In Part One of this editorial I talked about the Do Not Disturb function, offline dictation, Emojis and other special characters, and how to sort out your energy-sucking apps. Find Part One here. In this installment, I’ll talk about quick responses, how you can move the Dashboard around so it’s exactly where you want it, and how to post to LinkedIn.
Quick Responses
Before Mountain Lion, your only option for notifications was to use a third-party program like Growl. Mavericks improves upon the notification system that was introduced with Mountain Lion, and adds interactivity that you’re going to love.
You get the option to reply quickly to iMessages and emails straight from the notification pop-up. Not many third-party programs are taking advantage of this feature, but hopefully this will change really soon. It would be awesome to be able to respond to Facebook messages, tweets, or Google Voice messages without having to actually launch those apps (and thus interrupting your work).
Customize Your Dashboard’s Location
Okay, this isn’t mind-blowing, but it is nice to have the option to move Dashboard to where you want it. Just drag it to wherever you want it to go. You can even put it between workspaces.
Post Straight to LinkedIn
If you’re one of those people who actually uses LinkedIn, then you’re going to like this new Mavericks option. You can now post to LinkedIn from your Notification Center. Go to Web Accounts and add your LinkedIn account. This will offer you the form to post messages to LinkedIn from the Notification Center.
And More
That’s really not all of the features that OS X Mavericks brings us. In fact, Apple brought over 200 new features with this latest version of OS X. Some of the other features include Menu bar access, Dock scanning, multilingual voice support, switch control, an onscreen keyboard, third-party device support, and mouse control.
If you haven’t yet checked out my editorial highlighting some of the fabulous new features in OS X Mavericks, here are links to Part One and Part Two.
