OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Apple’s OS X 10.9 Mavericks will ship this fall, bringing better performance and battery life along with several welcome interface changes, such as tabbed Finder windows, dual full-screen app views, and tags for files.
It also includes the first Mac OS version of iBooks with sync support for iOS devices, a desktop version of Apple’s Maps that syncs locations with your iPhone, iCloud Keychain (password) syncing, and more.
Also, there’ll be no more cat names for Apple’s operating systems; Mavericks is a popular surfing spot near Half Moon Bay south of San Francisco.
Watch Apple’s preview at www.apple.com/osx/preview/
And of course, Quark’s QuarkXPress 10 will support Mavericks!
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Although Quark 9 crashes constantly in Mavericks, and may well not be supported – so any Quark 9 users out there, dont get Mavericks until you get Quark 10, but don’y upgrade to Quark 10 until they sort out the fact that it runs so terribly slowly on many macs and PCs.
well Quark had better sort out a little upgrade for 9 to work on Mavericks, because I aint paying out again when I only just upgraded 6 months ago to 9, not everybody can afford to do it in this day and age…….
I unfortunately missed the recent upgrade deal offered by QXP to upgrade from any version to 9(then 10) so I’m still running 7.31. I’m looking for a clear answer to whether or not QXP 7.31 will even run on Mavericks.
Hey all, read about Quark’s support for Mavericks here:
http://www.planetquark.com/?p=9192
The short story: QXP 10 will run on it and QXP 9 will soon be able to.
Please note that for both versions, 9 and 10, there are Mavericks-compatible updates available now.
If you are using QuarkXPress 9, please update to v9.5.4.
If you are using QuarkXPress 10, please update to at least v10.0.1.
Both can be found here: http://www.quark.com/Support/Downloads/
I have just purchased an iMac and I have quark 7 with an upgrade to Quark 9 I will be needing up load on this new computer. Will quark 7 work so I can upgrade to 9?
thanks
Debbie: I don’t think you have to install an earlier version if you want to install version 9. You can always try installing 9, and if that fails, then consider your options. Quark’s customer service is really good these days, so you may want to contact them. And no, version 7 is NOT recommended for Mavericks!
Well now here is a thing. I have read about how Quark 9 and 10 may or may not run on Mavericks, well after upgrading my Mac I thought I would see if Quark 7 works and surprise surprise it does.
Anyone else?
Hi! Since I installed Maverick I experince problems with Quark X. The program not responding, not saving. I removed the preferens file and restarted both the program and the computor but nothing helps! Quark do not recognice files and the hole situation turns my hair grey… Is the anyone out there that can come up with a solution?