Apple Will Release OS X Mavericks Today as Free Download

At its media event today, Apple announced that OS X Mavericks, the next version of its Macintosh operating system, will launch today on the Mac App Store. Mavericks will be available exclusively through the Mac App Store for free.

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As we covered in our Mavericks roundup, the new OS will include enhanced multiple-monitor support, big improvements to the Notification Center, an improved Finder, better power management, and improved performance in Safari.

Mavericks also includes a number of brand new features, including a new iCloud Keychain function to save passwords across iOS and Mac devices, new Mac apps for iBooks and Apple Maps, along with UI redesigns for a number of built-in applications.

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Brian Y Avatar
158 months ago
Fantastic, at last Apple starts following Microsoft in shipping their service packs free!

Always has to be one :rolleyes:
Score: 45 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Risco Avatar
158 months ago
Fantastic, at last Apple starts following Microsoft in shipping their service packs free!
Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ritmomundo Avatar
158 months ago
Free is awesome. Can't wait to download it!
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rdlink Avatar
158 months ago
Fantastic, at last Apple starts following Microsoft in shipping their service packs free!

Wow. What an ignorant statement.

Comparing the feature changes of OS X 10.X upgrades to what are essentially bundled compilations of previous security updates is ludicrous.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
srminton Avatar
158 months ago
Wow. What an ignorant statement.

Comparing the feature changes of OS X 10.X upgrades to what are essentially bundled compilations of previous security updates is ludicrous.

Be gentle with the MSFT devotees. This hasn't been a good week for them. Mavericks makes Windows 8 look like it was designed by someone who assumes the whole world will be using it on a Surface tablet; and on top of that they just realised that the new Surface itself looks like a boat anchor next to the new iPad. Not to mention, they were really really really hoping that Apple would start selling a keyboard cover so they could say that MSFT did something first, for once. ;)
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
YourHerojb Avatar
158 months ago
I wonder if "Icns Maker" is getting any extra downloads right now.
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