OS X Mavericks

OS X Mavericks (version 10.9) is the 11th  of OS X, Apple's desktop and  operating system for Macintosh computers. OS X Yosemite was announced on June 10, 2013 at WWDC 2013, and was released in October of 2014.[1 ] [2 ] (please update below)

The update places emphasis on battery life, Finder enhancements, other enhancements for, and continued iCloud integration, as well as bringing more of Apple's iOS apps to the OS X platform.

This release marks the beginning of a change in the naming scheme of OS X, departing from the use of s and moving to names based on California locations. Following the new naming scheme, the current version of the operating system is named after Mavericks, which is a surfing location in .

System requirements
As of its beta release, OS X Mavericks is compatible with all Macs that are capable of running OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. That includes iMac models from mid-2007 or later, 13-inch aluminum MacBook models from late 2008 or later, 13-inch MacBook Pro models from mid-2009 or later, 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro models from late 2007 or later, MacBook Air models from late 2008 or later, and Mac mini, Mac Pro and Xserve models from early 2008 or later. The models must also have at least 2 GB of memory, 8 GB of available space and Mac OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard or higher in order to install OS X Mavericks.[3 ]

Features
The following is a list of features to be found in OS X Mavericks:
 * Improved multiple display support: The menu bar and the Dock can be accessed on secondary displays; Apple TV can be used as an external display[4 ]
 * Mission Control has been updated to organize and switch between Desktop workspaces independently between multiple displays[4 ]
 * Finder enhancements, including ,[5 ]  fullscreen support and document tags[6 ]
 * Added new iBooks[7 ]  and Maps[8 ]  applications[9 ]
 * Calendar enhancements[10 ]
 * Safari enhancements[11 ]
 * iCloud Keychain sync[12 ]
 * Notification Center enhancements[13 ]
 * , which enhances energy efficiency by reducing CPU usage by up to 72 percent[14 ] [15 ]
 * App Nap, which sleeps apps that are not currently visible<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Advanced_Technologies_14-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14 ] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-OS_X_Mavericks:_Core_Technologies_Overview_15-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15 ]
 * Compressed Memory, which automatically compresses data from inactive apps when approaching maximum memory capacity <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Advanced_Technologies_14-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14 ] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-OS_X_Mavericks:_Core_Technologies_Overview_15-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15 ] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Compressed_Memory_in_OS_X_10.9.2C_at_AppleInsider_16-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16 ]
 * OpenGL 4.1 Core Profile
 * 1.2
 * version 2 (SMB2) is now the default protocol for sharing files<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-OS_X_Mavericks:_Core_Technologies_Overview_15-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15 ]
 * sharing integration<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LinkedIn.2C_in_10.9.2C_at_idownloadblog_17-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17 ]