Apple has released OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 Update, which brings a pixel-doubled Retina mode to external 4K displays and restores contact and calendar syncing between Mac and iOS devices in iTunes. The Retina mode makes content much sharper, rather than just using all the pixels to create a truly huge desktop.
You know where to get it.
I probably just don’t get it, because i have a -18 dioptrie, so i’m basically like a nerdy mole. I can’t see the difference between my 17 inch mbp’s screen at full HD and a 15 inch retina MBP … other than the price diff … i can see that, obviously.
But …
It seems a bit ironic to me that you go for super high res displays, only to do pixel doubling and interpolation on them in the end. If things are too tiny to see with the naked eye, and things thus become unusable, then surely, the resolution must be too high for practical use in 90% of all use cases. The logical thing to do would be to lower the res and spend the money elswehere? Let the specialists and niche markets use specialist and niche hardware. Seems a bit dumb to design the mainstream to meet niche goals.
My phone has a full HD screen, the one before it had 720p, the one before that had qHD … tbh, i don’t see the diff with normal use … unless i squint.
Edited 2014-05-16 07:03 UTC
Its again at the point of you simply cant see it unless they are side by side. I think even 20/20 eyes cant see all the retina pixels, but the marketing team Really can.
Nonsense. I launch the iOS Simulator in non-retina mode daily on my 4k monitor and the visual difference between fonts inside and outside the Simulator is very clear.
And I lost my 20/20 vision over ten years ago.
Telling the difference between 96 DPI images and 192 DPI images is more subtle, but even here if the image has sharp edges in it then it is usually pretty easy.
There’s a big difference between scaling to non native resolutions on a high res display and a lower res display running at native resolutions.
It’s just another marketing gimmick.
War of the specs 🙂
Well, the pixel doubling is for software that isn’t high-PPI aware. Software that is Retina-aware has larger icons, images, and UI controls, so they are physically the same size on screen as non-Retina software.
The end result isn’t a smaller UI, but a sharper-looking UI. It’s not always immediately apparent (unless viewed side-by-side), but more along the lines of you notice, but don’t realize you notice.
Anyone else seeing the same message?
And more to the point: what has a software update or a non Apple application (sorry, I mean “app”) from the App Store to do with iTunes?!?
I was trying to update Microsoft’s Remote Desktop yesterday (i.e., even before 10.9.3 was available) and got the same message!
Confused (and a bit upset too)
RT.
Too late for editing, but I have an update: it appears that you can, in fact, ignore iTunes’ Terms & Conditions and still upgrade to 10.9.3.
RT.
Edited 2014-05-16 07:36 UTC
I hope they fixed some of the bugs. Mavericks is about as buggy as Windows Vista (seriously).
For example, this problem happened to me on day two of owning a brand new MBPr:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5481839?start=0&tstart=0
And it still happens occasionally, even after doing a complete format/reinstall and installing all updates as of today.
And then there is the wifi issues..
Not really what you expect when you pay that much for a new computer.
it annoying you have that problem with your machine and i can appreciate especially with it being new.
However i wouldn’t compare Mavericks with Vista in any shape or form. I have it running on all of my Mac’s, my family does and so do friends and we haven’t experienced any problems with it.
In fact the new memory optimisations and other tweaks have really speeded up MacOSX for me.
Hope your issue is sorted soon!
sudden locking sounds like a hardware problem – give it to apple to check it over – you might have a faulty wifi card or its overheating or something along those lines get them to check it over / replace it. They probably have a faulty batch of the laptops produced – it happens.
I wouldn’t make that comparison ever. It’s quite stable and well written (I happen to go through their published code occasionally for reference).
Classic Intel Macs have a USB keyboard/trackpad. For some reason, the Broadcom chip in it does occasionally lock up. I found that issuing a bus reset by putting the laptop into standby (close the lid) and taking it out 1 minute later will do the job. Newer Macs use the SPI bus for the keyboard/trackpad and it might actually be a software bug.
All the WiFi issues I’ve seen come from a single source: 802.11d. If you bought your computer in the US and are using it outside, it will default to US frequencies. That means that it will not see networks in channel 13 2.4GHz and most of the networks in 5GHz. I’ve also seen cheap imported routers that advertise Canada and are picked up by my laptop and cause my laptop to only search 1-11 on 2.4GHz instead of the standard ETSI 1-13.
Here’s what happens: You set your router on auto frequency and correctly set Germany as the country. Your wireless will go to channel 13 as it has the least noise. You start your laptop and the first wifi found will be your neighbors channel 1 network advertising US, thus your laptop switches to US frequencies and power levels. From here on, it will only see a WiFi if it’s in Channel 1 through 11.
That’s the source of the problems.
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