10.9 All the Little Things!

[Ddyracer]

Hi, you guys really point out many details. As I am reading through all the pages. I have two questions:

1. What is the version number of python in Mavericks? i.e. in terminal "python --version" or "python3 --version"
2. About 10.8's mission control, there is an option "When switching an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application" in system preferences, but some built-in app (yes Finder, the most important one) doesn't behave according to the setting. It's very frustrating when I trying to staying concentrate on a certain space when there is Finder's window already open in any other space.

May I know how are these going in 10.9 please?

python: 2.7.5 in DP2.

 

[Shawzborne]

iTunes is now in notification center

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[Shawzborne]

 

[sflomenb]

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What's the point?

 

[Sky Blue]

What's the point?

So you can see the song playing and skip it when you're not in iTunes.

 

[ZacNicholson]

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well this means i no longer need "now playing" app. nice little app that did what this did

 

[larry918]

I wouldn't mind this design for OS X:

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Just…go work for Apple already. That UI is simply gorgeous, would've never thought that iOS7 translated to the big screen that well.

 

[activate]

yeah the notification centre integration and the mini player on top of other windows, work well.

 

[iGrouch]

I wouldn't mind this design for OS X:]

Yes the branding of Mavericks suggests that it should look like that. It does look quite good and appropriately refreshing.

 

[Beavix]

I've been dying to hear if the ability to choose the duration of the snooze for iCal notifications has returned.

Prior to 10.8, you could choose to snooze an iCal notification for 5, 10, 15, 60m, 1 day, etc. That ability disappeared in 10.8, always snoozing for 15 minutes.

Can anybody confirm if this feature returned? I'm hoping with overall more 'capable' notifications, it has.

Snooze times are back. See a screenshot here (the OS is in Romanian, but you get the picture). You have to keep the Snooze button pressed to see that menu.

 

[Cougarcat]

Yes the branding of Mavericks suggests that it should look like that. It does look quite good and appropriately refreshing.

Stranger things have been known to happen. Leopard had some new GUI changes late in its dev cycle, although its cycle was longer than Mavericks and I don't think Apple will pull a fast one on developers. We'll have to wait til 10.10 for a more drastic change like that. It is curious though how the branding mimics iOS 7 when the OS itself looks nothing like it. (Although maybe it makes sense because Apple's marketing designers designed the look of iOS 7!)

 

[Killa Aaron]

Just dug through the iTunes 11.1 beta .rsrc and found the ibooks icons, may be coming very soon.

 

[Sky Blue]

icon is on the Apple sire, though not as big. Hope App Store/iTunes get similar icon updates.

I still think iBooks OS X won't be out until public release of Mavericks.

 

[Sky Blue]

Updated as of this post.

***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]
- Slight font change 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]
- New Time Machine icon in menubar Pic


iBooks
-Not included in DP1, may be downloadable from App Store in the future
- A closer look at iBooks icon Pic

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.
- LinkedIn quick posting to Connections via Notification Center side bar


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]
- While in Mission Control, you can scroll through pages/windows

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]
- You can now hit Ctrl-Return (or Ctrl-Enter, recent switchers) in Safari and it adds .com automatically.
- New unpin image for top sites in Safari Image

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]

Calendar
- New iOS 7 style UI
- Choice of snooze times Pic

iTunes
- iTunes 11.1 brings support for Notification Center for Mountain Lion and Mavericks. Mavericks shows artwork for local library songs in the banner/alert, ML does not. Mavericks also has a skip button on the banner, ML only on the alert. PicPic 2

 

[jlbrown]

iTunes is now in notification center

I don't have any section for iTunes in my Notifications Preference Pane.

Any idea how to get this? Or is it part of the beta for iTunes 11.1? I'm running 11.0.4.

Where is the beta for 11.1? It's not showing up on the OS X Mavericks page of the Mac Dev Center for me. Perhaps because I'm not in the US?

Thanks, James.

 

[jlbrown]

OK. Just found out that the beta for 11.1 of iTunes is US-only.

 

[jlbrown]

OK. Just found out that the beta for 11.1 of iTunes is US-only.

Oops. Not true at all. It is only iTunes Radio that is US-only at the moment. Found iTunes 11.1 beta on the the iOS Dev Center.

 

[Serban]

Oops. Not true at all. It is only iTunes Radio that is US-only at the moment. Found iTunes 11.1 beta on the the iOS Dev Center.

So itunes radio will be available after release of iOS7 to all the countries?

 

[AppleDeviceUser]

I noticed something!!! In Messages when you type "<3" it autocorrects it to a heart. Don't ask me how I found that out...

That works in Mountain Lion too, I just tested it.

 

[Ddyracer]

Mavericks seems to have X11 installed as default. Can't believe i missed that.

 

[Cougarcat]

So itunes radio will be available after release of iOS7 to all the countries?

Apple has to make licensing agreements with every country just like they did with iTunes. Hopefully there will be a few more countries added at launch, but expect a long process.

 

[TheGdog]

I wouldn't mind this design for OS X:

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That looks really good!, Would love to see that design. Same for iMessage!

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From what it looks like here, it keeps the notifications in NC. So will every song that plays stay in nc until I clear it? That would be annoying!

 

[w0lf]

From what it looks like here, it keeps the notifications in NC. So will every song that plays stay in nc until I clear it? That would be annoying!

Correct but you could just uncheck show in notification center like with any other app that has notifications...

 

[dyn]

Updated as of this post.

You still have one error in your list:

- Activity Monitor has options to view processes by hierarchal views. [[Pic]

It has had this option for years now. It has been there since 10.4 I believe, maybe even before 10.4.

Mavericks seems to have X11 installed as default. Can't believe i missed that.

No it has the icon for it as was the case in previous versions. In 10.8 clicking on the X11 icon would launch a dialog asking if you wanted to install it. When answered yes the user was redirected to the Xquartz download page. Running the Xquartz installer will replace the X11 app with Xquartz. I don't think 10.9 has changed this behaviour though. Could you check what happens if you actually run the X11 app?

 

[Ddyracer]

No it has the icon for it as was the case in previous versions. In 10.8 clicking on the X11 icon would launch a dialog asking if you wanted to install it. When answered yes the user was redirected to the Xquartz download page. Running the Xquartz installer will replace the X11 app with Xquartz. I don't think 10.9 has changed this behaviour though. Could you check what happens if you actually run the X11 app?

Ok, i guess your right. But that still doesn't clear the fact that it is installed (icon) by default whereas for me ML didn't do that.