![]() ![]() The first California-themed release of OS X, named after "places that inspire us here inĬalifornia," according to Craig Federighi, who says this naming scheme is intended to OS X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica Review | Ars Technica Nevertheless, Apple does try to give each new OS some sort of theme. Which didn't quite make it into Mountain Lion but also couldn't wait for the next major OS release because it was a prerequisite for some new hardware products. Make the deadline for the previous release. To some degree, the content of any OS release is determined by what did and didn't Promised "no new features." There are new features in Mavericks, even new bundled Mavericks is also not an internals-only release like Snow Leopard, which famously Interface overhaul in Mavericks was clearly out of the question. ![]() After all, Apple didn't even have the iPad version of iOS 7 ready in time for WWDC this year. Time and resource constraints alone could explain this choice. I'll spoil it for you: Apple hasn't chosen this path-not yet,Īnyway. One option would be to continue to follow iOS's lead, switching gears from rich textures and simulations of analogous physical products and setting off in pursuit of the To what end? Aside from undoing the most egregious peer-pressure-motivated interface changes, what should this first non-cat release of OS X do differently from Let's say we accept that this is not the end of history and that OS X will continue toĮvolve. Strikes off in a bold new direction based on a philosophy that Apple is eager to generalize to the company as a whole-leaving OS X holding the stitched-leather bag. By all accounts, Forstall was one of the driving forces behind the iOS aesthetic that Lion and Mountain Lion so enthusiastically embraced. Several naked attempts to ape the look and feel of its more successful sibling, iOS.īut that was all before last year's ouster of Scott Forstall, senior vice president of iOS ![]() Accordingly, OS X's last two releases included With Lion, the Mac entered an awkward adolescence, acquiring a newfound concernĪbout what the other kids were doing. Non-subscribers can buy the e-book from the So on, culminating in some form of self-actualization. Seven big-cat releases were OS X's early childhood:īirth, potty training, learning to walk and talk, and Somehow not continue to grow and mature in theĭon't want to read an article this long on theĭownload a (free) Kindle, iBooks-compatibleĮPUB, or PDF version of the complete reviewįrom the links in the upper right of each article While the Mac platform has consistently experienced significant enhancements in the past, it will When it comes to OS X, many people are sufferingįrom the end-of-history illusion: the belief that System's existence is this? The afterlife? The 10th major release, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, is named after an awkwardly plural California surfing spot, finally ending the feline dynasty. Pattern, releasing OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion a year later. But Apple couldn't resist the lure of the "cat, modifier cat" naming The 2011 release of OS X 10.7 Lion seemed to mark the natural endpoint of the "bigĬat" naming scheme. When I am an old operating system I shall wear… leather? Of youth, gradually maturing into adulthood, and now, perhaps, entering its dotage. OS X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica ReviewĪfter a dozen years and nine major releases, OS X has had a full life: the exuberance ![]()
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