OS X Mavericks

[Steve Williams]

I upgraded to the new OS yesterday and am pleased that I did. It's a huge file of over 5 Gb so it will take a while to download but IMO worth the time

Upgrade went smoothly with no glitches

Anyone else switch to OS X Mavericks

 

[Andre Marc]

I upgraded to the new OS yesterday and am pleased that I did. It's a huge file of over 5 Gb so it will take a while to download but IMO worth the time

Upgrade went smoothly with no glitches

Anyone else switch to OS X Mavericks

Hi Steve:

What are some of the new bells and whistles? Does it look much different than Mountain Lion?

I am still on Snow Leopard.

 

[Steve Williams]

http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

Compatible with my aging hardware. Upgrades all the way from my 2-generations old OS. Useful new feautures. Faster. Consumes less power. And free.

Greedy controlling bastards.

Tim

 

[GaryProtein]

I'm also on Snow Leopard. 10.6.8

I'm concerned about not having compatible application programs and drivers for scanners, printers, and other goodies like my Nikon Super Coolscan LS-5000ED slide scanner. (Yes, I still have slides that I occasionally need to scan in.)

 

[Andre Marc]

http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/

Than you sire.

 

[Andre Marc]

Compatible with my aging hardware. Upgrades all the way from my 2-generations old OS. Useful new feautures. Faster. Consumes less power. And free.

Greedy controlling bastards.

Tim

Free? With Apple hardware, that is...

 

[Andre Marc]

I'm also on Snow Leopard. 10.6.8

I'm concerned about not having compatible application programs and drivers for scanners, printers, and other goodies like my Nikon Super Coolscan LS-5000ED slide scanner. (Yes, I still have slides that I occasionally need to scan in.)

+1...especially with audio utilities..X, xACT, Audacity etc.

 

[still-one]

I also updated both of our machines yesterday. No issues. Still trying to figure out how to use some of the new features. So far so good.

 

[Steve Williams]

I also updated both of our machines yesterday. No issues. Still trying to figure out how to use some of the new features. So far so good.

I've had no problems. It was a lengthy download of over 2 hours and then a half hour installation. This is a brand new OS

I like what I see

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

Free? With Apple hardware, that is...

Free...

For the first time, you can upgrade your Mac to the latest release of OS X for free. Just click the Mac App Store icon on your Mac. Download OS X Mavericks. And your Mac does the rest. Follow these steps to begin your upgrade.

Tim

 

[Andre Marc]

Free....with Apple Hardware..UNLIKE Linux and Windows.

 

[GaryProtein]

I've had no problems. It was a lengthy download of over 2 hours and then a half hour installation. This is a brand new OS

I like what I see

Does that mean we have had the last of the "cat" names?

 

[Steve Williams]

seems so

For me it was a seamless and uneventful install

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

No more cats. On to TV cowboys. Next? Hoss.

Tim

 

[rbbert]

I can't remember what my last upgrade was like, but this one seems nice. So far, all the old programs work as well or better. It's worth noting that initially everything seems slower, but once a program has been opened and used for a while things speed up considerably.

 

[Steve Williams]

only thing I am not wild about is the green color of the top bar

 

[rbbert]

only thing I am not wild about is the green color of the top bar

I don't have a green bar anywhere?

 

[GaryProtein]

I can't remember what my last upgrade was like, but this one seems nice. So far, all the old programs work as well or better. It's worth noting that initially everything seems slower, but once a program has been opened and used for a while things speed up considerably.

FOR REAL???

or do you just get used to it being slower?

 

[still-one]

I don't have a green bar anywhere?

I also now have the green bar on my MacBook Air same as Steve.