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10.9 All the Little Things!

Totally random: I remember long ago Microsoft had a commercial for, I think, Windows 7, which had a feature where you could drag and drop windows onto different sides of the screen and they would resize so you could have two different windows/apps/whatever open side by side. Can you do this? Right now I just manually resize and place windows, which is pretty archaic.
 
travod said:
Totally random: I remember long ago Microsoft had a commercial for, I think, Windows 7, which had a feature where you could drag and drop windows onto different sides of the screen and they would resize so you could have two different windows/apps/whatever open side by side. Can you do this? Right now I just manually resize and place windows, which is pretty archaic.
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It's not built-in, but if you download BetterTouchTool (free) or Hyperdock (9.99) they both offer the feature. You'll never go back, it's awesome. Something Microsoft did really well.
 
stueee123 said:
It's not built-in, but if you download BetterTouchTool (free) or Hyperdock (9.99) they both offer the feature. You'll never go back, it's awesome. Something Microsoft did really well.
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I bought BetterSnapTool a while back. Worth every penny. Very configurable... even more so than default AeroSnap.

AeroSnap is one of the most awesome things MS has developed for their OS. Any computer that I use that doesn't have AeroSnap or Better Snap Tool drives me bonkers!
 
Did anyone notice way better colors and contrasts using Mavericks DP on a Macbook Air screen? I'm literally blown away by it but can't reproduce it in Mountain Lion. Copying the .icc profile doesn't do the trick.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Endomon said:
Really tempted to upgrade to see what the hype is all about.
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Your not missing much. Most of the stuff mentioned early in this thread is basically the interesting stuff. Dp2 and 3 are fixes and I doubt Apple will tweak much more in mavericks. Im talking ui and speed of course.

One thing Apple hasn't done yet is fix the shutdown, apparently some guy said they did in last weeks build of 10.8.5 12f17. So there is that to look foward to.
 
Ddyracer said:
Your not missing much. Most of the stuff mentioned early in this thread is basically the interesting stuff. Dp2 and 3 are fixes and I doubt Apple will tweak much more in mavericks. Im talking ui and speed of course.

One thing Apple hasn't done yet is fix the shutdown, apparently some guy said they did in last weeks build of 10.8.5 12f17. So there is that to look foward to.
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Good to know. Guess I'll be waiting for the official release then!
 
App Store now shows update history.
 

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I've updated the list, let me know if there's anything missing.


Sky Blue said:
***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 (Control+Command+Space) [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]
- New Options in a drop down for Software Update. [Pic]
- iMessage directly from NC. [Pic]
- Notifications work when app isn't open.


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]
- Other tabs stay in place when one tab is closed, until new tab is selected.

- Allow/Disable plugins for specific web pages. [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]

Messages
- New Special Character selector available in Messages. [Pic]

App Store
- Updates page now shows updates installed in the last 30 days. [Pic]
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There was an update for Mavericks DP3 pushed out today to address an issue with graphics drivers. Apparently it fixes a problem that could lead to a spontaneous reset. Sounds pretty scary.

After updating, Apple Maps is no longer glitching like crazy. It seems like it was fixed too. I think it was like accessing bad areas of VRAM before, because I noticed the glitches contained images of websites I recently visited in Safari. Lol.

activate said:
Is anyone seeing this when trying to turn on keychain.
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I *think* this is a bug in DP2. If you haven't already done so, update to DP3.
 
mrapplegate said:
This was mentioned in the release notes.
When enabling iCloud Keychain, a blank sheet may appear. Force Quit System Preferences and retry.
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Thanks mate, tried numerous times without success. Appearing for on multiple machines.
Edit: Am running DP3
 
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Not sure but is this a new welcome screen for Messages?
 

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