10.9 All the Little Things!

[Lolito]

Timemachine menubar icon doesn't spin... I kind of like it, although now you have to check if it's working or not.

 

[jhfenton]

How do spaces (regular desktop spaces, not full-screen apps) behave when you drag them from one monitor to another if the two monitors are different resolutions from each other. Do the windows get resized automatically? Or does it overflow the edge of the screen if the receiving monitor is smaller/leave an unfilled space if the receiving monitor is larger?

It seems to vary from app to app. It will take some tweaking from developers to deal with the subtle changes. In Lightroom 4, for example, I had to use Mission Control to swap the app windows, quit the program, and reopen the program to get them on the right displays and the right size.

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Timemachine menubar icon doesn't spin... I kind of like it, although now you have to check if it's working or not.

I miss it. It provided valuable feedback.

 

[Takuro]

Timemachine menubar icon doesn't spin... I kind of like it, although now you have to check if it's working or not.

I hope to God that's some weird bug. But it persisted from DP1 to DP2, so I have my doubts. I'm going to be pretty ticked if this is a new feature. I'll never know when it's safe to yank my external portable HD, or whether movies I'm playing off my external drive are freaking out because a backup is occurring at the same time.

 

[Lukeit]

Safari > Preferences > Security > Manage Website Settings.

Many thanks! Found it!

 

[Shawzborne]

Ok is there a list of any new hidden tweaks in beta 2?

 

[notrack]

In Calendar, is it possible to add a contact to an appointment and NOT send an invitation?

 

[GermanyChris]

Fluid and Mavericks DP1/2 don’t get along so well.

Mail is not Happy...

on either my MP or MBP

 

[Galaxas0]

Fluid and Mavericks DP1/2 don’t get along so well.

Mail is not Happy...

on either my MP or MBP

Mail is never happy... :< It feels abused and violated. The contents of our inboxes are too much for poor Mail.app.

 

[scrmtrey]

At least they did make scrolling much much smoother. But now it has some lag when u switch to other email to view content of it, i hope they will fix that.

 

[Ddyracer]

This doesn't work in 10.9. This is is screenshot from ML but basically it shows up and no shortcuts will work.

Think i'll go cry in a corner...

Working, disregard. Code 4.

 

[Galaxas0]

This doesn't work in 10.9. This is is screenshot from ML but basically it shows up and no shortcuts will work.
-snip-
Think i'll go cry in a corner...

Well that's depressing. I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[ahmadq]

There are alignment guides in preview now. I'm pretty sure that's new.

 

[Ddyracer]

Command, Option, Shift, Esc yields the Login screen now instead of force quitting the front most app after three seconds. Just like before, hold it for three secs for the login window to pop up.

Oh, and if you hold it for like 3 seconds excluding escape, then hitting escape after you have the three keys pressed, it will kinda change your display saturation (calibrating?) and relaunch the Dock. I'm gonna say it's probably a bug.

I guess i didn't need that command anyway since i can bring up Command, Option, Esc in such cases like a app that's full screen which won't give the Dock's contextual menu

But, now you have to select the app you want to force quit then hit enter, then close the window. So it's good i haven't been using that command for long. New way is definitely more steps, so it might not be too good a change for some, just warning yah.

 

[Lolito]

Fluid nor working properly here either.

I installed firefox beta 23, and it works great. Also new icon rocks. It's flater, much better than before.

 

[tarasis]

Timemachine menubar icon doesn't spin... I kind of like it, although now you have to check if it's working or not.

I still can't decide if that is a bug or not.

 

[goinskiing]

improved a lot i mean seriously a lot feels snappier than chrome / compared to ML its a positive.

Noticeably better. Chrome needs some work here.

 

[Serban]

so safari in maveriks is more snappier ?

 

[antoniogra7]

so safari in maveriks is more snappier ?

And this time is real.

 

[ChrisHumphreys]

In Maps the send directions to iPhone work for me. I was one of the unlucky ones who it did not work for in DP1.

Snap same here i works really well and automatically picked up my iPhone and iPad both running iOS 7 beta 2

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Just connected a second screen to my Mac Mini today (2012 Maxed Out) to find that Cloudapp, Peakhour, Dropbox and Bartender now have two icons on my main menubar and none in my second menu bar. Looks like Dual Monitors is still buggy.

 

[meme1255]

.... second menu bar...

Is there option to disable it?

 

[Galaxas0]

Just connected a second screen to my Mac Mini today (2012 Maxed Out) to find that Cloudapp, Peakhour, Dropbox and Bartender now have two icons on my main menubar and none in my second menu bar. Looks like Dual Monitors is still buggy.

Actually, uninstall Bartender. It's not buggy, Bartender is. I saw the same issue on day one.

EDIT: hey look, we have the exact same macs too running dual LED Displays 24" on a 2012 mac mini with i7 and 16GB RAM. about 780GB of SSD space too

 

[ChadMobley]

Not sure if you have come across this but unless there is a setting that I cannot find when FaceTime is running and being used, all system audio whether it be music, videos or safari audio; it is all lowered to understand the FaceTime audio better. Not sure if I like it or not but that is my experience so far with DP2.

