Interesting information about upgrading to Maverick from our old friends at Tidbits. Read the last minute notes about newly discovered compatibility issues past the initial sales pitch:
j. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Adam and Tonya Engst, Take Control" <[email protected]> > Subject: Important news from Take Control about upgrading to Mavericks > Date: October 23, 2013 6:00:26 PM EDT > Reply-To: "Tonya Engst" <[email protected]> > > Hi folks, > > With no advance notice, Apple released OS X 10.9 Mavericks yesterday, but we > were ready with the full 1.1 version of Joe Kissell's "Take Control of > Upgrading to Mavericks." (Yay, us!) There are plenty of good reasons to > upgrade to Mavericks, including better battery life, new iBooks and Maps > apps, interactive notifications, improved multiple monitor support, iCloud > Keychain, Finder tabs, document tagging, and more. (Yay, Apple!) "Take > Control of Upgrading to Mavericks" 1.1 is available now for only $15. > > Put it right in the cart > http://tid.bl.it/tco-mavericks-upgrading-cart > Get more information > http://tid.bl.it/tco-mavericks-upgrading > > The actual installation of Mavericks is easy, but where "Take Control of > Upgrading to Mavericks" shines is before and after. Before, in helping you > prepare for the upgrade by checking your disk for corruption and making a > bootable duplicate in case of problems. (Boo, cosmic rays!) And after, in > providing advice about wrangling Spotlight, reinstalling Java if you need it, > setting up iCloud Keychain, migrating iBooks, enabling enhanced dictation, > revealing your Library folder, dealing with FileVault, and getting started > with Time Machine if necessary. (Yay, Joe!) > > But here's the awkward bit. We just sent email to everyone who purchased the > book before today, warning about some late-breaking problems we learned about > after releasing the 1.1 update. (Boo, Apple!) We'll incorporate these details > into a free 1.2 update available to all purchasers shortly, but it's > essential that you know about these issues when contemplating a Mavericks > upgrade. For full details, read Joe's blog post at: > > http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/news/unpleasant-surprises-await-some-mavericks-upgraders > > In short: > > * Apple Mail in Mavericks does not play well with Gmail. So not well that you > may wish to postpone upgrading to Mavericks, or consider switching away from > Gmail or to another email client. Especially if you use AppleScript with Mail. > > * Our friend Dan Frakes of Macworld has documented a better way to create a > bootable flash drive you can use to install Mavericks on multiple Macs. (Yay, > Dan!) > > * The Messages Theater mode, which could display both your image and, say, a > Keynote presentation simultaneously, has mysteriously disappeared from > Messages in Mavericks. > > * Some people are reporting problems with Dropbox's Finder integration, and > although the problems aren't universal (and are solved by reinstalling > Dropbox), this could prove problematic if you rely heavily on Dropbox. > > So there you have it, to the extent we know it now. We'll update "Take > Control of Upgrading to Mavericks" to cover these and other issues that come > to light in the near future. Obviously, it's not our intention to dissuade > you from upgrading to Mavericks, but if one of these issues would cause you > significant headaches, we wanted to make sure you knew what was under the > surface before you dove in. > > Thanks to everyone who has supported the Take Control series over the last 10 > years - our books have helped tens of thousands of Apple users, and we > couldn't have done it without you. (Yay, you!) > > cheers... -Adam & Tonya Engst, Take Control publishers > > PS: We're sorry to say that Sharon Zardetto's "Take Control of iBooks" is not > yet done. We were hoping that we'd have a little more time, since this is the > first time Apple has released an update to Mac OS X without advance warning, > but the main thing that has been slowing us down is that iBooks turned out to > be more devilish to document than we anticipated, due to a plethora of tweaky > details. It will remain at the 20%-off pre-release price of $8 until we're > done, and anyone who purchases now will be able to read and comment on chunks > of the book as we nail down the particulars; the first chunk should be > available online later today (click Ebooks Extras in your copy and look in > the Blog tab for the link). > > http://tid.bl.it/tco-ibooks-prerelease -- Jonathan Fletcher FileMaker 9/10/11/12 Certified Developer Fletcher Data Consulting [email protected] http://www.fletcherdata.com 502-509-7137 New Podcast on the Block: FileMaker Talk - Business Edition: filemakertalk.com [email protected] Kentuckiana's FileMaker Developers Group Next meeting: Tuesday, October 29nd, noon to 3:30-ish http://www.kyfmp.com _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
