AppleInsider Staff
With Mavericks, Apple's next major version of OS X, users will be able to access the company's Maps and iBooks platforms, as well as new cloud-synced passwords and logins.
With support for Maps, users will be able to search for directions on their Mac, and easily send that route to their iPhone for use in their vehicle. The new Maps application for OS X offers the same features as its iOS counterpart, including the 3D Flyover functionality.
Mavericks will also mark the debut of Apple's iBooks e-book platform on the Mac, including the iBookstore for purchasing new content. To date, iBooks has only been available for iOS devices.
Users can highlight and add notes to iBooks titles in the sidebar. The software also includes a nighttime reading mode that is easier on the eyes in low-light environments.
And iCloud Keychain will also provide cross-platform support for securely syncing and saving passwords and login information, including addresses and credit card data.
An updated Calendar has continuous scrolling and gives an easier way of creating events, with suggested nearby locations and projected weather.
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13 Comments
iBooks on Macs??? Hooray!!! :) I soooo much prefer reading in iBooks as opposed to Kindle. This is a nice surprise.
I have been hoping for Maps to be on Macs since it came out.
Looks like the Finder sidebar still lacks color, which is a big disappointment to me after the new iTunes brought back the color. Hopefully this will change before the final release.
[quote name="jabohn" url="/t/157941/maps-ibooks-icloud-keychain-coming-to-os-x-mavericks#post_2342106"]Looks like the Finder sidebar still lacks color, which is a big disappointment to me after the new iTunes brought back the color. Hopefully this will change before the final release.[/quote] Noticed that too. And usually iTunes is used for new refinements like these, so it might just carry over across the board; Aperture, OSX.
With support for Maps, users will be able to search for directions on their Mac, and easily send that route to their iPhone for use in their vehicle. The new Maps application for OS X offers the same features as its iOS counterpart, including the 3D Flyover functionality.
Good.
Good.
Yes I know, nothing would stop law enforcement guys if they feel you're their man.
Still, did we invent passwords just to give them out to anyone and their brother at Apple's data centers?
Siri already scans the entire family trees of iPhone owners up to their ancestors from the Renaissance era, is it not enough?