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OS X Mavericks |OT| ... it's not called Liger :(
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Just use another player?
MPlayerX works with anything I throw at it if you're looking for a lightweight player similar to Quicktime. It's in the Mac App Store.
The Real Abed
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I always forget QuickTime exists. VLC.
Shalashaska161
Member
Some first impressions on my 2012 Macbook Air:
First, it looks as beautiful as ever. Though they did change the color of my side dock from black to the same color as the iOS dock, which I don't like there either.
It also seems slightly slower than Mountain Lion. The boot time and wake up feels a second or two longer, and apps like Firefox take a little bit longer to open as well. It's nothing huge, but it is noticeable. Might try doing a clean install in a week or two when I'm less swamped with school work, see if that speeds it up.
The battery life improvements are very noticeable though. Got through an hour and a half class starting with 19% battery, which is outstanding.
I also couldn't care less about the new apps. Why do I need Maps on my laptop? I'll never open any of them.
Overall I'm not crazy about it, but it's not awful either. Some good, some bad.
First, it looks as beautiful as ever. Though they did change the color of my side dock from black to the same color as the iOS dock, which I don't like there either.
It also seems slightly slower than Mountain Lion. The boot time and wake up feels a second or two longer, and apps like Firefox take a little bit longer to open as well. It's nothing huge, but it is noticeable. Might try doing a clean install in a week or two when I'm less swamped with school work, see if that speeds it up.
The battery life improvements are very noticeable though. Got through an hour and a half class starting with 19% battery, which is outstanding.
I also couldn't care less about the new apps. Why do I need Maps on my laptop? I'll never open any of them.
Overall I'm not crazy about it, but it's not awful either. Some good, some bad.
Buckethead
Banned
Is there any way to disable the Bookmarks/Reading List thing on the Top Sites view?
It's probably nice for most people but I have probably 500 links in my toolbar in specifically organized folders so I'll probably never use this feature.
The new Top Sites view is nice though.
It's probably nice for most people but I have probably 500 links in my toolbar in specifically organized folders so I'll probably never use this feature.
The new Top Sites view is nice though.
yeah I'm using MPlayerX, I just prefer QuickTime (lets me edit a video file really quickly and upload straight to youtube) but no big deal
also just noticed that tags replaced folder color
For fucks sake. They still haven't fixed that fucking bug where it shows a 12h clock in the lock screen even if the system is set to 24h. I swear this bug has literally been there since
Lion (!) and they still haven't fixed it. I even reported it once but the ticket got closed as a duplicate with no way of seeing the original one. Am I missing something here?
Lion (!) and they still haven't fixed it. I even reported it once but the ticket got closed as a duplicate with no way of seeing the original one. Am I missing something here?
View -> Hide Sidebar when you're on the Top Sites view?
MPlayerX stopped publishing to the Mac App Store because of the restrictions imposed on applications submitted to it. Just download from the website, then drag and drop into /Applications.
Marty Chinn
Member
How is this running on older hardware? I have an iMac that just qualifies but after the iOS debacle on the iPhone 4, I'm a bit weary of what Apple finds acceptable at the low end. Is it worth upgrading?
I just installed it on a 2010 Macbook Air, which felt pretty crappy on ML, and it feels like a new machine. Boots faster, Safari runs better and overall it just feels nice. iPhoto still runs like shit but dat 1.4 Core 2 Duo is show it's age (hell it sucks when I bought the thing). Gonna visit my folks and install it on their 2007 iMac and see how she runs.
Oh, and I'm not experiencing apps crashing non-stop on this machine like on my 2012 Mac Mini which is a plus.
Hey thanks - how do you get them free after installing?
After you install iWork 09 / trial, just go to the Updates tab in Mac App Store (on Mavericks) and you just press the Update button next to each. It then gets associated with your AppleID so you can re-install later or install on other Macs with one click.
Installed it on a late 2008 Macbook (2.0Ghz C2D, 8GB) and it runs fine. Runs about the same as ML did.
victreeb3l
Member
How long does it typically take to re index / optimize this thing? Its eating my RAM like crazy since I installed it 5-6 hours ago.
Getting pretty good battery life however.
Getting pretty good battery life however.
Already have Pages but tried this for Numbers and Keynote, doesn't work for me. No updates available.
Try again later. I didn't get the update when I first installed but got it after an hour or two.
Where'd you download the trial from? Although it probably doesn't matter what the source is I guess.
Edit: Oh there we go, it's showing now haha.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
How about getting the newer version of iPhoto? I am still stuck on the one that came with my early 2009 iMac.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Apple and Sony in cahoots on clock conspiracy.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Update went through nice and smooth. I've been using Snow Leopard for the past three years so it's cool that Apple released this for free.
