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AppleCare Staff Begin Training on OS X Mavericks Ahead of Expected Late October Launch

musika said:
How crazy would it be if Apple, at the last minute, showed off an OS X redesign to somewhat match iOS 7?

I'm not saying this would necessarily be good or bad, and I don't see it happening, but they did do a similar thing with Leopard (showed the OS early and the new design later).

I also think that it could be done tastefully, kind of like this:

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I actually kind of like that
 
Anyone know how long it took from Apple to begin training and when the OS was actually released from older OS's like Mountain Lion or Snow Leopard?
 
musika said:
How crazy would it be if Apple, at the last minute, showed off an OS X redesign to somewhat match iOS 7?

I'm not saying this would necessarily be good or bad, and I don't see it happening, but they did do a similar thing with Leopard (showed the OS early and the new design later).

I also think that it could be done tastefully, kind of like this:

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Photos taken from http://9to5mac.com/2013/08/08/a-look-at-what-an-ios-7-inspired-os-x-could-look-like-gallery/
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they did make quite a bit of UI changes through all the betas so its plausible.
 
musika said:
How crazy would it be if Apple, at the last minute, showed off an OS X redesign to somewhat match iOS 7?

I'm not saying this would necessarily be good or bad, and I don't see it happening, but they did do a similar thing with Leopard (showed the OS early and the new design later).

I also think that it could be done tastefully, kind of like this:

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Photos taken from http://9to5mac.com/2013/08/08/a-look-at-what-an-ios-7-inspired-os-x-could-look-like-gallery/
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Nicely done! I'm not partial to the flat iOS 7 look of things, but I would be expecting Apple to bring OS X along to where they took iOS 7.
 
I have yet to see anything in Mavericks that's worth an upgrade. I don't care to "tag" my files in finder. I'll be sticking with Mountain Lion for a while and let them iron out the bugs first.
 
musika said:
How crazy would it be if Apple, at the last minute, showed off an OS X redesign to somewhat match iOS 7?

I'm not saying this would necessarily be good or bad, and I don't see it happening, but they did do a similar thing with Leopard (showed the OS early and the new design later).

I also think that it could be done tastefully, kind of like this:

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Photos taken from http://9to5mac.com/2013/08/08/a-look-at-what-an-ios-7-inspired-os-x-could-look-like-gallery/
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Well starting with the "back to Mac" slogan, I don't think its much of a secret that Apple is moving both OSs closer together. It makes sense that somewhere down the road the code line is close enough that they can quickly deploy features accross all platforms. This makes sense to me, the "close enough", compared to the microsoft approach of actually building only one code line that really doesnt work on any platform.

Having said all that, there is nothing that says the UI has to be the same on each platform, but I would be surprised if they dont go in that direction. Apple has clearly not embraced touch screen on the desktop, but I do see other UI elements as being easy straigh ports between platforms. There is no reason that imessage, calc, facetime, etc needs to look different.
 
I was planning to order my replacement iMac next week. I think I'm going to hold off another week or two to ensure that it ships with Mavericks.
 
Just wanted to give a heads up on the latest SMC update. It has fixed a huge problem on my Macbook Pro Retina with regards to temperature - it´s now running almost 40C lower than before on idle. Amazing. It´s like a new Macbook for me.
 
I must say that the current build I am on is very stable for my particular needs and has fast shutdown times. I think we may see one more beta and then it's GM after that. Maybe the current build is the last one and will go straight to GM when released.
 
week of October 22nd apparently, plus iPads, no Mac Pro until November though...
 
musika said:
How crazy would it be if Apple, at the last minute, showed off an OS X redesign to somewhat match iOS 7?
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It could be entirely possible since this DP's are really intended to test functionality and APIs, not show the developers the fancy new look.
 
Starfyre said:
http://www.apple.com/osx/preview/

Take a look at that... make sure to look at the Advanced Technologies section.
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I did. Again, nothing to make me want to upgrade. Perhaps if I had a Macbook, but have an iMac. Conserving battery life is not applicable to me. The memory management is interesting since I'm a heavy Lightroom/Photoshop user. I got to see if its any benefit being that I already have 16GB of RAM.

Frankly, iBooks should be a free download. But I'm in the Kindle system for my e-books anyway so doesn't matter. I refuse to use proprietary apps (hence why I use Kindle instead of iBooks, Dropbox instead of iCloud, etc). My data should go everywhere I go with whatever app I choose to access it.


I think OS X has reached its max potential. Maps should be a free download. But I prefer Google Maps. Notifcations should just be an update.
 
ghostface147 said:
I must say that the current build I am on is very stable for my particular needs and has fast shutdown times. I think we may see one more beta and then it's GM after that. Maybe the current build is the last one and will go straight to GM when released.
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Wish I could say the same. But I have a complex display setup that still seems to buckle once in a while. It never goes down, but my displays all go dark then 2 seconds later it looks like it basically restarts the displays and then everything is fine for another few hours. I'm using an AirDisplay as an extended desktop, plus a DualHead2Go on 2 20" monitors, plus the built in display on my MBA. So basically driving four monitors through three "displays".
 
Schizoid said:
week of October 22nd apparently, plus iPads, no Mac Pro until November though...
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Wait, What? Mac Pro in November, say it ain't so, surely they will announce pricing and preorders in October? I need a trash can for Halloween!
 
Hopes for GM:

- Game Center - refresh

- Reminders - refresh

- iMessage* - Polish (or flatten)

*I realize I mention this often, but I'd love to have the "Answering Machine" feature offered in 10.5 Leopard beta that didn't make GM - users leave a video or audio away message, people leave one in return (video would be great for the deaf) - or combine iMessage/FaceTime into one app - seems too many apps scattered around.

- iBooks - Needs a bit more options, but overly welcomed addition

- Multiple Displays - Dragging windows between displays halves the window, intended "feature" but rather odd. Would love 10.5/6 "Spaces", thankfully we have "TotalSpaces" (coming for 10.9 once released). The developer was solo, great guy, was such a hit "BinaryAge" ("TotalFinder" producers) bought and brought him into the company.

- Graphics/OpenGL/Mac Pro -The new Mac Pro w/ AMD FirePro 6GB built-in graphics and one CPU, emphasis on OpenGL support will be greatly needed. 10.9 has made some serious strides (for OS X), but still falls short.

- Remove Game Center - forget redoing it (see #1), get rid of it. It's the "Ping" of OS X (bubbles for Game Center icon in iOS 7? Ok.)

- AFP, SMB, NFT (yes, I went there) - Improve, improve, improve

- WiFi - C'mon already, you sell the hardware and the software, what's the disconnect here? I'm fortunate not to have this issue, but it's evident for many. I've noticed the new "ac" routers make a difference. I jumped in noticing "ac" has become the new "N" standard. With 2 NAS devices, 2 Mac Mini HTPC's, and 20+ networks devices, tests between 5th and 6th gen AEBS's demonstrate a noticeable difference. I bought a second to carry the 5GHz band further, speeds have been phenomenal. (Now fix Airport Utility!)

- OS X Server - Please - eh, never mind. We gave up after 10.7 "Server" ;)

Otherwise, having used this since June, this is the first time since 10.6 that I have been excited for an OS X release. I wish I could wipe 10.7 and 10.8 from my memory. Back to the Mac/power/professional improvements most likely came from developing the soon to be released Mac Pro, no doubt.

That's enough for now :)
 
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