The system has native LinkedIn sharing integration. ICloud Keychain stores a user's usernames, passwords and Wi-Fi passwords to allow the user to fill this information into forms when needed. Some skeuomorphs, such as the leather texture in Calendar, the legal pad theme of Notes, and the book-like appearance of Contacts, have been removed from the UI. This is to increase performance and cross-platform compatibility. Server Message Block version 2 (SMB2) is now the default protocol for sharing files, rather than AFP. Īpple now supports OpenGL 4.1 Core Profile and OpenCL 1.2. This allows MacBooks to run for longer periods of time and desktop Macs to run cooler. Timer coalescing is a feature that enhances energy efficiency by reducing CPU usage by up to 72 percent. Ĭompressed Memory is a virtual memory compression system which automatically compresses data from inactive apps when approaching maximum memory capacity. Any app running on Mavericks can be eligible for this feature by default. OS X Mavericks introduced App Nap, which sleeps apps that are not currently visible. Mission Control has been updated to organize and switch between Desktop workspaces independently between multiple displays. Additionally, AirPlay compatible displays such as the Apple TV can be used as an external display. The menu bar and the Dock are available on each display. Mavericks and later versions are all available for free.

OS X Mavericks can run on any Mac that can run OS X Mountain Lion as with Mountain Lion, 2 GB of RAM, 8 GB of available storage, and Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later are required. On October 22, 2013, Apple offered free upgrades for life on OS X and iWork. During a keynote on October 22, 2013, Apple announced that the official release of 10.9 on the Mac App Store would be available immediately, and that unlike previous versions of OS X, 10.9 would be available at no charge to all users running Snow Leopard (10.6.8) or later. History Īpple announced OS X Mavericks on June 10, 2013, during the company's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote (which also introduced iOS 7, a revised MacBook Air, the sixth-generation AirPort Extreme, the fifth-generation AirPort Time Capsule, and a redesigned Mac Pro). Mavericks was the first OS X release to be named after a location in California, and the first to be a free upgrade since Mac OS X 10.1 Puma.

It also removed some of the skeuomorphic designs from OS X Mountain Lion, and it is the final Mac operating system to feature the Lucida Grande typeface as the standard system font since Mac OS X Public Beta in 2000. Mavericks was named after the surfing location in Northern California. The update emphasized battery life, Finder improvements, other improvements for power users, and increased iCloud integration, as well as bringing more of Apple's iOS apps to OS X. OS X Mavericks was announced on June 10, 2013, at WWDC 2013, and was released on October 22, 2013, worldwide. OS X Mavericks (version 10.9) is the 10th major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

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