] the recent SSL encryption issue for both Mavericks and Mountain Lion,” Apple spokesperson Ryan James told Forbes. Apple has released a step-by-step guide to installing the OS X Mavericks v10.9.2 update for your Mac. First, back up your computer. If something were to go wrong, you'll want to have all of your files.
You can back up your computer using Time Machine, an external hard drive or a cloud backup service. Then go ahead and install all available updates for your computer (there may be more than one). Apple recommends that you not interrupt the installation process once you've started it. If you use an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, you'll also want to install a software update on those devices.
The Desktop for your main computer, and the Modern interface for your tablet. I don't think the Modern Interface does everything extraordinarily well yet, and I've had a few glitches where something doesn't open. And there are odd decisions - like which version of Internet Explorer will default when in the Modern Interface. By the way, Tiles have a very nice feature called Live Tiles, where information is regularly updated, like the weather, or stock tickers, or news headlines or sports scores.
It gives more substance to a mere blank icon, and their sizes can be changed, as well. It's very good - though a touch more sizzle than essential. I love the news. I don't absolutely need to see headlines floating by. And now we get to apps. Ah, apps. The issue of apps for the Modern Interface does remain a concern for people.
It's a valid issue, though less than people think. Yes, there are far, far fewer Windows apps than exist for the iOS and Android. Yet there are still 160,000 of them at the time of writing, and almost all of the major ones. And the reality is that most people probably have at most 10 apps that they use all the time. Having countless apps available more gives you better choices.
But if you have what you want, you don't need more choice. OS and Android counterparts. But most top apps are there. There's a very important caveat to these apps issues - using Internet Explorer, if there's a webpage you like, you can pin it to the Modern Interface Start screen in tablet mode.
Once there, it will function in essence exactly like an app, in essence allowing you to create an app for anything. Example: there's no app for the Los Angeles Times. The aforementioned OneDrive has been around for a couple years, and even longer if you consider its earlier and not terribly successful Microsoft incarnations, like Live Mesh. But now that it's integrated directly into Windows 8, the program has changed the way I use my devices.
At its heart, OneDrive is a cloud-based storage service, similar to the well-known Dropbox, Google Drive and others, many of which are quite terrific and valuable, indeed a program like Dropbox does some things even better than OneNote. But when integrated in Window 8, OneDrive moves in ways that are unique.
It's not that OneDrive can work better with Windows 8, it's that OneDrive is actually built directly into Windows 8 as part of the operating system which is specifically designed for OneDrive to work with it. OneDrive exists either as a log-on website, or application embedded into Windows Explorer where it looks as if it's just another folder.
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