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Twitter 3.0 for Mac brings in-line photo previews and detailed tweets
Twitter brought in-line media previews to its mobile apps a few weeks ago; today, it's the Mac's turn. The new Twitter 3.0 app for Mac now shows a quick glimpse of photos from supported services, so you'll know right away whether pictures are worth clicking. A few older features are also making their long-expected debuts, including more detailed tweets (complete with conversations) and full profiles. The new additions aren't likely to give Tweetbot users any regrets, but OS X fans who prefer Twitter's official software will definitely want to swing by the Mac App Store for an upgrade.
Poll: What's been the best OS X in recent years?
OS X Mavericks has gotten off to a good start for Apple, with generally positive reviews and a high adoption rate. Part of this is no doubt due to the fact that it's free. But that doesn't lessen the operating system's great features, like tabbed Finder windows, iBooks and Maps. This got many of us talking about which version of OS X has been the best in recent years. While Mavericks is on the list for many, some still say OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was the best. For me, I'd have to choose Snow Leopard over Mavericks for the simple fact that Snow Leopard was the last OS X to support the "Save as" function. But what do you think is the best OS X of the last several years? Vote in the poll below and then sound off in the comments. %Poll-85830%
MediaFire brings cloud storage integration to Windows and Mac
Up until now, you'd have to access MediaFire's web interface if you want to use its cloud storage service on your computer. While the browser-based UI isn't anything complex, the company's new OS X and Windows apps make storing files in the cloud comparably easier. Similar to Dropbox and Google Drive, MediaFire's desktop clients integrate your cloud-based folders with OS X Finder or Windows Explorer. Both versions automatically sync across devices whenever you upload, and they let you share files straight from your desktop with social media contacts. As a bonus, you can use their camera icons to take screen snapshots, which you can then annotate (à la Skitch) before sharing with friends. The apps are now available for download, but as they're still in beta, they might come with some performance hiccups. If you're an early adopter who wouldn't mind 50GB of free storage space (higher capacities come at a price), though, click through the source below.
Apple seeds OS X 10.9.1 beta to developers
Just before the weekend, Apple seeded the first build of OS X Mavericks 10.9.1 developers. The first "X.X.1" builds are usually released fairly quickly -- and are always hotly anticipated by users -- to fix glaring and frustrating bugs that ship in the gold master version of a new major OS X release. Apple says there are no known bugs in this seed and asks developers to focus on testing Mail, Graphics Drivers and VoiceOver. But just because Apple asked developers to focus on those three areas does not mean other numerous bugs haven't been addressed across the system. And while there is no timeframe for a public release and there could be more beta builds of 10.9.1, it's very likely the build could make it into the hands of users before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Apple releases Xcode 5.0.2, fixes iOS Simulator hang
After initially seeding it to developers last week, Apple has released Xcode 5.0.2 to the masses. If you're an iOS developer, you'll be happy to hear Apple has apparently fixed that nasty iOS Simulator hang bug that quite a few people were complaining about. Besides that, the new version of Xcode fixes another iOS 6 bug and includes your standard stability improvements. What's New in Version 5.0.2 Includes SDKs for OS X 10.9 Mavericks, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, and iOS 7. • Fixes occasional hangs in iOS Simulator during app install, or when debugging. • Fixes a crash that could occur while debugging on devices running iOS 6. • Additional bug fixes and stability improvements. Xcode is a free download from the Mac App Store.
