Today we’re having a look at the newest edition of Apple’s basic video editing software, that being OS X Mavericks’ own iMovie 10.0. With the release of OS X Mavericks comes the “free” generation of Apple-made software, and both iLife and iWork coming to the public without cost – with new machines, that is. Here […]
Apple’s OS X Mavericks free upgrade on Tuesday saw 5.5-percent of Mac owners update within 24 hours, new research suggests, significantly outpacing the rate of Mountain Lion adoption in 2012. A sampling of North American Mac users by ad network Chitika indicated upgrades of this week’s free OS release reached levels that the $19.99 Mountain […]
Adobe has corralled Flash Player in OS X Mavericks, sandboxing the much-maligned plugin in Safari on Apple’s latest Mac operating system so as to minimize its potential to allow through malware. The move – which follows Adobe sandboxing its plugins when used in Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox – follows Apple’s increasing moves to keep […]
Apple’s newest desktop operating system, OS X Mavericks, is available to download now. And it’s free! Here are some tips and tricks to get you started.
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Apple’s latest computer operating system, OS X Mavericks, was released yesterday and it seems that the operating system is being adopted faster than its predecessor, OS X Mountain Lion. According to the numbers released by analytics firm, GoSquared, they have found that OS X Mavericks now accounts for 6-8% of all OS X traffic. The firm notes that the numbers are still fluctuating at the moment, but they seem to range between 6-8% which is admittedly pretty impressive given that it was released about 24 hours ago.
This is compared to OS X Mountain Lion which only saw an adoption rate of 3% within 48 hours of its launch. However OS X Mavericks was released as a free update and covers a pretty huge range of MacBook laptops as well as Mac desktop computers, which might explain why the adoption rate is higher than Mountain Lion which was a paid upgrade. It will be interesting to see what the numbers are further down the line, where new customers and late adopters will be added to the mix. What do you guys think of OS X Mavericks so far? Worth the upgrade?
OS X Mavericks See 6-8% Adoption In 24 Hours original content from Ubergizmo. 
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If you own a 2013 MacBook Air that is still running on OS X Mountain Lion, you might want to consider update to the free OS X Mavericks update that was released just yesterday. Granted there are some changes made to the operating system that might throw you off, especially if you’ve been using Mountain Lion for a while now, but perhaps the gains in battery life might be able to offset those changes. According to a rather comprehensive and lengthy review of OS X Mavericks by John Siracusa over at Ars Technica, he found that installing Mavericks managed to boost battery life on MacBook computers rather significantly.
As you can see in the bar graphs above, installing Mavericks on a 2007 MacBook Pro saw the laptop’s battery life jump from about 3.15 hours to 3.93 hours. While it is an improvement, it’s not that much, at least when compared to the likes of a 2013 MacBook Air which saw its battery life jump from an average of 12.07 hours to a massive 15.68 hours! This is thanks to the power saving features that have been built into Mavericks, such as Timer Coalescing, Compressed Memory, and App Nap. Of course we don’t expect all MacBook Air owners to get those numbers as each person uses their laptops in a different way and with different settings, but hopefully the update should allow you to notice battery life improvements at the very least.
2013 13″ MacBook Air Gets Significant Battery Improvements With OS X Mavericks original content from Ubergizmo. 
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It’s all-change in Mac land, and after the MacBook Air got its Haswell refresh earlier this year – to great effect – it’s the turn of the MacBook Pro with Retina display to be brought up to speed. Apple’s pixel-dense desktop replacement was always a powerhorse, at least in 15-inch form, but now gets Intel […]
Back when Apple first teased the Mac Pro 2013 at WWDC 2013 earlier this year it gave us few details and even less of a chance to get our hands on the barrel-shaped powerhouse. This time around, we have pricing, a release date, and even the chance to get our grubby fingers on the new […]
Apple broke the mold a little bit on Tuesday morning not only by introducing the latest version of OS X for free but also making it available immediately. To upgrade now, click here. Pretty much any machine made after 2007 is compatible, but you’ll need to be running Snow Leopard or later.
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With the ushering in of new hardware on both the desktop and the mobile front, the folks at Apple this week have brought on a new collection of software updates as well. They’ve update iLife in full – working with new versions of iMovie, iPhoto, and Garageband for both iOS and OS X. These updates […]
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