Apple Releases OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 5 with iBooks App

[KattDaDon]

Guys, how do I turn off the damn 'Now Playing' notifications in iTunes???

System Preferences > Notifications

 

[Tyler23]

Guys, how do I turn off the damn 'Now Playing' notifications in iTunes???

System Preferences-->Notifications..

 

[lpoulain]

why do so many people care about ibooks? do you really read books on your mac a lot?

I do. Sometimes when I take a short break at work I like to read for five minutes or so, without hauling out my iPad. Clearly I'm not alone.

 

[w0lf]

Guys, how do I turn off the damn 'Now Playing' notifications in iTunes???

System Preferences > Notifications

 

[Bokito]

Just my 5¢

- iTunes 11.1 beta is included (and feels snappier)
- iTunes 11.1 can't sync your iOS device when screen lock is on and you've your device protected with a pincode (works with iOS 6 too).
- iPhoto beta is using Apple maps now
- iBooks is pretty buggy at this time
- They fixed Activity Viewer a bit, but it it's far from ready.
- Still a lot of things are not localized, Mountain Lion was always fully localized in the beta process.
- Safari can now store your creditcard numbers (safely)

I don't think Game Center and Reminders will get a redesign with Mavericks.

I think it will take Apple at least a month to finish the remaining bugs and localizations, but damn it's snappy. I don't expect iBooks to be publicly available from launch.

 

[parish]

This build, ignoring the normal "Safari is snappier" jokes, is ridiculously fast.

You say "jokes", but even Apple has started saying Safari is snappier:

http://www.apple.com/uk/osx/preview/

Thanks to the new Nitro Tiered JIT and Fast Start technologies in Safari, the web pages you visit feel snappier and more responsive

so it's no joke

There are two things in Firefox that are missing from Safari IMHO; Re-open Last Closed Tab (Cmd+Shift+T) - incredibly useful when you inadvertently close the wrong tab - and Live Bookmarks (where an RSS feed sits on the Bookmarks Bar as a drop down)

 

[sniffies]

System Preferences > Notifications

System Preferences-->Notifications..

I don't want to turn ALL of them off. What do I do?

 

[KattDaDon]

I don't want to turn ALL of them off. What do I do?

You ask how to turn off the iTunes notifications so thats where you would go to turn it off. System Preferences > Notifications

 

[skinned66]

Arrrgh, I knew they were gonna do this.

They uglified iBooks. There's no page-flipping animation, no texture, no life. I'm really starting to hate this new flat trend. Flat, in many cases, seems to translate to "bland and lifeless."

Out of all of the skeuomorphism I'll miss turning pages the most.

 

[sniffies]

You ask how to turn off the iTunes notifications so thats where you would go to turn it off. System Preferences > Notifications

I don't want to see what's currently playing. I do want the other types of iTunes notifications (like new albums on sale alerts, etc.).

 

[KattDaDon]

I don't want to see what's currently playing. I do want the other types of iTunes notifications (like new albums on sale alerts, etc.).

What other types of iTunes notifications. Now playing is the only notifications iTunes gives you

 

[sniffies]

What other types of iTunes notifications. Now playing is the only notifications iTunes gives you

Not true.

You can be notified about your favorite artists, App Store wish list items, albums that go on sale, incomplete purchases, etc.

 

[KattDaDon]

Not true.

You can be notified about your favorite artists, App Store wish list items, albums that go on sale, incomplete purchases, etc.

I never knew that... Now I know...

 

[rohithbasu]

dp5 changes

Some changes I noticed other than iBooks:

1.no more scrolling in mission control (Which i kinda like how it was in ML)
2.overall snappier ui (on my retina 15 integrated gpu)
3.MUCH much better battery life indication on web browsing usage (will update after running it down if it holds true, estimated 10.5 hours full charge)
4.Inbuilt Feedback assistant (which is a first for mac os x i think)
5.iPhoto update ?? (even if it wasn't installed before)

6.Also FANTASTIC scrolling of huge pdf documents in Preview

 

[Cougarcat]

how is it for the better? i think that is an opinion not a fact.

Less ornamentation makes it easier to focus on your content. That's the philosophy, anyway.

Whether or not you prefer it, of course, is a matter of taste, which is entirely opinionated, as you state.

 

[cclloyd]

I'm not updating. Stuck on 3mbps wifi.

 

[omro]

iBooks question.

Anyone worked out how to add cover art to a book that doesn't have it by default?

 

[alec6542]

Have they returned color to the sidebar icons in iPhoto 9.4.6 beta? I hate the grey sidebar icons. iTunes 11 gave me hope that colorful sidebar icons would be restored to all apps such as finder and iPhoto, but so far nothing.

 

[omro]

In finder, the list view of a folder still reverts back to the default sizes if you change the column sizes and navigate away and back again. Kind of annoying if you want to see longer file names.

 

[lazaruzz]

1.no more scrolling in mission control (Which i kinda like how it was in ML)

You can still do it, I'm able to do it with my mouse wheel but not on the trackpad.

Enhanced dictation still do not work regular dictation works tho..Worked on the first preview but broken ever since.

 

[Scyanide]

why do so many people care about ibooks? do you really read books on your mac a lot?

I would ...if I had iBooks on my MacBook.

 

[philipandrews]

I am not noticing an issue with iOS syncing when phone is on passcode lock. Mine seems to be syncing fine.

 

[philipandrews]

Is there a workaround yet for putting converted ePub's back into the iBooks library.

 

[Derekeys]

Liking the iPhoto update!

Loving the share option icons. Definitely lining up ios7 and Mavericks here. Well duh...

 

[carboncocoa]

Don't know if anyone said this before, but now on your address bar appears "Web Address / Search (Google)". Or was this present before?

In Mountain Lion, it says Search Google or enter an address.