***Updates in red***

I've complied a list of everything in this thread (I think). It doesn't include:

- big features shown on the Mavericks Preview on Apple.com
- bugs
- Things that haven't changed since 10.8.4
- Anything relating to third party software.

Wanted to link to the user that had noted each change, but too time consuming. Have linked back to the thread for Pics.

General
- OpenGL 4.1 support [Pic]
- The linen backdrop has been removed from the OS
- Battery drop down shows Apps Using Significant Power [Pic]
- You can do 4 finger spread slowly to show the desktop
- Pressing the power button puts the computer to sleep. Holding it down brings up the usual menu.
- New Character pop-up [Pic]
- Phrase shortcuts are now available on the mac & they all sync via iCloud.[Pic]
- The UI when clicking on the little downwards arrow next to a document name in the title bar has changed. It’s now a popover, you can immediately change the name, ad tags, move the file around to other places (including iCloud) and lock the file.[Pic]

Finder
- Selections have rounded corners [Pic]]
- Under view options (CMD-J) there is a checkbox to show the user Library folder (You have to be in your user folder) [Pic
- Spotlight Comments in Finder's Info panel has been replaced by Tags, Comments is now an additional section
- Finder Preferences lets you manage your Tags, and also customize Favorites (the favorites are the tags that show up in the context menu)
- if you open a document that's already open, instead of just moving it to the front, it does a little pop as well.
- Events and Reminders available as Finder documents [Pic]

iBooks
-Not included in DP1, may be downloadable from App Store in the future

Contacts
- Faux address book removed [Pic]

Photo Booth
- Slightly altered icon [Pic]

Notes
- No longer has Notepad look/font [Pic]
- has a new "Export as PDF" option.

Notification Center
- Buttons slide in on mouse over [Pic]
- Low Battery Notifcation [Pic]
- New Messages notifications show contact photo
- Disk Not Ejected Properly notification [Pic]

Mission Control
- Mission control let's you move desktop 1 now to where ever you want it.
- Dashboard can be moved between any Desktop or Full screen app [Pic]

Reminders
- Still has the same look from 10.8 [Pic]

Game Center
- Still has the same look from 10.8 [Pic]

Launchpad
- Folders are transparent when opened. [Pic]
- Apps ‘sparkle’ when installed.[Pic]

Dashboard
- Has a new background, otherwise unchanged [Pic]

Dock
- Has new white look when on the left or right [Pic]

System Preferences
- Categories have been removed, icons have been redrawn and are a little bigger. [Pic]
- Software Update is now called App Store, has option to automatically install updates [Pic]
- Dictation gives you the option to download a package to enable offline dictation
- NC Do Not Disturb can be set from System Prefs and can be set to a timer like iOS
- Input Languages redesigned and moved to Keyboard Settings, Language & Region also redesigned
- Adding Google account in Internet Accounts now allows you for native contacts sync. In earlier versions you couldn't sync contacts directly, had to open the contacts app and choose to sync google contacts to the local contacts. [Pic]
- Print and Scan is now Printers and Scanners
- Mail, Contacts and calendars is now Internet Accounts and includes LinkedIn
- The Language & Region preference pane has been redesigned [Pic]
- The Input Sources tab in the Keyboard preferences pane was also changed and now shows you how the keyboard layout you have actually looks. [Pic]
- the keyboard viewer was also given a visual overhaul. [Pic]
- The Mission Control pane now has a checkbox that allows you to decide whether all displays have separate or the same spaces. [Pic]
- The Privacy tab in the Security & Privacy pane allows you to be more granular with accessibility. Previously this was one checkbox in theAccessibility pane, globally granting access to all apps. Now you can individually deny or allow apps to control your Mac for accessibility reasons. [Pic]
- The iCloud pane has a checkbox for Keychain sync. [Pic]
- The look of the Bluetooth pane was changed. [Pic]

Utilities
- Activity Monitor has been redesigned [Pic]
- Activity Monitor has options to view processes by hierarchal views. [[Pic]
- The new Energy tab in Activity Monitor shows you the energy impact of apps, which are in App Nap and which are using which GPU (integrated or dedicated), also in general which GPU your Mac is currently using. [Pic]
- Network Utility has been moved to /System/Library/CoreServices

Safari
- Has a new web inspector. [Pic]
- Disables Flash ads and content that is not the main focus of the page. [Pic]

Maps
- Maps displays a nighttime view wherever it’s actually night. [Pic]
- Maps View menu allows you to display labels in local languages, also allows you to display a very useful scale and it allows you to display large labels. [Pic]

Dictionary
- Additional Dictionaries available. [Pic]

 

[Serban]

OpenGL 4.1 and some 4.2...there will be 4.3 at the final release? that it help us?

 

[Ddyracer]

OpenGL 4.1 and some 4.2...there will be 4.3 at the final release? that it help us?

perhaps not, and yes.

 

[Risco]

Is it me or is DP2 far less stable? I have had a lot more freezes and crashes than in DP1.

Also why have they removed the spinning icon for Time Machine, that is a really bad decision!