Apple Seeds Two New Mavericks Updates to Employees for Testing

[grahamperrin]

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Why do you want ZFS?

For Mavericks discussion of ZFS, please see the previously linked topic … my most recent post there. Thanks.

 

[danielsutton]

OS X Mavericks (10.9) > Where is the ZFS?

Apple is not able to use ZFS due to licensing terms, but the company did hire filesystem engineers several years ago to work on an alternative, which will likely include similar features to ZFS. I am hoping that OS X 10.10 will include said filesystem.

 

[Jon-PDX]

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So here is my biggest fear. I hope that the merger of Mac OS with iOS does not result in EVERYTHING being forced onto the cloud (e.g concept of personal LOCAL storage disappears). I want my data on MY drive in MY house ONLY!!! The "cloud" is a fluffy euphemism for "your data on someone else's drive". This would also mean that when you go to read/write your data, you better hope the internet is having a good day.

Once all personal storage is gone what is to stop the "cloud" service providers from continually jacking rates like the Cable companies? You want your data….PAY ME!!!

Also, privacy issues abound. The only thing the spook agencies (also hackers and nosey cloud server geeks, etc.) can't get to today is the data on your personal drives (unless you leave your computer on and connected to the internet...then all bets are off).

When all data in the U.S. is centralized in the cloud the NSA will have ALL our data as you will no longer have any local data. And the only way to read/write files will be via internet, where EVERYTHING is monitored (already a fact with Prism and NSA leaks).

Why do I feel like I'm part of a flock of sheep watching a fence go up, knowing a fence is going up, but continuing to graze passively? What happens when the last section of fence is installed?

 

[Jon-PDX]

From what I've read, the NSA is only spying/eavesdropping on those outside of the US - something about the Constitution (or Bill of Rights?) making it illegal to spy on their own?

Trust me, they have been doing it to us also and for quite some time

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Anyway, regarding Mavericks. I tried it on my Air and as soon as I realized that SyncServices had been removed/disabled and I could no longer sync my iOS devices locally I went back to Mountain Lion 10.8.5 as quick as I could. I then emailed Apple and told them what I thought about not being able to sync locally.

I hope they return local sync to Mavericks because although I did not have it on my computer very long I did like it. Of course I did not use it long enough to have the issues that are being reported so I might feel different if I was using it on a daily basis.

So between the lack of local sync and the issues being reported, I don't plan on going back to Mavericks anytime soon.

Regarding the possibility of the look of OSX becoming like iOS 7…

NO, NO, NO!

If I wanted a computer that looked like a kids toy I'm sure I could find one at Toy's 'R' Us
(No offense to those that like the new look. It's just not for me).

I was a die hard Windows user ever since Windows first appeared (DOS before that) and I finally had enough of the constant updates, crashes, OS reinstalls, etc... So I switched to Mac in 2011 and have never looked back (once I got over the learning curve).

I like how my Mac looks and runs. It does what I expect and rarely acts up. I like icons that look like the program I'm about to run and buttons that look like buttons. If Apple goes with the flat buttonless look for OSX (or what ever it's called at the time) I don't know what I'll do because I do not want to go back to Windows.

Jon…

 

[grahamperrin]

Apple is not able to use ZFS due to licensing terms …

Please see https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=18385242#post18385242

 

[OldStevenick]

I hope they fix the two bugs that annoy me.

1. The inability to put common Office documents on the doc, as when you open them now they open a copy of the file prefixed by 1, or 2 or 3.

2. The inability to sort the "Get Account Info" interface in Apple Mail by date (or anything else but size.)

 

[madrich]

I wish the incremental update(s) would bring to my machine (Macbook Pro, 2011, 8 GB RAM):

- Slow startup: it takes about a minute for my Macbook to boot up (slower than Lion and Mountain Lion). I have no login items.
- Mail.app - I have two accounts: iCloud and Gmail. The app is overall slower than before, and there's a significant delay between receiving e-mails and playing the new mail sound. I had to turn this option off as I find it annoying.
- Dock: opening a Stack folder up is slower. Clicking on the stack does not bring the apps included in it instantly as with Lion/Mountain Lion.
- Random beachballs or spinning wheels: they do not affect the notebook's performance, but there were not present before Mavericks.
- Better iMessage synchronization between Mavericks and iOS7.
- Crash Reporter/Logs/Diagnostic reports: I'm getting several logs, most of them called "Powerstats". I open these files up and it says: Signature -> com.apple.SystemStats.Daily. Each of these files is quite long. I don't know whether I should start worrying or not.

All the best,

^MPY.

I have MacBook Pro early 2008 with 4 GB RAM and I have some the same problems. Slow Startup, Random Beachballs, Crashs, and Freezes with Reboot Loops. I am getting worried and frustrated; as my computer worked perfect with Snow Leopard.