

iOS 6 was shrouded in controversy thanks to the shoddy Maps app that Tim Cook’s men had displaced Google Maps for, and it was a rueful misjudgment that saw the head honcho himself forced to pen an open letter of apology.

With iOS having come under fire in recent years for being too safe, lacking innovation and generally failing to improve, the onus was certainly on Apple to deliver the goods with iOS 7. In recent times, we’ve seen Apple bring quite a few of iOS’s features over to its desktop OS in what has been dubbed an “iOS-ification,” and whilst the changes to Mavericks don’t seem to bear as many iOS hallmarks as Mountain Lion, designer Stu Crew has tried to paint a picture of what OS X Mavericks could look like if given the same design makeover as iOS 7. iOS 7 has, quite naturally, dominated the headlines, but OS X Mavericks 10.9 is also clocking up its fair share of preview releases ahead of its own debut, which should come significantly earlier than its mobile-tailored counterpart. With Apple currently in the process of developing a bunch of new software products ready for release later on this year, the technology industry has been looking on with great intrigue.