Adobe has a new Edge in its HTML5 tools
Adobe has come a long way in more than three decades as a company, and while a lot of attention lately has been given to security breaches and its subscription model, there is a lot of innovation going on behind the scenes. Last month, I had the chance to sit down with Sarah Hunt, who works on Adobe Edge tools and services, one of Adobe's newest parts of its multimedia-oriented software. Edge is a collection of HTML5-based tools that help designers and developers work with the web. Competing software that fall into this category includes Tumult's Hype and Sencha Animator. I have a subscription to Adobe's Creative Cloud, so I also took the chance to take a look at the software myself. Design If you're familiar with the current design of Adobe Photoshop, then you will be right at home with the tools in Edge. Everything is laid out in palettes on a dark background. The bulk of your work takes place in Edge Animate, and at first it's a bit overwhelming to have all this information in front of you at once. Coming from Hype, it was a bit jarring to go from a sparse environment to sudden clutter. But, as I explain below, having all this information works for the program. Adobe Edge Animate also has a template gallery and you can save templates as well. Use One of the things I love about Adobe Edge Animate are the tutorials. Upon first launch, you're given the chance to go through a series of step-by-step lessons to help you get comfortable with the software. Even if you're familiar with a competitor's software, it's a fantastic resource. For those new to this sort of work in general, it can be a godsend. There's plenty of books out there covering the same material, but this is all baked into the software. I would love to see similar tutorials come to Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator - especially Illustrator. The tutorials are very easy and cover creating objects, basic animation, resizing, extending, reuse and motion paths. Once you're done with a design in Edge Animate, you can take it out to Edge Inspect to test on mobile devices in realtime. You can also bring it to Edge Reflow, which is a responsive design tool or tinker with the code in Edge Code, a commercial version of my favorite open-source code editor, Brackets. My test project was done through one of the tutorials. Following the steps, I completed a basic keyframe animation of bouncing letters, using the little toggles in the properties panel to control the keyframes. I enjoyed not having to puzzle over a record button or with the timeline for these, which was the steepest part of my learning curve with Hype. I also liked not having to flip through an inspector for other data. I caught on with Edge Animate a lot faster than I did with Hype, even though my learning curve with it was fairly quick as well. The software titles share enough similarities in basic tasks that if you go into Edge Animate with any knowledge of its competitors or Flash, it won't be hard to use. To change touch and swipe events, you need to right click on the object and select the action. I really wish there was an additional panel for this. One of Hype's features that I loved was the ability to see what browsers and devices your project was compatible with while you're working on it, something I would love to see here. Hunt acknowledged that the Edge tools does encourage people to do some coding. But, if you're familiar with timelines, there's a lot you can do with Edge. As a former print designer, Edge is built in such as way that I didn't feel intimated by using those skills to create a web product. While there is some coding involved, features such as motion paths are nearly impossible to hand-code and are best served by products such as this. Hunt said that the developers wanted to make people be as creative as possible, with as much UI help as possible. "Do you have three hours?" Hunt asked when I asked what was in the works. "There's so many things that we want to do." One of the active projects is introducing audio storytelling to Adobe Edge Animate. Other planned features include integration with InDesign and expanding it to chart-building, article linking, ePub3 support and other features such as drawing, tweening and video. Conclusion The Adobe Edge tools and services are part of an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription, and if you have this subscription, then take advantage of it. The Edge tools are extremely easy-to-use, and there is a lot of positive creative energy and excitement coming from its development team. As working with interactive and responsive design becomes more prevalent, these HTML5-based tools are going to become far more important than my beloved InDesign. If you want to try the Adobe Edge tools, there's a trial available on Adobe's wesbite. A monthly subscription is $49.99 and has access to all of Adobe's software. You can subscribe to just Adobe Edge Animate for $19.99 a month.
Apple updates iBooks for OS X
Hot on the heels of other updates this week, Apple has released its first update to iBooks for OS X. Given that this is a rather quick release and that the release notes only say, "This version of iBooks includes bug fixes and improvements to performance and stability," users shouldn't expect to notice any radical changes off the bat. Hopefully Apple has fixed some of the bugs that plagued iBooks since launching on OS X, including users missing e-books from their library that were obtained from third-party e-book stores. Users can get the latest iBooks update by running Software Update on OS X Mavericks.
Apple fixes Gmail bug in latest Mail update for Mavericks (update: and MacBook Pro issues too)
Mavericks may have brought a number of notable improvements to OS X, but Gmail integration was certainly not one of them. Users of Google's email service might've encountered an unpleasant surprise when they upgraded their operating systems to Apple's latest, as the changes to Apple Mail appeared to be incompatible with how Gmail worked. For background, Gmail apparently has a rather unorthodox method of using IMAP, so you needed to set up a roundabout method that prevents Mail from downloading every single message from Gmail twice (Basically, you had to tweak your Gmail settings so that "All Mail" is hidden from email programs). Mavericks, however, broke that workaround, so users of both Gmail and Apple Mail ended up suffering from bloated inboxes. There were other issues too, like the inability to organize mailboxes and unread message numbers that are totally off. Thankfully, however, Apple has just released an update that fixes all that. The release states that it "fixes an issue that prevents deleting, moving, and archiving messages for users with custom Gmail settings" and "addresses an issue that may cause unread counts to be inaccurate." So for those who've bitten the Mavericks bug and want a Mail app that plays nicer with Google's email, you should definitely hit that update button right about now. Update: Also, remember that keyboard and trackpad glitch on the 13" MacBook Pro? Well, Apple's apparently fixed that in an update as well. Get to downloading, everyone!
