It's hard to weigh up all the pros and cons that everyone is saying. If users currently using Mavericks could take a second to vote, that would be greatly appreciated!
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So, what's the verdict? Should we upgrade, or are there too many bugs?
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Some of my apple scripts stopped working and so far one of my apps. But OS related bugs. I have had none so far.
If someone had upgraded my machine and didn't tell me, I wouldn't even know I was using Mavericks instead of ML
If someone had upgraded my machine and didn't tell me, I wouldn't even know I was using Mavericks instead of ML
You won't know how your system will react to the upgrade until you just do it. There are no known "major" bugs that will for sure tank your machine if you upgrade, it's really just bad luck on some people's ends.
This might be my favorite Mac OS X, ahead of a tie between Snow Leopard and Tiger. I love it. Features I actually want. Optimizations I actually notice.
As advertised. Hmm i'm still waiting on XBMC to get updated so that it actually works rather than installing a beta version.
In my experience, everything went by smoothly except for some hiccups, otherwise it is perfect!
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=18201820
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=18201820
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So far I can't get Time Machine to work (keeps preparing disk) and when I close the lid or put my MBP into sleep mode, the power LED doesn't blink anymore, just sits there half-lit - I think it's not properly going into sleep, but I'll check it after it's fully charged in a bit.
EDIT: Almost as soon as posted this note, my time machine started backing up the disk. That's after being stuck in preparing disk overnight... I think I shamed it!
EDIT: Almost as soon as posted this note, my time machine started backing up the disk. That's after being stuck in preparing disk overnight... I think I shamed it!
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Mavericks is quite good. Fixed a lot of visual problems with calendar, notification center, notes, etc. all textures look similar to iOS 7 now basically. Settings menu is better, the new maps is a nice addition, and quite a few major upgrades to Safari. Safari now runs significantly smoother and has more features. 
The new tabbed finder works quite well also. All good on my side.
The new tabbed finder works quite well also. All good on my side.
- Running hot with high fan speed.
- Can't pair to bluetooth speakers anymore
- Tried to wipe the system to factory condition but can't do backup as my backup drive is full and the trash removal program isn't working.
- Can't pair to bluetooth speakers anymore
- Tried to wipe the system to factory condition but can't do backup as my backup drive is full and the trash removal program isn't working.
I noticed this morning, while my MBP was sleeping and I unplugged the power cord the Superdrive cycled and it took almost a minute to re-sleep. I had actually not awakened the machine since the upgrade so I don't know if the SD cycling is normal on waking up.
I've upgraded my 2013 MacBook Air this morning, from Mountain Lion and it went perfectly fine.
However I noticed a few things:
- There's no 'paper' anymore in the Trash icon in the dock if there are files in your trash folder. This kinda annoys me, because this way you can't instantly see if there's something there.
- The finder 3-finger swipe doesn't work anymore.
- There's now a colored dot before the name of a file or folder,
instead of a colored file- foldername, when files are tagged with a color.
These things aren't really bugs, but they're kinda of annoying in my opinion.
Having said this, Mavericks is a bit smoother than ML, scrolling is smoother, apps startup faster, and it seems it get more battery life.
However I noticed a few things:
- There's no 'paper' anymore in the Trash icon in the dock if there are files in your trash folder. This kinda annoys me, because this way you can't instantly see if there's something there.
- The finder 3-finger swipe doesn't work anymore.
- There's now a colored dot before the name of a file or folder,
instead of a colored file- foldername, when files are tagged with a color.
These things aren't really bugs, but they're kinda of annoying in my opinion.
Having said this, Mavericks is a bit smoother than ML, scrolling is smoother, apps startup faster, and it seems it get more battery life
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Overall, I'm more pleased with Mavericks than I was with ML, although there's still some annoying bugs like my dock getting stuck on my 2nd monitor. I'll take the bug to have proper multi-monitor support though!
That would be a bug
That would be a bug