Anyone get with the beta for Yosemite?
I signed up but never installed it until tonight (installation is completing now but I'm going to bed). Now that iOS 8 is here, I'm ready for the integrations...
Any thoughts?
I upgraded over the weekend & love it.
Now that you've had it for almost a month, how's it working out long term?
Been a bit behind, hoping to update all my machines Thursday/Friday.
Definitely digging it.
Still just scraping the surface but it is surprisingly as good if not better performance-wise on my 2009 mbp.
that's good to know.
I went straight from Snow Leopard to Mavericks and felt that my 2010 MBP got a bit muddy at times
using it at work and loving it... gotta dump some things on my laptop before i can install it there, but thats fine since i'm getting my iphone 6 next week and will do it all at the same time!
I'm having a bit of an issue with the iTunes logo being red now.
Quote from: mattstick on October 22, 2014, 11:49:38 AM
I'm having a bit of an issue with the iTunes logo being red now.
You don't have to go to Yosemite to see that.
I'm cool with it.
Yeah, I didn't know where else to note that...
It's about time they started merging iOS and OS X elements. First impression of Yosemite is very positive.
I haven't been able to use my Mac to make phone calls through my iPhone though, it keeps giving me a Call Failed message.
Got around to upgrading my MBP today. Some of the aesthetic elements may take some getting used to. I like the menus, and the font is fine, but some things are (for the moment at least) striking me as too flat, and/or too soft, and/or too gradient-y. I thought Mavericks was already perfectly good looking. The new Finder icon is terrible.
I have resisted for a while now this notion of letting iOS drive design evolution with OS X taking its cues from that rather than the other way around or some kind of more parallel approach. I don't know, maybe it's because iPhones were always intended to please a wider audience than just Mac enthusiasts (and therefore are they trying to make OS X more approachable for new people?), or because it seems to diminish the desktop's place and role in defining what Apple has been and is, or because I just get cranky and set in my ways, or what.
But I do agree that harmonizing the design of the two OSes ultimately makes sense in several respects.
Certainly it still works and looks better than that (P)OS Windows 7 I have to use at work every day.
is it a significant improvement over what you had?
how is performance?
Quote from: slslbs on November 24, 2014, 08:22:55 PM
is it a significant improvement over what you had?
how is performance?
For me (2012 MBP), I don't know that I've noticed any improvement. Performance appears to be roughly the same. One thing I have noticed is if I open it up (to bring it out of standby) while it's plugged in, it takes slightly less time before it's usable. Other than that, nothing special to speak of for me.
You folks running Yosemite - how much RAM do you have.
I noticed a slowdown when I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mavericks (2010 MbP). I had everything checked out and was told that if I upgraded from 4 to 8 GB of RAM my problems would be solved.
it makes sense, just wanted to check with others
32GB
8GB
mid-2012 macbook pro with 8GB ram with a standard 500mb HD — and it's a slow computer. I need a boost with more ram and/or a solid state hard drive
I didn't notice it getting any more slow with the OS upgrade though.
Quote from: PhishJY on December 07, 2014, 01:14:06 PM
8GB
how does yours run?, i.e. fast, slow, in between
to be more specific, the biggest wait time for me is opening new programs - it seems like it take forever to open a browser or a program / app
Quote from: slslbs on December 07, 2014, 03:20:20 PM
Quote from: PhishJY on December 07, 2014, 01:14:06 PM
8GB
how does yours run?, i.e. fast, slow, in between
to be more specific, the biggest wait time for me is opening new programs - it seems like it take forever to open a browser or a program / app
I think Yosemite slowed it down a little bit, but I don't have any data to back that up. Regardless of the slowdown, it was offset by the addition of SMS functionality of the Messages app. Everything in life's a trade-off, and I feel like I came out the winner on Yosemite.
But, here's some very unscientific data, based on my usage:
I tested opening Safari (usually the fastest to open) & Microsoft Outlook 2011 (usually the slowest to open). I would open the program, wait for it to be usable, close it, wait 10 seconds (just to make sure everything had closed) and then open it again. Outlook & Safari were never open at the same time. This method is far from scientific, but I'd say it would be relatively common for real-life usage.
Here are my results (times shown are in seconds, timed with my spiffy new iPhone 6):
Safari: 4.1, 5.7, 2.9
Outlook: 12.7, 4.0, 3.2
The 2nd & 3rd load times for Outlook suggest that the program isn't closing all the way. However, when observing processes using Activity Monitor, I confirmed that it is closing the Outlook app.
I usually keep the Messages app open all the time. Other than that (and the requisite background services), nothing else was running.
Again, this is nowhere near scientific. Just my observations based on my usage.
installed the 10.10.3 Beta with Photos for mac last night.
So far so good.
So it seems Photos is only going to be for 10.10? Well balls to that; the iMac, where I keep all my media, is maxed out at Lion.