The Real Abed
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Just finished my reformat and reinstall. Just as I suspected, if you're on the GM, you can use the Recovery partition to reinstall to the full version. The only caveat is that you must have purchased Mavericks through the store. (i.e. the app needs to be attached to your account) Either via the same machine, or another Mac, and purchase it. Even if you cancel the download. (You could even use a friends machine and log into their App Store as yourself and purchase it, but make sure to have them log back in as themselves right after you're done so they're not suddenly buying stuff with your account. I have done this and it does work.)
Anyway. The Build number is indeed the newer one.
Anyway. The Build number is indeed the newer one.
brianmcdoogle
Member
Tried to upgrade on my iMac. Left the room, came back and found an error message saying it wouldn't install because the drive is damaged. Tried to reboot the machine and it wouldn't mount the drive to login. Went into Recovery and couldn't unencrypted and mount the drive. Couldn't do any First Aid on the drive. And, the drive was retitled "Virtual Hard Drive" or something (it's one of the hybrid drives) and the Bootcamp partition is now busted as well.
Genius Bar appointment in the morning. I hope Time Machine backup is working and proper...
Genius Bar appointment in the morning. I hope Time Machine backup is working and proper...
GGGGGRRRR. QuickTime Player + Perian is my viewing method of choice, so that's going to suck.
Maximus.
Member
The install went super smooth for me! I love how the OS is so smooth now on a retina display versus what it was like on Mountain Lion. I like the changes they made, like Calendars, but would like to see a wide implementation of the cleaner design(I know they were on time constraints). The scrolling does feel overall slower and for some reason launchpad has this weird no snap scroll, but maybe that is intentional now.
Robobandit
Member
Performance with scrolling on my retina macbook pro has definitely improved with this update.
It's not perfect on particularly heavy sites, but it is noticeably better than what it was before the update.
It's not perfect on particularly heavy sites, but it is noticeably better than what it was before the update.
On particularly heavy sites it's not perfect on any device, really.
Supermanisdead
Member
uh, its done downloading but it's just stuck at "waiting" in the app store
help?
help?
Quoted for infinite truth.
QuickTime is only useful for playing back home videos you have recorded on your iOS devices.
For everything else, VLC. I cannot even recall the last time I opened the QuickTime player.
probably from some random porn video that didnt open in VLC. At least for me that was when...
Digging the addition of the maps feature to be honest. for a person who rides the bus a lot it sure is nice.
Since I updated "pinch zoom" is not working in opera or safari. Also its been running kinda slow like if i click on something it will pause do the spinning shit and continue.
Anyone have these issues?
Edit: Actually 2 finger swipe for back / forward is not working either ahhhhh
Anyone have these issues?
Edit: Actually 2 finger swipe for back / forward is not working either ahhhhh
If anything, Safari is running much smoother for me over here. But I did do a clean install for Mavericks (i.e. download, upgrade, boot to recovery mode, erase HDD partition, reinstall from scratch).
Necromanti
Member
I thought audio-only FaceTime calls were going to be added to Mavericks. Have they not been implemented yet, or was I mistaken?
This seemed less responsive for me last night, but this morning it feels better.
LarryButz
Member
Worked for me and this should make my mom happy. Thanks for the tip.
I think something's broken.
Shared Links in Safari refuses to work. Deleted my Facebook link in SysPref, closed Safari and re-opened it, no go. Closed Safari, deleted it again, deleted the Facebook link on my iPhone, removed the frozen state of Safari on my iPhone.
Now NEITHER OF THEM have Shared Links. What have I done wrong?
Edit: Also, Maps refuses to draw the Standard view map data, only Satellite view.
Edit 2: HURR DURR, apparently this doesn't work with Facebook yet. Lame.
Shared Links in Safari refuses to work. Deleted my Facebook link in SysPref, closed Safari and re-opened it, no go. Closed Safari, deleted it again, deleted the Facebook link on my iPhone, removed the frozen state of Safari on my iPhone.
Now NEITHER OF THEM have Shared Links. What have I done wrong?
Edit: Also, Maps refuses to draw the Standard view map data, only Satellite view.
Edit 2: HURR DURR, apparently this doesn't work with Facebook yet. Lame.
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biggyfries
Member
Only issue I've run across so far is that I cannot turn on the screensaver using the hot corners. Tried turning them off/on, tried all 4 corners, still no luck.
iMac with trackpad. Otherwise, no other issues for the moment.
iMac with trackpad. Otherwise, no other issues for the moment.
Can you still use a hot corner to put the display to sleep?