AppleInsider Staff
Apple late Thursday seeded the fourth OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks beta to developers with minor changes and continued focus on Mail, Messages and VPN services.
The latest Mavericks beta build 13C48 comes one weeks after Apple released the third beta version of the upcoming OS X 10.9.2 maintenance update to developers in mid-January.
According to the accompanying release notes, Apple is still focusing on Mail and Messages, two built-in features that have caused problems for many users since Mavericks first launched in October. Those affected have complained of Gmail compatibility issues and erratic Smart Mailbox behavior.
In addition to Mail and Messages, Apple requests developers test server message block (SMB2), graphics drivers, VoiceOver and VPN services. Apple switched from AFP file sharing to SMB2 with Mavericks in an effort to enhance performance, security and cross-platform compatibility.
Developers can download the new build via Software Update or Apple's developer Web portal.
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Are they going to fix the user-interface PHAIL in Calendar? For starters, ... putting the vertical line separators back in Month view, so we can actually see what day we are entering our details into? And maybe providing some skins, so we can choose the look and feel, rather than having someone else's idea of 'design' imposed on us. Because, from a visual user-interface view, this is the worst version of Calendar (iCal) EVER.
please fix the issues with multiple monitors' settings not 'sticking' after a restart...
I've been having a lot of GPU kernel panics. Hope this fixes it!
[quote name="wozwoz" url="/t/161843/apple-issues-os-x-10-9-2-mavericks-beta-build-to-developers#post_2465849"]Are they going to fix the user-interface PHAIL in Calendar? For starters, ... putting the vertical line separators back in Month view, so we can actually see what day we are entering our details into? And maybe providing some skins, so we can choose the look and feel, rather than having someone else's idea of 'design' imposed on us. Because, from a visual user-interface view, this is the worst version of Calendar (iCal) EVER.[/quote] Skins, ha! Skins. I actually prefer the new UI. Just takes some getting used to. Better to take advantage of inertia scrolling rather than flipping pages back and forth.
I've been having a lot of GPU kernel panics. Hope this fixes it!
You aren't the only one friend. I'm hoping they nail this in this update, because 9.3 may be some way off.