Apple says missing iWork features will return in the next 6 months
When Apple introduced the new iWork for Mac suite last month, it generated a lot of negative press due to substantial missing features that had been a staple of the old iWork '09 suite. Now Apple says many of the missing features are coming back. In an updated Knowledgebase article called About the new iWork for Mac: Features and compatibility, Apple says: The new iWork applications-Pages, Numbers, and Keynote-were released for Mac on October 22nd. These applications were rewritten from the ground up to be fully 64-bit and to support a unified file format between OS X and iOS 7 versions, as well as iWork for iCloud beta. These apps feature an all-new design with an intelligent format panel and many new features such as easy ways to share documents, Apple-designed styles for objects, interactive charts, new templates, and new animations in Keynote. In rewriting these applications, some features from iWork '09 were not available for the initial release. We plan to reintroduce some of these features in the next few releases and will continue to add brand new features on an ongoing basis. The company then goes on to say the following features will be reintroduced into the new version in the following six months: Pages Customize toolbar Vertical ruler Improved alignment guides Improved object placement Import of cells with images Improved word counts Keyboard shortcuts for styles Manage pages and sections from the thumbnail view Numbers Customize toolbar Improvements to zoom and window placement Multi-column and range sort Auto-complete text in cells Page headers and footers Improvements to AppleScript support Keynote Customize toolbar Restoring old transitions and builds Improvements to presenter display Improvements to AppleScript support Six months seems like a long wait, but iWork fans will be happy Apple is at least on the case.
Five apps (and more) to help you write your NaNoWriMo novel
November is National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo. It's a month-long initiative that challenges you to get that unwritten novel out of your head and onto paper. We have a handful of tips to help you get started, and below is an updated list of our some popular writing tools for iOS and OS X. If you have your own favorites, please share them in the comments. You can also browse through this exhaustive list of iOS text editors provided by Brett Terpstra. Byword 2 for iOS and OS X editing (US$4.99 for iOS app, $9.99 for OS X app) Byword is a cross-platform Markdown editor for writers looking to sync their writing seamlessly across their iPhone, iPad and Mac. The iOS version supports search and has a handy dark theme for late-night writing under low light. The OS X version includes keyboard shortcuts and the same alternate dark theme. Editorial for iPad ($4.99) Editorial is a plain-text editor for the iPad with support for scripting, Markdown and Dropbox sync. It also has a smart keyboard designed for writing Markdown. iA Writer for iPhone and iPad ($4.99) iA Writer is advertised as "Two in one" as it runs on the iPhone and the iPad, and is able to sync documents via iCloud or Dropbox. A focus mode on the iPad lets you concentrate on what you are writing right then and there. It's our top pick if you want to write using any iOS device at your disposal. Scrivener for OS X ($45) Scrivener is the must-have app for budding novelists who primarily write on their Mac. Besides writing, the app helps you organize and format your novel as you go along. Usually available for $45 with a free 30-day trial, Scrivener is extending its trial beyond 30 days and is offering a 50 percent off discount to NaNoWriMo winners. If you don't complete your NaNoWriMo challenge, you still can enjoy 20 percent off the retail price of the app. TextWrangler, Nocs, TextEdit and Notes as free alternatives Nocs is a basic text editor for iOS that supports Dropbox syncing and Markdown. It'll let you write on the go and retrieve your content on Dropbox when you sit down on your Mac to write. TextWrangler is a text editor for OS X from Bare Bones Software, creator of the popular BBedit. It's great for writing code and can double as a text editor in a pinch. Its support for searching across multiple documents, FTP open and save and syntax highlighting set it apart from the OS X's built-in text editor. TextEdit is the default text editor in OS X. It's not cross-platform and it certainly doesn't have the feature set of many of the other apps described here, but it can definitely be your go-to free text editor for either plain text or rich text format (RTF) documents. Just look in your OS X dock for that familiar pen and paper icon. Apple Notes app on iOS and OS X. Notes app is free, easy to use and syncs across iOS and OS X devices. There are little to no features beyond entering text, but it could be a lifesaver if inspiration hits and your favorite writing tools are far away.
