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I was able to download the new Mavericks OS to my old desktop Mac and it seems to work fine. I know it was risky to try this on release day, but I have options in case I encountered problems.<\/p>\n

One thing that intrigues me about the new OS and I was eager to try is the availability of iBooks on the desktop. We have a book we offer through Amazon and Kindle and we have considered reworking the content in iBooks Author because of the multimedia options the Apple product makes available. The downside of iBooks has been the limited options for reading the content; i.e., the ipad. The new Mac OS now makes iBooks available on Apple desktops and laptops. There may be some additional opportunities here, but what I really would like to see is the iBook equivalent of iTunes which is more platform independent. As a matter of general principle because I believe options are good, I resist being locked in to one way of doing anything. Half way there!<\/p>\n

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