I recommend running a cleanup utility, such as CCleaner, which is free and what I use at home. If you have an iMac or MacBook Pro from 2007 or later, you should be fine, although people with older machines may want to first clean up and optimize their machines slightly, especially if they've become sluggish over the years.
More importantly for laptop users, Mavericks contains a number of improvements that extend battery life and improve memory. Safari has similar improvements-new functions and features that let you stay in your current window while getting relevant information or related tasks done. At first glance, it closely resembles the previous version, Mountain Lion, but comes with hundreds of small improvements that add up to a significantly upgraded operating system.įor example, you can now reply to an iMessage right from the notification of a new incoming message, rather than open up the iMessage app.
After the reboot begins, hold down Command-R key. (Do this by choosing restart on your Mac. If there are errors, you should fix them before continuing. After a few minutes, Disk Utility will inform you of the disk’s condition. Launch Disk Utility from Finder via Go > Utilities, click on the First Aid tab, then click on Verify Disk.
If you’re ready to take the plunge and update to Mavericks, follow these steps: This will also allow early adopters to fret out any last minute bugs or issues. Our best advice is to wait a while (at minimum 1-2 weeks) before updating so that all the software you depend on is updated to run on Mavericks. In general, you want you OS to be the OLDEST software on your system. FileMaker reports that there may be compatibility issues. If you’re running FileMaker 11, put a plan in place to upgrade to FileMaker 12 before upgrading to Mavericks.
Mavericks can be used on the 2007 editions of the iMac and MacBook Pro, 2008 models of the Mac Pro, MacBook, and MacBook Air, the 2009 Mac Mini, along with all later versions of the devices.įor FileMaker users, here’s how Mavericks affects you: Users with systems dating as far back as six years ago will be able to download and install the operating system. The major update of OS X Mavericks became available October 22 at no charge via the App Store. Apple announced that OS X Mavericks, the latest Mac operating system, is free.