Deezer unveils personalized music discovery features and native Mac app
It's hard to talk of music streaming service Deezer and not mention the behemoth in the room: Spotify. A launch in the US is certainly needed for Deezer to become a true rival, but in the meantime, it's adding new features for current users, which hail from basically everywhere else. Today sees the reveal of "Hear This," a custom feed which recommends music based on what you've listened to before, what your friends are into, and what Deezer's global editors think is hot. Also coming is "Explore," a browsing tool that lets you filter beats by genre and region. Other minor updates include new search/filter functions and a track history within your Library, as well as a preview mode that allows you to catch 30 seconds of a song before deciding whether to hear more. Deezer also teased that it's concocting a Mac app that'll integrate with Finder, although wouldn't give any timeline for release. Hear This and Explore, however, will arrive shortly: November 12th for Premium subscribers, and November 19th for everybody else.
Daily Mac app: PDF Reader X is a lightweight, tabbed PDF reader with some annotation features
Adobe Reader may be the most popular option for reading PDFs on your Mac, but the 77 MB app is far from being lightweight and nimble. If you are looking for an alternative that takes up less space and is easier on your computer, then you should check out PDF Reader X. When you launch PDF Reader X for the first time, you'll immediately notice the UI, which is not as polished as some OS X apps. Its interface is functional and efficient, but that can be a benefit as a basic reader app does not require a lot of fluff. It can also be a turn off for folks who want something more than square buttons and grey backgrounds. The best part of the experience and the reason to check out the app is the tabbed interface, which allows you to open multiple documents and easily switch between them. Beyond reading, PDF Reader X supports bookmarking and has some light annotating features like highlight, strikethrough and underline. You can also add notes, text boxes and a few other goodies. Adding notes is a little quirky as the text in the box disappears off the side of the document if you place the note at the edge of the margin. This only appears when you are editing -- the note looks fine when you are viewing the final document. There are a few minor features like autosave which will backup your changes as you make them and a multiple-level undo that will allow you to erase your mistakes. It's all pretty standard fare for a basic PDF viewer. PDF Reader X is available for free from the Mac App Store. It is also available on github. It's worth a download if you routinely open multiple PDFs as the tabbed interface will make switching between them a breeze.
Apple adds internet-free dictation to Mavericks
There hasn't been any fanfare about this, but if you are using Mavericks, you now have a universal dictation feature that doesn't require an internet connection. Dictation made its debut in Mountain Lion and required an internet connection so your speech could be processed on an Apple server and sent back to you as text. There were limits, and you had to pause to let your data get to Apple and back again. It worked, but it wasn't very effective. Mavericks users will now find what Apple calls "enhanced dictation," and if you turn it on, you'll need to download about an 800 MB file that makes your speech recognition local rather than server based. No training is needed; once you have the files, it works right away, and I found the recognition quick and accurate. As you talk, you see your words appear on the screen in near real time, something not possible with the internet-based method. If you liked the old method, it still works, and you can choose to use enhanced dictation or not. As a default, you start dictation by hitting the Fn key twice, but you can choose your own keys if you don't like that choice. You don't have all the fancy commands and capabilities that you'd get in one of the Dragon products, but for a quick email or word processing, it works fine. You can edit your text normally with your mouse or trackpad. This is a very nice feature that hasn't had much publicity, but it's free and works well. Give it a try if you have a need to dictate.
