What are some noticeable differences from 10.8? I have 10.8 on my 2011 Mac Mini. Do you think this OS is significantly better or better enough to upgrade?
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IMHO, and I can only speak for myself, it's a step up. Sure a lot of people are not happy because there really wasn't much done aesthetically, however I think there was a lot done on the backend. Some might agree while others may not.
But all in all it's a step in the right direction. Even I would've enjoyed more of a facelift as well, but I think that is going to perhaps come in the next major release. It's not perfect, then again nothing is.
Some good news perhaps everyone has picked up on is an update coming soon after the public release.
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Slide
IMHO, and I can only speak for myself, it's a step up. Sure a lot of people are not happy because there really wasn't much done aesthetically, however I think there was a lot done on the backend. Some might agree while others may not.
But all in all it's a step in the right direction. Even I would've enjoyed more of a facelift as well, but I think that is going to perhaps come in the next major release. It's not perfect, then again nothing is.
Some good news perhaps everyone has picked up on is an update coming soon after the public release.
Best,
Slide
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I have a 2011 Mac Mini as well. It feels significantly smoother compared with Lion. Even though it froze some times. Not very often this couple of days.
Battery life.
Performance.
Tabbed Finder
Tags
Multiple Monitor Support
IBooks, Maps
iCloud Keychain
Bug fixes
http://www.apple.com/osx/preview/
I never really got into tags until three days ago. I absolutely love them. I don't even bother organising my files anymore, I just dump everything on an external with tags attached to them. I only browse using tag searches these last three days and It seems to be much more efficient. Loads of time saved and everything where I need it to be even if I have those files scattered in multiple different folders.
I would say it is definitely a step up from Mountain Lion. Performance is much better, memory management is great, App Nap is a super awesome feature that really helps save overall battery life.
Labels make it super easy to organize files, too. Maps is a pretty cool app, and along with the "Send to iPhone" feature it is really solid.
Just my $0.02
- Kyle
Labels make it super easy to organize files, too. Maps is a pretty cool app, and along with the "Send to iPhone" feature it is really solid.
Just my $0.02
- Kyle
Also a lot of new bugs. Do yourself a favor and don't upgrade yet if you do anything heavier than internet/office stuff. Content creation tools (esp. Adobe) aren't ready for 10.9 yet and vice versa. Learned that the hard way.