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Mavericks DP 3 is out! First impressions.

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pedrofan

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1.08 GB Installation.

Installed:

1. Safari seems to be A LOT FASTER. It was so slow in DP2 in my 15" rMBP.
2. "Show info" works again in finder.
3. I'm still having wifi drops when connecting apple wireless keyboard.
4. When you switch the volume down to the silent using f11 key, you can put volume up again using f12 (in dp2 i got hooked in silent till you switched volume up in the status bar slider, but feels buggy.
5. Some apps that didn't work in dp2 just works now (tune4mac, clear day.)
6. No iBooks

Just post your impressions and i'll collect them.
 
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I have notice a few of my apps work now. I can use tune4mac and clear day.
 
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Am I the only one not being able to activate the iCloud Keychain feature? It worked with DP1, but with both DP2 and now DP3 when I activate the feature under iCloud it asks for my password but after typing it a grey window slides down showing nothing and I have to force close the iCloud window.
 
RamGuy said:
Am I the only one not being able to activate the iCloud Keychain feature? It worked with DP1, but with both DP2 and now DP3 when I activate the feature under iCloud it asks for my password but after typing it a grey window slides down showing nothing and I have to force close the iCloud window.
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yep
 
RamGuy said:
Am I the only one not being able to activate the iCloud Keychain feature? It worked with DP1, but with both DP2 and now DP3 when I activate the feature under iCloud it asks for my password but after typing it a grey window slides down showing nothing and I have to force close the iCloud window.
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Was having that issue until I had my iPad running iOS 7
 
Underlying technologies aside, and not specifically pertaining to DP3, Mavericks is turning out to be an extremely underwhelming release. The new features such as tags, and improvements to the finder were already available via 3rd party apps. Other new apps such as Maps and iBooks are great, but aren't exactly groundbreaking, or even essential features.

I notice the OS X innovation curve gradually tapering; the minor enhancements are great, the major features aren't exactly major or even necessary. This has consistently been the case since Snow Leopard.
 
Lolito said:
is bar tender working now? what about extrafinder or total finder?
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Have you checked with the developers of those applications to see if they've said anything about 10.9 compatibility?

RamGuy said:
Am I the only one not being able to activate the iCloud Keychain feature? It worked with DP1, but with both DP2 and now DP3 when I activate the feature under iCloud it asks for my password but after typing it a grey window slides down showing nothing and I have to force close the iCloud window.
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Did you read the release notes, It had some specific directions on how to re-enable iCloud Keychain.

sammy2066 said:
Underlying technologies aside, and not specifically pertaining to DP3, Mavericks is turning out to be an extremely underwhelming release. The new features such as tags, and improvements to the finder were already available via 3rd party apps. Other new apps such as Maps and iBooks are great, but aren't exactly groundbreaking, or even essential features.

I notice the OS X innovation curve gradually tapering; the minor enhancements are great, the major features aren't exactly major or even necessary. This has consistently been the case since Snow Leopard.
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You've only mentioned the visible features. What about all the stuff changed in the OS that doesn't have a UI?
 
There are some great features that make mac os very nice. I like being able to respond to messages in the pop up. To conserve power it turns off flash ads.
 
DP3 -

Fixed/Changed

- Mouse wheel scrolling in Icon view when arranged by anything. (wasn't working before, only trackpad finger scrolling worked)
- Menu bar items now add to the left of existing items rather than right.
- (I think) New ‘Recent tags’ option in Finder preferences > Sidebar
- Quickly going back and forth in system prefs no longer locks the app (still gives error and won't display page)
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Problems/bugs

- Still can't free ram using purge in terminal
- Still can make mini finder windows by dragging out a tab
- Quicklook isn't playing gifs anymore :(
- Quicklook seems to be having some problems in general
- Indexing seems to lump everything into the 'Other' category
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Unhyper said:
So the rMBP wifi drop problem has not been fixed?
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He said wireless keyboard, that means Bluetooth. In many cases it is a physical and/or network problem, not a software problem.

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w0lf said:
Problems/bugs

- Still can't free ram using purge in terminal
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I doubt that the purge tool works together with the compressed memory feature in Mavericks. In any case, purge under Mavericks should empty the file cache, and no other caches.
 
RamGuy said:
Am I the only one not being able to activate the iCloud Keychain feature? It worked with DP1, but with both DP2 and now DP3 when I activate the feature under iCloud it asks for my password but after typing it a grey window slides down showing nothing and I have to force close the iCloud window.
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You have to activate it on one of your iOS devices running iOS 7 beta 3 first then it works.
 
Initial Thoughts:

1. Safari still bugged when opening a new tab before a page has finished loading. Going back to the initial page will reveal it as "dark". Refreshing does not help, need to close tab and re-open and reload page.

2. Screensaver still not initiating when using keychain option to "lock screen".

3. Lock screen still not initiating when opening macbook from sleep.

4. Timer that shows when connected to a VPN fixed (it now shows).

5. Not being able to span windows across main screen and attached monitor (or two monitors) is very annoying. Especially when working with large spreadsheets.
 
Finder annoyance

Another thing I hoped they'd fix in DP3 was the "name column" issue in finder...
I don't know if it's just me, but when you open a finder's window and files in the folder are quite long, finder keep the width of the name column quite short and if you want to see the whole name you have to manually resize.

Worst part is that if you go back to another folder with the back arrow in finder's window and then you go back to the folder you were before (the one with the files with long names) the name column is AGAIN returned to default width so you have again to resize to show the entire file name.

This is ANNOYING and was intellingently implemented into xtrafinder which had among its many smart functions, also the "automatically adjust width of Name column"

Why Apple is lately so careless in these little details that really make the difference? ... An screws good apps like Xtrafinder that filled its shortcomings?
 
sammy2066 said:
Underlying technologies aside, and not specifically pertaining to DP3, Mavericks is turning out to be an extremely underwhelming release.
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Dude, have you actually run it? I've run OS X since 10.5 and it feels like the biggest freshen up since then apart from maybe snow leopard in terms of performance.

Improvements to full screen alone are worth it.
 
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