New and notable apps for November 4, 2013
It's always busy in the App Store with a never-ending flood of new apps landing on iOS and OS X. Take a few minutes and check out our list of stand-out titles from the past few weeks! If that's not enough, you can also follow our ongoing coverage of new apps as they are released. New iOS Apps LoryStripes [iPhone; Category: Photography & Video; $1.99] Enhance any photo from portraits to landscapes by adding beautifully crafted ribbons and lines, called "Stripes". Simply choose an image from your Camera Roll, select a Stripe, adjust it, and weave it throughout the different elements in your photo. Combat Monsters [iOS Universal; Category: Games; Free] Deploy, destroy, dethrone – introducing Combat Monsters, our biggest game ever! Oil Rush: 3D Naval Strategy [iOS Universal; Category: Games; $4.99] Oil Rush is a 3D naval strategy game that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world; nuclear war has melted the ice caps, changing the face of the planet forever. ABC Actions [iOS Universal; Category: Education; $2.99] We challenged ourselves to use our award-winning ABC Series to teach children about verbs and action words through sight, sound & touch. Mystery Math Museum [iPad; Category: Education; $2.99] Use your math skills to rescue the dragonflies in Mystery Math Museum for ages 6-12 and up. Anomaly 2 [iOS Universal; Category: Games; $4.99] Lead the Yukon convoy across a post-apocalyptic wasteland to fight for mankind's survival against the alien machines in an epic single player campaign. ProCam 2 [iPhone; Category: Photography & Video; $0.99] ProCam has been redesigned from the ground up to perfectly compliment iOS 7 with a focus on function over form while still introducing a beautifully streamlined interface. Thor: The Dark World - The Official Game [iOS Universal; Category: Games; Free] Become Thor, the mighty God of Thunder, in this official action-adventure game. Axes & Allies [iOS Universal; Category: Games; Free] Axes & Allies is a line-drawing RPG with simple yet intuitive controls that puts you in command of your own band of Orcs, each with their own unique powers and abilities, to lead the fight against the army of the undead to save their Warchief. Mileage Log+ [iPhone; Category: Business; $9.99] Mileage Log+ is an essential app for anyone who needs to track mileage for tax deduction or reimbursement. Naught 2 [iOS Universal; Category: Games; $1.99] Naught 2 is an adventure and platform game that challenges your skills giving you full control of Naught and his environment. Movie Player 2 – Plays any Video [iOS Universal; Category: Entertainment; $1.99] With Movie Player 2 you can now watch all your favorite films on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Jam Synth [iOS Universal; Category: Music; $0.99] Jam Synth is a fully featured monophonic guitar synthesizer for iOS. Dragon Slayers [iOS Universal; Category: Games; $3.99] Dragonslayer is an intense, breathtaking action-RPG adventure. Be transported to a land of magic, mystery, and of course, danger. New OS X Apps Intensify [OS X; Category: Photography & Video; $29.99] Powered by unique in-house technologies, Intensify™ reveals the level of details never seen before in digital photography. Unibox [OS X; Category: Productivity; $9.99] Unibox is a people centric email client that organizes your messages by person. Duplicate Detector [OS X; Category: Utilities; Free] Duplicate Detector scans your disk drive – or the folders you choose – and allows you to delete duplicate files, freeing up valuable disk space. Flamingo [OS X; Category: Social Networking; $9.99] Flamingo is a beautiful, native instant messaging client for OS X that supports Hangouts/Gtalk, Facebook, and XMPP. DxO Perspective [OS X; Category: Photography & Video; oFree] With DxO Perspective, you can correct any perspective issues in your images in just a few clicks. Slow Fast Slow [iPhone; Category: Photography & Video; $1.99] Slow Fast Slow is a simple iPhone app that allows you to shoot short video clips at a high frame rate, and then manipulate their speed using an intuitive and fun interface.
OS X Mavericks uses ambient light detection on some Macs to delay sleep mode
A cool hidden new feature of OS X Mavericks is that the new OS allows Macs with ambient light sensors to detect user movements and delay sleep mode. The feature was first reported by a Mac developer on Twitter, who incorrectly assumed that at first the iSight camera was tracking a user's movement. However, other Mac devs quickly found, and The Verge confirmed, that it is the ambient light sensor located next to the iSight camera. The ambient light sensor doesn't actually track movement itself, instead registering the changes in light resulting from that movement to detect if a user is in front of the Mac. When it registers changes in light, suggesting user movement, it resets the idle time clock in OS X accordingly. It's a pretty cool feature and another example how its usually the little things that are among some of the coolest features of an OS X upgrade.
