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Apple Seeds OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Build 13C44 to Developers

Thursday January 23, 2014 2:19 PM PST by Juli Clover

Apple today seeded build 13C44 of OS X 10.9.2 to developers, marking the third developer beta iteration of 10.9.2. The release comes a week after the second OS X 10.9.2 beta, build 13C39, and a month after the first OS X 10.9.2 beta.

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The update is available to registered developers through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store as well as through the Mac Dev Center.

Apple continues to ask developers to focus on mail, messages, graphics drivers, VoiceOver, VPN, and SMB2. The second beta of OS X 10.9.2 began allowing Mac users to block people on iMessage and FaceTime, as can be done in iOS 7.

Apple has also seeded new versions of Safari 7.0.2 for Mavericks and Safari 6.1.2 for Lion/Mountain Lion, asking developers to focus on General Website Compatibility, Accessibility, AutoFill features, Printing and Emailing from Reader, Dragging Tabs Between Monitors, and Extension Compatibility.

Top Rated Comments

Icaras

155 months ago

OS X updates always bring a smile to my face. :)

Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)

milo

155 months ago

everything working good here. only problem is that all these beta updates are a bit annoying as they are too frequent.

If you don't have time to be a beta tester, don't be a beta tester.

Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)

WaxedJacket

155 months ago

Messages needs a UI overhaul.

1 unified window.

Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Mr. Wonderful

155 months ago

Get a SSD, I did a while ago, no more beach balls.

It still happens occasionally on a late 2013 rMBP. There's an underlying problem here.

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

chfilm

155 months ago

Graphics update? (Mac Pro 4k dell anyone?)

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

ghostface147

155 months ago

Does it fix the random springboard crashes?

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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