OS X 10.9 Mavericks is an operating system that was designed and developed by Apple from 2013 to 2014 alongside Apple’s personal computers. The system has been released on October 22, 2013, and was available for Free from Mac App Store, or was preinstalled on currently sold computers. This software gets the last update (10.9.5) on September 17, 2014, and later has been replaced by a newer version OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
The update emphasized battery life, Finder improvements, other improvements for power users, and continued iCloud integration, as well as bringing more of Apple’s iOS apps to OS X.
Mavericks, which was named after the surfing location in Northern California, was the first in the series of OS X releases named for places in Apple’s home state; earlier releases used the names of big cats.
OS X Mavericks was the first OS X major release to be a free upgrade and the second overall since Mac OS X 10.1 Puma.
Today OS X 10.9 Mavericks is 10 years old!
OS X 10.9 Mavericks General Information
| Released | October 22, 2013 |
| Original Price | Free from the Mac App Store |
| System Requirements | iMac Mid 2007 or newer MacBook Late 2008 Aluminum or newer MacBook Early 2009 or newer MacBook Pro Mid 2007 or newer MacBook Air Late 2008 or newer Mac mini Early 2009 or newer Mac Pro Early 2008 or newer Xserve Early 2009 2 GB of memory 8 GB of available disk space Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later |
| Distribution | Mac App Store |
Versions
| Versions | Build | Release Date |
| OS X 10.9 | 13A603 | October 22, 2013 |
| OS X 10.9.1 | 13B42 | December 16, 2013 |
| OS X 10.9.1 for MacBook Pro Late 2013 | 13B3116 | December 16, 2013 |
| OS X 10.9.1 for Mac Pro Late 2013 | 13B4116 | December 19, 2013 |
| OS X 10.9.2 | 13C64 | February 25, 2014 |
| OS X 10.9.3 | 13D65 | May 15, 2014 |
| OS X 10.9.4 | 13E28 | June 30, 2014 |
| OS X 10.9.5 | 13F34 | September 17, 2014 |
