OS X Yosemite released... what do you think?

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#154091 17-Oct-2014 17:11

I have installed Yosemite on my 27" iMac, the download weighed in at over 5GB and took quite a while to download even on my 100mbps BB. It is release day so to be expected. The install didn't take long then then was a raft of updates.

Machines will run a bit slow after install while it all sorted in the background for Spotlight etc.

What do I think? its OK, it will take some time to get used to but it does look good and I am a fan of the flattened look even though I had some trpidations about it before hand. Notifications are good and the email App seems to be better, iTunes looks good. I am still getting to grips with it will post back later.

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#1156993 17-Oct-2014 17:43

Wanted to test out the text message from computer to see if it worked but only realised after 15 minutes of trying that it isn't enabled til next week with iOS 8.1. handoff from mail and messages seems to work good, I tried with safari but since I have chrome as my default browser that seems to break it, when I put safari as the default it works alright it seems.

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#1156999 17-Oct-2014 18:00

Is there a list of supported PC's it can be installed on ? I think my test mac book pro 13 is from 2009.

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#1157002 17-Oct-2014 18:02

Just updated. Will let you know in a day of so.
Safari looks great.

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#1157086 17-Oct-2014 18:58

networkn: Is there a list of supported PC's it can be installed on ? I think my test mac book pro 13 is from 2009.

I believe if you have Mavericks installed, Yosemite is able to be installed. not sure beyond that.

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#1157092 17-Oct-2014 19:13

networkn: Is there a list of supported PC's it can be installed on ? I think my test mac book pro 13 is from 2009.

Detailed here...

http://www.apple.com/nz/osx/how-to-upgrade/

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#1157119 17-Oct-2014 19:59

Put it on my MacBook Pro, didn't take that long at all to download and install.
Looks good so far.

Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer.

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#1157121 17-Oct-2014 20:01

Heh well It's been sitting for 20 minutes at 21 minutes remaining and another 22 or so minutes since it changed to 21. At this rate I'll die of old age.

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#1157122 17-Oct-2014 20:02

networkn: Heh well It's been sitting for 20 minutes at 21 minutes remaining and another 22 or so minutes since it changed to 21. At this rate I'll die of old age.

Sits there for quite a while then speeds up

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#1157163 17-Oct-2014 21:15

Installed this afternoon. Have to say I am very pleasantly surprised with how well the machine runs, I reckon slightly better than under 10.9. Several years old MBP with not a huge amount of ram.
Dark dock and menu bar look great on the TV.

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#1157164 17-Oct-2014 21:15

OT but does anyone know how I can remove the apple account reference if I go to update a specific app and it wants me to login to the apple store as an id that belonged to the prior person who owned this notebook? It won't let me change it, it's greyed out.

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#1157165 17-Oct-2014 21:16

The red orange and green icons to the top left look stupid.

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#1157170 17-Oct-2014 21:21

Re: Account, if it's a free app then you'll need to delete and redownload it. If it's a paid app then don't ask for help with piracy :)

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#1157185 17-Oct-2014 21:39

I like dark mode

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#1157244 18-Oct-2014 05:29

An odd thing, the transparency on nmy iMac is not as pronounced as it is con nmy sons Macbook, I have toggled the settings for it but his is more transparent. It is most noticable in the notifications.

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#1157420 18-Oct-2014 12:52

I don't like the new basic look of the interface, to me it looks fugly and childlike :-(

The new fonts used are nice though.

Not used it enough to know if it's any snappier or not.

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