04.10.2013 16:05 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Apple seeds 'gold master' of OS X Mavericks to devs

Apple late Thursday released a final version of OS X Mavericks to developers, hinting that the upgrade will go public during the week of Oct. 21."Download OS X Mavericks GM seed and Xcode 5.0.1 GM seed, now available on the Mac Dev Center," a message sent to developers read.The build was labeled GM for "gold master," a tag some developers use for software that has been completed and is ready to send to duplicators and distributors. Microsoft's analogous status is "release to manufacturing," or RTM.In Apple's case, OS X 10.9, aka Mavericks, will not need to be burned onto DVDs, packaged in boxes and shipped to retail stores because it will be available only as a download from the Mac App Store, as have the last two OS upgrades.Apple has not yet nailed down a price for Mavericks or pinned its release date to something more specific than "this fall." But the Oct. 3 debut of the Mavericks GM signals that customers will be able to purchase the upgrade in just over two weeks.In

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