This fall, the 11th consumer version of Mac OS X will be released, for free. OS X 10.10 is better known as Yosemite, and the main thing you need to know about it is that it’s a big visual redesign.

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While Apple likes to keep a lot of things secret until its ready for launch, the latest release of the Mac operating system -- OS X Yosemite -- most certainly wasn't one of them. Soon after the ...

If you're worried performance may suffer on your Mac, consider a clean install (which we generally recommend anyway) to root out the cruft from versions of OS X gone by. Beyond that, Yosemite will ...

As was mentioned earlier today during Apple’s special event, Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite is now available as a free upgrade for users running OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and 10.9 Mavericks.

Mac/iPhone phone integration The combination ... If your recipient is using Mail in Yosemite, OS X will download—again, automatically and invisibly—the file and present it in the message ...

Editors' note, November 22, 2016: The original Apple Mac OS X Yosemite review, first published in October 2014, follows. With its latest operating system, Apple is making all of its devices work ...

When the beta software is ready, you’ll receive a redemption code that will allow you to download and install OS X Yosemite Beta from the Mac App Store,” says Apple. And what’s new in OS X ...

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Update by Konrad Krawczyk 10/16/14 1:31 p.m. ET: Apple has just launched Mac OS X Yosemite to the world. You can get it starting today. Just head over to the Mac App store, and click on the ...

took the stage at the company’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco today to announce the latest revision of the Mac operating system. OS X Yosemite features a design overhaul driven ...

But what hasn’t changed is how you get it—following in the footsteps of Mavericks, OS X 10.10 Yosemite is offered as a free upgrade, newly available to download from the Mac App Store.