OS Yosemite
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QuantumMechanic
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Installed late last night, haven't had much of a chance to check it out yet but I'll explore when I'm done with class today
rontonsoop
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One thing that tripped me up at first was that the fullscreen button was moved from the top right corner to the green circle. Other than that, the transition was seamless and haven't noticed any issues so far. also iPhoto is now free which allows you to sync with iCloud and get to your photos.
QuantumMechanic
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Is anybody able to airdrop from their phone to their mac? My mac recognizes my phone but not vice versa. I'm wondering if this is something that gets fixed when iOS 8.1 comes out Monday
ChadThundercock
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The bright hue of the icons reminds me of an acid trip, thought the same with ios 7
steezysteeze
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It will only really function as an aesthetic update for me, and I like it as such. The option for a dark/black status and doc is great and the new doc isn't dated and tacky. The red icon for iTunes threw me off but I like it. Also to whoever said they changed the sound when you throw something in the trash I agree that it sounds much worse. Matter fact, I really liked they way it used to sound.
a_pla5tic_bag
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Does it brick any machines that aren't i cores? I have mavdicks and it didnt really have a positive result on an intel core 2 duo but it's not so bad that I feel I need to go back to snow leopard.
McLS
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i'm ok with the new look, few things are significantly better (spotlight for example), but:
FCP X 10.0.8 DOESNT FUCKING WORK WITH YOSEMITE FUUUUUUUUUUUCK (and for "unknown, hue lel" reasons, i can't freely update that shit) FAK. was currently working on a project too. FAK FAK FAK.
oh and no sidebar on itunes for real now (unless you go on playlist), probs doesn't change a lot but defo fucks with conservative me.
Loving the new design of safari doe
FCP X 10.0.8 DOESNT FUCKING WORK WITH YOSEMITE FUUUUUUUUUUUCK (and for "unknown, hue lel" reasons, i can't freely update that shit) FAK. was currently working on a project too. FAK FAK FAK.
oh and no sidebar on itunes for real now (unless you go on playlist), probs doesn't change a lot but defo fucks with conservative me.
Loving the new design of safari doe
Ben.
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Handoff working well now for just about everything, just needed to sign out and back into icloud on my computer.
However is handoff supposed to work with messages? It takes me to that conversation, but not to what im actually typing like with a started email. Doesnt really matter cuz i dont think id ever use it, just wondering
However is handoff supposed to work with messages? It takes me to that conversation, but not to what im actually typing like with a started email. Doesnt really matter cuz i dont think id ever use it, just wondering
cydwhit
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13181369:omnidata said:
Safari is a vastly superior browser 95% of the time, it's fast, clean and uses the exact same shortcuts/gestures as the rest of the OS and you will dramatically increase battery life over Chrome or FF.
Sweet! thanks, that's what I get for just reading a Cnet article about the changes instead of poking around in settings, the article was like "favorites bar is gone forever." Should have known better than to trust those guys though.
cydwhit
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Interesting article on the font change: http://www.erickarjaluoto.com/blog/apple-doesnt-design-for-yesterday/
QuantumMechanic
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13179777:QuantumMechanic said:
Yup iOS 8.1 fixed this. The iOS update is really what brings out the best stuff in Yosemite if you ask me. Texts/calls on the computer is pretty cool but I haven't gotten to use handoff yet. Really loving the new Safari though...basically switched right out of Chrome since updating.
NJurkiewicz
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Still operating on Snow Leopard (10.6.8) and wondering wether or not it is worth it to finally upgrade. My specs are a 2010 MBP 17" 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 8gb RAM. Can anyone give me some input?
NJurkiewicz
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13182508:pussyfooter said:
I know it's pretty outdated. I remember the first update after snow leopard cost money though so that's why I never upgraded at first. I have finally gotten back in touch with all of this so I figured I would considering upgrading. Do you think it is too soon to upgrade to yosemite based on software support on the new OS?
bigbromskier
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I literally updated JUST so I could use handoff to send photos from my phone to my computer. Turns out I need a newer version of bluetooth for it to work. Luckily I still have an autoimport with lightroom through icloud........
