OS X Yosemite Adoption Beats Mavericks Initially

It has not been long since Apple launched OS X Yosemite. The new software update for Macs has been built from the ground up and it brings a new look and feel, apart from dozens of new features which were first showed off back at WWDC 2014. Research from Chitika shows that users have jumped on OS X Yosemite faster than they did on OS X Mavericks, which was released last year, though there is an explanation for that.

In what was a first for Apple, the company allowed the general public to get their hands on OS X Yosemite beta, which would have otherwise only been seeded to developers. Apple opened up a public beta program this year for its latest software and this contributed to Yosemite accounting for one percent of web traffic in North America on launch day, show the numbers courtesy of Chitika.

This early lead, double the initial adoption rate of Mavericks or Mountain Lion, was due to the public beta program. The trend then fell back into place and by the end of the launch week OS X Yosemite posted about the same adoption rate as compared to Mavericks.

Both Yosemite and Mavericks were miles ahead of Mountain Lion though, which would have suffered because of the fact that it was a $19.99 upgrade, whereas the last two major software updates that Apple has released have been available for absolutely free.

Adnan Farooqui
Categories: Apple, Computers
Tags: OS X Yosemite