Apples OS X 10.10 Yosemite was announced all the way back at this years WWDC event in June, and since then, weve followed its progress continually as it has sauntered through the Developer Previews and Public Betas.

Recently, it reached Golden Master status, and with a couple of further GMs having subsequently rolled out as the Cupertino applied the finishing touches, Yosemite is finally ready for the masses.

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Apple recognizes that the value of having an ecosystem whereby everybody is using the latest software far more significant in the long run, but while last years Mavericks 10.9 and the preceding Mountain Lion 10.8 were considered as incremental updates, Yosemite is considerably more substantial.

UI elements appear flatter and cleaner, and as well as imparting an impression of minimalism on the user, draws a degree of parity with the interface of the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

When I look at the gadgets that my family and I take for granted, I feel like I live in the future.

In addition to new features, OS X brings interface and experience refinements to Apples desktop operating system, similar in spirit if not exact execution to the iOS 7 makeover of 2013 interface depth and translucency effects, textual clarity and other elements to improve the overall user experience.

The intent was always to go back and give OS X the design attention it deserved as well.

Depth, deference and clarity are the design guidelines Apple first employed in iOS 7, and now were seeing that work continue over to Yosemite.

Continuity is what Apples calling that design that enables one device to complement the other.

Handoff, for example, lets you start an activity on your iPad or iPhone and continue it on your Mac.

And Instant Hotspot lets your Mac use your phone more easily.

SMS and MMS messages sent to your phone will automatically appear in Messages on all your devices; you can even make and receive phone calls on your Mac when your iPhone is on the same network.

Apples also introducing Notification Center Widgets to help you view your calendar, weather, stocks, reminders and a World Clock, and the API is open for developers to use to create custom Widgets that can be downloaded from the Mac App Store.

Apples search feature in OS X has been taken out of the realm of just file search; now it can find applications (making it a potential replacement for Apples Launchpad app) and content on the Internet (putting it toe to toe with the popular third-party tool Alfred).

It will view search results from Wikipedia, the App Store, iTunes Store, iBooks Store and more.

Apples moving iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 together, forward, for a new era of interdevice and intersystem communication.

When Launchpad doesnt show all of your installed Mac apps, do this.

This is because on OS X Yosemite, your Notes app is still the same sad, pre-attachment version that you had in iOS 8and they cant talk to each other.

But dont worry, friends: Instead, you can use iCloud.com for your syncing needs.

On Tuesday Apple released a new beta version of OS X Yosemite.

The new 10.10.4 release, build 14E26a, went into the hands of developers and Mac users who are signed up for Apples AppleSeed public testing program.

And it makes an important change to OS Xs underlying network technology.

Iconfactory developer Craig Hockenberry posted to his blog about persistent problems hes run into with OS X Yosemite (warning: strong language).

Hockenberry gives me some insight into a problem that has also dogged me since Yosemite was in beta last summer.

Then, we got together and chatted about the operating system three months later.

Now, six months after the release of OS X 10.10, the iMore team is back at it to talk once more about Apples national-park-named operating system.

The third major update to OS X Yosemite adds the new Photos app.

Photos for Mac lets you manage your iCloud Photo Library, lets you browse, organize, and edit your photos, syncing your changes over to your other devices.

If youve ever taken stock of the factory-installed apps included on your Mac, youve probably seen Automator but you may have never used it.

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What exactly is Automator and what can it do Thats the subject of a new How To at Macworld UK from Kenny Hemphill.