OS X Mavericks is a free upgrade for Mac users
Apple has released the OS X Mavericks at its fall event yesterday and has announced that the latest iteration of the operating system will be available for
Apple has released the OS X Mavericks at its fall event yesterday. It has announced that the latest iteration of the operating system will be available for free from the Mac App Store. OS X 10.9 Mavericks promises to be a lot faster and more efficient than its predecessor OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
The company has said that there are more than 200 new features in the updated OS and it brings iBooks and Maps to the Mac as well as a new version of Safari. Mavericks will enhance multi-display support as well as have Finder Tabs and Tags. The Tabs and Tags help you unclutter the desktop, and search and organise your files.
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Apple has said that Mavericks also brings along new core technologies that boosts performance while improving your Mac’s battery life. Timer Coalescing and App Nap work together to reduce power consumption and save energy while Compressed Memory shrinks inactive data. Mavericks delivers performance enhancement to Macs with integrated graphics through optimised OpenCL support and dynamic video memory application.
OS X Mavericks is available as a free download from the Mac App Store right away. Any Mac that can run OS X Mountain Lion can also run Mavericks. You can upgrade to Mavericks for free directly from OS X Snow Leopard, Lion or Mountain Lion. OS X Server 3.0 is also available from the Mac App Store for Rs 1,100 and requires Mavericks to run.
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