Google finally tightens access to saved passwords in Chrome
Having come under fire over its relaxed attitude towards saved passwords in Chrome earlier in the year, Google is finally looking to do something about it. In a post to his Google+ page, Chrome tinkerer François Beaufort notes that the company will now ask users to authenticate themselves using a system password before they can access saved credentials inside Chrome. Previously, users could access the list of saved passwords by pointing the browser at "chrome://settings/passwords," offering easy access should their computer be left unattended. As it stands, the feature appears limited to the latest Chromium build for Mac, mimicking the behavior of Apple's own web browser: Safari. While there's no word on whether Google intends to implement the feature inside Chrome for Windows, its inclusion on the Mac suggests it could be present inside a public release in the near future. [Image Credit: Francois Beaufort, Google+]
Tracking OS X's evolution to Mavericks
Remember Cheetah? Or Puma? Or Snow Leopard? If you are a Mac user, you likely have fond memories of these different versions of OS X. If you want to take a walk down memory lane, then you should check out iMore, which has an interesting piece on OS X and its evolution to Mavericks. iMore starts with the radical jump from Mac OS 9 to OS X, when Apple adopted a UNIX foundation for its desktop OS. The company originally released new versions of OS X on a yearly basis, until it hit OS X 10.3 Panther. At this point, Apple moved to a biannual upgrade cycle. Somewhere in the middle of these desktop upgrades, Apple switched from its PowerPC architecture to Intel-based hardware. It was smooth sailing as the company made this transition during those Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard years. When Mountain Lion debuted in 2012, Apple recommitted itself to a yearly upgrade cycle and used its last cat breed for the name of its desktop OS. Now we have OS X 10.9 Mavericks, a name taken from a popular California surfing location. Apple added a lot in this latest version of OS X, improving memory and battery performance as well as bringing OS X and iOS closer together via iCloud. You can read more about the path to OS X Mavericks in the iMore article.
Microsoft's Remote Desktop app for Android, iOS and OS X nets 1 million downloads
Truckloads of people still use Windows despite the slump in PC shipments, so it's no surprise that a lot of folks snagged Microsoft's Remote Desktop app. 17 days after its debut, Microsoft says the app has counted 1 million downloads across the Android, iOS and OS X platforms. The software, which lets users access their computers through other gadgets, is also the fastest growing among the company's Android apps that include SkyDrive and Office Mobile. Unfortunately, we're still in the dark when it comes to the Windows Phone version's availability, but we'll tell you as soon we hear more.
Amazon Cloud Player app comes to Mac
It may have taken a while, but Amazon has finally delivered on its promise to bring a Cloud Player app for the Mac faithful. Ever since the offline music management suite debuted for the PC in May, the small cross section of Amazon MP3 hoarders and OS X users have been impatiently waiting for Bezos and co. to fill their promise. Just like its Windows-based brethren, this version can watch for newly ripped CDs or purchases made through iTunes and add them to your Amazon library. AutoRip CDs you've purchased will also automatically show up in you digital music collection. You can download the app now at amazon.com/getcloudplayer.
Review: 90 OS X Mavericks and Legacy Tips, Tricks & Secrets
Developer Saied Ghaffari and his company It's About Time have been busy digging through the details of OS X Mavericks to find a bunch of tips and tricks for the new Mac operating system. In the new iBook 90 OS X Mavericks and Legacy Tips, Tricks & Secrets (US$1.99), you'll find out how to do things with Mavericks that you may not have thought possible. Following in the footsteps of a similar iBook with iOS 7 as the topic, the book features a number of tips that are all demonstrated in video captures. The screenshot at the top of this post shows what a typical "page" looks like -- there's a tip listed at the bottom with the video playing above it. Ghaffari provides a wonderful commentary with each tip or trick, and between the notes, the audio and the video you're sure to pick up a lot. The iBook is organized into chapters that group similar items together. Some examples of the chapters include Notifications, Messages, Calendar; Finder, Dock; App Store, iBooks; and Dashboard, Mission Control. The chapters contain anywhere from two to 30 tips and tricks, some of which are useful in previous versions of OS X as well. What's really cool is that with iBooks now in OS X Mavericks, you can easily have the book open on your Mac desktop and try out the tricks in almost real time. As much as I've gone through OS X Mavericks during the beta days, 90 OS X Mavericks and Legacy Tips, Tricks & Secrets taught me a number of time-saving and convenient things. For two bucks, you're getting an easy-to-use and comprehensive Mavericks guide. Give it a try, and be sure to also check out our very own TUAW video tips for more on how to make your switch to OS Mavericks a success.
