The new mac operating system – OS X 10.9 Mavericks – what’s new

So apart from iOS 7 Apple introduced Mavericks. I better cohesion between the iDevices and Macs. So what’s new?

-OS X names will now be California-themed
-New Finder Tabs
-Tags for files – keep track of files by adding a tag in OS X
-Multiple Displays – much more powerful. Menus and dock appears on both displays.
-OpenGL 4 support
-Time Coalescing – helps improve your CPU efficiency by up to 72%
-1.5x faster at waking a system from standby
-Accelerated Scrolling optimized for Retina displays
-AppNap – lets you pause apps to prevent battery drain
– Developer beta preview available now
– Released September / October

– Safari – New Sidebar with reading list, bookmarks and shared links, Big performance improvements, 1.44x faster in SunSpider JavaScript benchmark than Chrome and Firefox, Improved CPU energy uses, iCloud Keychain which links in with your iPhone or iPad. This remembers your website logins, credit card numbers and more. It can suggest to auto-fill your forms for you with private info too.

– Notifications – Reply to iMessages, Email, FaceTime calls right from desktop, Get push notifications from iOS apps on your Mac (that’s your iPad, iPod or iPhone ), Tells you what you missed on your lock-screen, Apps update in the background.

– Maps for OS X – Street Maps, 3D Flyover, Info cards, Turn-by-turn directions, Send directions to your iPhone which appear on the lockscreen ready to use.

-iBooks for Mac – Access to 1.8 million books in iBookstore, Read books from your desktop or iOS,
Interactive books just like in iOS.

– iWork for iCloud – Create iWork docs from a web browser, Works on OS X or Windows, New iWork releases coming to Mac and iOS later this year.

With all the new features the integration between all Apple hardware becomes closer and closer. The user experience of the Apple Eco system is set to raise to new epic levels.

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