OS X Mavericks - GM seed now available (active Mac developer accounts only)

whiskycycle · 4 Oct 2013 at 05:43

OS X Mavericks - general chat

Morning all, as title really.

Downloading now on my painfully slow broadband.... no official release notes available yet, although there is an iPhoto update immediately available that fixes an crashing issue using iPhoto in the GM.

Tunney · 4 Oct 2013 at 07:43

Apple's documentation in general for Mavericks has been woeful so far. It's really hard as a developer to figure out precisely what they've changed.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 4 Oct 2013 at 07:59

Does AirDrop communicate with ios7 yet?

Spit · 4 Oct 2013 at 13:01

Will this come through Software Update? I am running the latest DP.

FreeStream · 4 Oct 2013 at 13:31

No, it is a reinstall.

whiskycycle · 4 Oct 2013 at 14:04

Concorde Rules said:
No, it is a reinstall.

Hmmm.... it upgraded the MBA from DP8 to GM without any problems (that I'm aware of yet). Took ages though.

I'm gonna do clean on the iMac though, as it's external Thunderbolt SSD and I need to do some housekeeping anyway on that.

Deleted member 77746 · 4 Oct 2013 at 17:16

I will be installing this tonight so I will let you guys know the outcome and any questions and tests you would like me to do.

That Guy · 4 Oct 2013 at 19:25

Backing up stuff now ready to do a fresh install

May be a long night! Won't be able to sleep until the system is setup exactly how I like it

whiskycycle · 4 Oct 2013 at 20:52

Update: MBA survived an update installation fine. Was already a pretty clean installation, with only a few core apps and a few additional (iWork etc), like Evernote and the like. All nicey nicey.

The iMac though.... have done a full backup in prep for a clean install, but thought I'd try an upgrade for fun. Acrobat XI throws a total fit, bombing every attempt to start. The other real oddity is that the monitor graphic in Displays prefs is mirrored upside down! Have no idea why and there's rotation action going on.

That being the case with the iMac, I'm doing a USB installer now and will clean install once that's done.

Happy with the MBA, as I've been running with it since DP1 through to DP8 then GM and know it's OK for for what it gets used for.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 5 Oct 2013 at 10:21

Im running it. Airdrop doesn't work with iOS. Big BIG shame that.

Marky · 5 Oct 2013 at 12:07

Is iCloud Keychain working across the board?

JGBR · 5 Oct 2013 at 15:32

well how long was it last time between GM and launch? that should give us an idea of a launch date. Also probably ipads, MBP's will launch same time

Deleted member 77746 · 5 Oct 2013 at 18:08

Well I installed it. Did a clean install no problems.

Logsi · 5 Oct 2013 at 20:45

Installed fine!

No issues yet. Seems a a lot snappier.

oli356 · 5 Oct 2013 at 21:01

How will the upgrade work? Never had to change version of Mac OS before.

Will want to update my 13" rMBP when Mavericks is released, full screen applications on both screens is why - not read about anything else to be fair.

Will it be a clean install so I loose everything or an upgrade? If a clean install can I just setup a time machine backup or something... I don't really have many applications and files but for example my vmware needs to be backed up somehow. - work laptop so need minimum downtime

Skyboat · 5 Oct 2013 at 21:36

Gonna risk installing this over DP8, I imagine it should be fine.

morkfromork · 5 Oct 2013 at 21:51

I installed it from Dp8 without any issues. runs smooth on my 2013 air.

Turbo-G · 6 Oct 2013 at 00:05

oli356 said:
How will the upgrade work? Never had to change version of Mac OS before.

Will want to update my 13" rMBP when Mavericks is released, full screen applications on both screens is why - not read about anything else to be fair.

Will it be a clean install so I loose everything or an upgrade? If a clean install can I just setup a time machine backup or something... I don't really have many applications and files but for example my vmware needs to be backed up somehow. - work laptop so need minimum downtime

You will purchase and update via the App store, expect it to cost in the region of £13.99 or something.

All your settings and apps etc will remain as you left them pre-install.

N19h7m4r3 · 7 Oct 2013 at 10:47

So those that are using it, Clean install? Or just upgrade over current OS?

MacRS4 · 7 Oct 2013 at 11:17

Personally I did a clean install as I've various stuff on my laptop that could do with a clear down. On my iMac I did an over the top, and that's worked too.

Laptop does feel better for a refresh though - but they always do don't they?

To make a bootable USB from Mavericks is a little different to the previous editions - see here on how to do it.