By Greg T Kelchner, 30 October, 2013
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macOS and Mac Apps
Hello all, I am using a Macbook Pro running OS X version 10.8.5. I have been browsing this forum trying to decide if upgrading is worth it. Many people say using Mavericks is a smooth experience. Sure there are bugs here and there but over all it seams to run fine. One issue that is concerning me however is the fact that vo is having issues navigating large directories in the finder. What if I want to navigate my iTunes folders when in the finder? Would anyone care to comment on this, as well as comment on why they upgraded or didn't upgrade?
Just to give you an idea as to how I use my Mac, I mainly Browse the web, check email, listen to music, and am interested in doing more word processing so am intrigued by the fact that iWork has seen some accessibility improvements. I am also interested in giving the iText Express app a shot.
I also plan to start recording music on the Mac but I am very new to this... although I would like to become proficient. I would be interested in any thoughts regarding Mavericks's accessibility in terms of garage band and or third party digital audio workstations.
Thank you for any input,
Greg
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Hi Siobhan, What have your
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I have upgraded to mavericks
pluses and minuses
So because I'm not as
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Thoughts from a Mavericks Beginner
Hi. I realize I'm a bit late in replying to this, but wanted to put in my 2 cents worth as somebody who started on Mavericks. I've had my Mac for just under a year. It is my first Mac computer, and my parents and I purchased it with Mavericks already installed. VoiceOver does have its quirks, but my experience thus far has been that those quirks are far and few. For instance, I was having an issue where my speech would stutter. See a previous thread of mine. But that seems to have somehow resolved itself, or at least partially resolved itself. I use both Safari and Google Chrome to browse the web, and I like both. I don't really notice a difference between these two, other than that Chrome seems to load pages just a bit faster. But even that difference is subtle in my experience. Safari and Chrome both use the same or very similar layouts and keyboard commands. I also like Apple's default email program, although I've been experiencing a problem where a lot of times messages in my inbox don't delete properly. But someone on an email list to which I recently subscribed gave a trick for that, so sometime this weekend I'm going to see if it resolves the issue. I've not done much with Pages at all yet, so can't comment there. TextEdit is very good. I'm slowly but surely learning the other on-board apps, but over all I'm quite impressed with my Mac.