Really like the changes though. Much faster, smoother, cleaner and my hacked adobe stuff still works after a simple java update! Safari is great too.
I despise the new finder icon, though, and it's impossible to remove it from the dock.
Really like the changes though. Much faster, smoother, cleaner and my hacked adobe stuff still works after a simple java update! Safari is great too.
I despise the new finder icon, though, and it's impossible to remove it from the dock.
a_pla5tic_bag
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13182500:NJurkiewicz said:
same but i have a 2010 intel cor 2 duo, 4gb ram. Mavdicks wasn't exactly speed enhancing on this.
Turd.Ferguson
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i just downloaded it and it wasn't as shitty as i expected it to be yet. i like the look, but im kind of mad when i downloaded it it didn't get rid of the numerous internet viruses that have squirmed their way into my fucking computer.
Still on the fence about upgrading from mavericks, I usually skip out on new apple stuff until they release the first update on it.
My computer has been running slow though and I've been thinking about formatting the drive and doing a clean install and getting my stuff back via time machine. Thoughts?/will that work?
My computer has been running slow though and I've been thinking about formatting the drive and doing a clean install and getting my stuff back via time machine. Thoughts?/will that work?
Turd.Ferguson
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13183146:omnidata said:
i feared my odd fetishes would be revealed but im not sure how you guessed so accurately.
13182500:NJurkiewicz said:
if you have a very large iTunes library you should consider yourself lucky...
did they fuck with iTunes even more this time? or is it not a part of the update? if they could even just give me the vertical column browser back i would be much happier
NJurkiewicz
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13184208:250r said:
What's happened to iTunes???? My music library is roughly 92 gb's and 9,000ish songs.
yasgur99
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Just downloaded
Pros
Spotlight
Safari layout
Flatness
Seems to me that all is running smoother
font
Cons
Trash Sound
Itunes sidebar missing
Cartoony icons
FCP doesn't work
I'm sure that theres much more but I just haven't discovered it. Overall I like it, but I hope the make some minor fixes. I guess I'll just have to stick with the icons (I've hated the cartoons since IOS7 came out).
I downloaded some apps like better snap tool and airmail 2.0 to help make my workspace easier to use.
Pros
Spotlight
Safari layout
Flatness
Seems to me that all is running smoother
font
Cons
Trash Sound
Itunes sidebar missing
Cartoony icons
FCP doesn't work
I'm sure that theres much more but I just haven't discovered it. Overall I like it, but I hope the make some minor fixes. I guess I'll just have to stick with the icons (I've hated the cartoons since IOS7 came out).
I downloaded some apps like better snap tool and airmail 2.0 to help make my workspace easier to use.
13184249:NJurkiewicz said:
well my biggest problem is that it is designed for people who have full albums. if you have a ton of different artists with only a few songs from each it gets really disorganized. the whole thing at the top with songs albums artists and the different views becomes a hassle. the search ends up taking you to those weird cover view modes. in general they've added a lot of useless features to a once well organized app.
another thing thats been an issue for a while, and I'm not sure if they fixed yet or not, is every time you make a change to your library, even if it is just changing the tag to one song, iTunes rewrites its entire library file. not as much of an issue with my new retina, but adding even a couple songs on my old macbook was at least a ten minute process.
as i said though, biggest thing, although it may seem minor, i want my column browser to look like this
i don't need all of that horizontal room to see the date added, file type, file size, etc. you can't view as many artists genres albums or songs with out scrolling.
theres probably a few other things I'm not thinking of as well. I've tried a couple other music apps, they did run faster a lot of times, but they were normally even worse in terms of organization. on top of that if i change apps, i loose all the tags to my songs in lossless format. so i just sit here waiting for a better solution.
DrZoidberg
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Still on 10.6.8 on my machine too. It's a 2010 Mbp 13" core 2 duo with 4gb ram. Mavericks didn't seem to speed up these machines much, and from what I've seen and heard they take longer to start up and such. I assuming Yosemite only asks for more power?