![]() And if you Google "Mavericks audio problems" you'll get a long list of hits from other folks who are experiencing the same issues. I get audio drop outs sometimes no audio at all when I wake my Mac from sleep unless I restart the machine. Audio drop outsĬore Audio seems kind of screwed up in Mavericks. Users report problems with windows and folders popping up on different monitors at random, strange behavior when hooking displays up, and files or folders that occasionally disappear when dragged to the desktop. Unfortunately, the behavior of multi monitor systems isn't entirely predictable. That's why you get your own instance of a menu and dock on each separate display. ![]() What Apple did - as a default action - was to give each monitor in Mavericks its own virtual desktop, or in OS X parlance, a Space. I think it's fair to say that multi monitor support before Mavericks was crap, but I'm not altogether certain that Mavericks is a lot better. I wish Apple would get rid of them all together because they look anachronistic and patchwork. I'm convinced that Apple's UI designers simply ran out of time with Mavericks, because a few of those skeuomorphic embellishments linger - like the felt table in Game Center or the lined paper pad in Reminders. While some of the design decisions left me scratching my head - are the weird rainbow bubbles in Game Center really that much better than the felt casino tabletop? - you can't argue that at least it makes the user experience a bit more consistent and modern looking than before. Lingering skeuomorphismĪpple's engineers did a good job of removing skeuomorphism in iOS 7 applications. Our own Ally Kazmucha explains that Apple has aligned the Mac's power button to act more like the power button on iOS devices, but it's a change that I find more disruptive than beneficial. It's only if you hold down the power button for several seconds that you'll get the option to shut down, restart or sleep. The default action in Mavericks changed, though, so touching the power button now causes the Mac to go to sleep right away. ![]() It used to be that if you pressed the power button your Mac, OS X would ask you if you wanted to shut down, restart or go to sleep. Whatever the case, it's very frustrating. It also doesn't seem to support the same file formats as Mountain Lion. Quick Look would view the image lickety-split, letting you see at a glance what was in the file.īut many Mavericks users report that Quick Look is very slow now, either taking many seconds longer to open than it used to or "beachballing" all together. or text file just by pressing the space bar in Finder. Quick Look used to be a great feature that enabled you to quickly view the contents of a file without having to open an application first - you could get a sense of what is in an image, video. Some users on Microsoft Exchange servers also report problems that they didn't have with Mountain Lion. ![]() But many of us still aren't getting messages on time, and have to either quit the app or take Mail offline and then online again before new mail will start streaming in. The initial fix was intended to take the sting out of connecting to Gmail accounts, and indeed things did improve for some Gmail users. Continued e-mail problems and Gmail issuesĭespite already having been fixed once, OS X Mavericks' Mail app is still a hot mess. I've combined my thoughts and the feedback I got into this list of Mavericks pet peeves, and I'd very much like to hear what you think, so make sure to comment. I also did a straw poll on Twitter the other day to find out what was bugging other people. But now that it's been out in the world for a few months and already has a maintenance update under its belt, I find there are still some lingering problems that need addressing. Nothing is bug-free, and Mavericks is no exception.
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