like it never has and I have owned it since February. Maybe it is something with the settings or maybe they have done something different.

Heck, maybe it is just in my mind but I love this current beta and whatever it did to my computer.

 

[oatman13]

Is it just me or is this beta MUCH more clearer on my rMBP than before? My screen pops like it never has and I have owned it since February. Maybe it is something with the settings or maybe they have done something different.

Heck, maybe it is just in my mind but I love this current beta and whatever it did to my computer.

Yea the system font looks different as well.

 

[Mattsasa]

Next release will be GM?

 

[petvas]

Next release will be GM?

I don't think so that we are that far yet. The system is pretty stable, but there are still bugs to sort out.

 

[myrhillion]

The Mac App Store

duh moment.

 

[macmikey2]

How are you downloading it with the dev site being down?

Or use Software Update as I do. Only need Mac App store for first download

 

[parish]

Cue "where's iOS 7 beta 4" posts.

Makes a change from "Safari feels snappier" posts

 

[Screwtape]

Does Xcode 5-DP3 still working on this release?

 

[KattDaDon]

Or use Software Update as I do. Only need Mac App store for first download

Using Software Update opens Mac App Store. It's the same thing

 

[crossifixio]

We won't be able to tell till the download finishes and we install the beta. Be patient
Something tells me that iBooks will be released separately on the Mac App store.

I hope iBooks is in this DP build

No iBooks! All under the bonnet changes. Don't see any superficial changes