Apple seeds OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks beta to developers
Apple on Tuesday seeded the latest OS X 10.9.1 beta build to developers, bringing minor changes to the upcoming maintenance update as it inches closer to public release.
Tuesday's beta, dubbed build 13B40, comes two weeks after Apple issued its last pre-release update, which brought fixes for Gmail, the OS X Mail app and Smart Folders.
According to reader Gregg, Apple asks developers to focus on the same areas for testing, including Mail, Safari, Graphics Drivers and VoiceOver.
Since OS X Mavericks launched in October, Apple has issued two updates to fix issues with Mail and iBooks for Mac. Unlike the usual maintenance update, these were separate standalone patches.
Developers can download the latest OS X 10.9.1 beta via Apple Developer Center or Software Update.
Tuesday's beta, dubbed build 13B40, comes two weeks after Apple issued its last pre-release update, which brought fixes for Gmail, the OS X Mail app and Smart Folders.
According to reader Gregg, Apple asks developers to focus on the same areas for testing, including Mail, Safari, Graphics Drivers and VoiceOver.
Since OS X Mavericks launched in October, Apple has issued two updates to fix issues with Mail and iBooks for Mac. Unlike the usual maintenance update, these were separate standalone patches.
Developers can download the latest OS X 10.9.1 beta via Apple Developer Center or Software Update.
Comments
Mavericks has been great for me so far. I'm having a hard time thinking of what they can add to make it better.
Too bad that (from the best I can tell) Apple gave up listening to user feedback a few years ago now...
I wish safari would save the state of open web pages when quitting. After launching safari it would be nice not to have to re-open all my favourite sites...
Too bad that (from the best I can tell) Apple gave up listening to user feedback a few years ago now...
Uh, it has done this since 10.7. You must have turned it off yourself.
If you close the window, then quit, it will not come back to previous when opening. However, if you quit Safari without closing the window first, all webpages will reopen to what they were before you closed Safari. Makes sense to me.
If you want this work, don't close the window first, just quit first.
I'm not sure that's ever going to be the case.
Too bad that (from the best I can tell) Apple gave up listening to user feedback a few years ago now...</div>
Safari prefs > General - Safari opens with: All windows from last session
or Safari menu > History - Open all windows from last session
Actually most MacBooks and MacBook Pros from late 2008 together with iMacs from early 2009 onwards can use AirDrop as well.
See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4783
Yup, my MacBook Air regularly freezes with heavy Safari use, usually once every day or two...
...the only thing that makes it bearable is that the system restores the state fairly well after a reboot. Still I worry about file system corruption, stray temp files, etc.
There are other issues, like incompatibility with certain drivers, retained Mail.app web preview resources etc.
So while Mavericks is perfectly usable, it still has plenty of stuff that needs fixing.
Problem: unless you log out or crash with Safari open and have Safari launch on login, it will remember windows and their position, but not the "space" they were in which is rather obnoxious.
The only issue that I have had with Mavericks is with Safari. There are times that it jet seemingly locks up and not fully load up the page. What I have to do is refresh the page and then it comes up. Yes, this is a very minor annoyance, but it should be addressed. And no, this isn't a case of the user being impatient or slow internet connection, it just thinks it has finished loading the page but fails to render it correctly.
Mavericks has been great for me so far. I'm having a hard time thinking of what they can add to make it better.
A new file system is probably the biggest change they could make to it. They might change the theme, I'm sure they are working on other enhancements that we see and some that are underneath.
The only issue that I have had with Mavericks is with Safari. There are times that it jet seemingly locks up and not fully load up the page. What I have to do is refresh the page and then it comes up. Yes, this is a very minor annoyance, but it should be addressed. And no, this isn't a case of the user being impatient or slow internet connection, it just thinks it has finished loading the page but fails to render it correctly.
I don't know how much is Java related. I actually still get some Java errors every so often.