[Closed] PSA: OSX Yosemite

http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/apple-october-announcement-imacipadiwotm8

...also, to update to a new OS on day 1, is madness.

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...also, to update to a new OS on day 1, is madness.

In my case, definitely, as Canon seem to be unable to get appropriate printer drivers ready in advance.

Should wait for 10.10.1; will probably go for it when it's available (it isn't yet).

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Bloody Australians.

If you use your mac for work you would be mad to upgrade the OS, let the nerds and geeks work out what does/doesn't work first.

Jamie - Freeloader!
> http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/apple-october-announcement-imacipadiwotm8

...also, to update to a new OS on day 1, is madness.

If you use your mac for work you would be mad to upgrade the OS, let the nerds and geeks work out what does/doesn't work first.

Apple did open Yosemite up to a public beta, so anyone thinking about updating early, should have really had a crack at that.

I did, and while I didn't hit any massive roadblocks....it looks awful.

I use my iMac for work and have been running Yosemite on the public Beta for about 8 weeks now and it's pretty good.

No issues apart from Linotype FontExplorer X and Handbrake. Even Adobe CS2014 is running very nicely on it, which is a massive surprise.

What's the speed like? I find the current OS pretty sluggish.

That the sydney apple store? Once went in there to have a look on stw 😆

I'm not touching it until I know all the software I use is compatible, mavericks broke a lot of things last time round like borderless A3 printing, double profiling with colour management, unable to run graphics monitor calibration software, chronosync problems and my camera wouldn't tether to capture software so I would be nuts to install it.

I've been running the Developer Previews since DP2 and it's really very good.

Rachel

I've been running the public beta since version 1 with no problems at all.

It's not a revolution, but it is a very good refinement of what went before.

The integration with iOS8 is excellent.

Was quite startled when my iPhone rang and up popped a notification within Yosemite.. 🙂

Just thought i'd give this a go, it was obviously so good they pulled it out of the app store.
🙄

Their CDN and transit suppliers are probably near meltdown just like any major IOS upgrade.

I'll be waiting for the "Yosemite" killed my Mac thread to come and go.

It's currently telling me it'll take one day four hours to download 5.5Gb! 😯
And I've just had Infinity fibre connected...
I guess their servers have got the aircon running flat out, probably showing pure white in an orbital IR photo.
Good thing I don't need the Mac for anything. 😆
[edit] Whoops, now it's saying one day 23 hours! Eek!
Hmmm, jumping all over the place, anywhere from 20hrs 11mins to one day 11hours!
I'm going to bed, I'll see where it's got to tomorrow afternoon when I get home.

kcal - Member
Was quite startled when my iPhone rang and up popped a notification within Yosemite..

Bloody Australians.

careful 🙂

I shall be avoiding that part of town this weekend!

Can you now make FaceTime audio calls from the mac?

careful

What you going to do? Have a dingo steal my baby?

😛

As an aside, for those holding off Yosemite, there is still a [url= http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 ]top secret[/url] security update rolled out today. In the App store.

Ta f't edsup.. 😀

Can you now make FaceTime audio calls from the mac?

You've been able to for ages now.

Maybe I'm doing it wrong then, the options there but it doesn't connect so I end up using a phone but still through FaceTime.

The difference with the phone is that you will now be able to make and receive calls direct from a Mac as long as it is paired to an iPhone. It will not be FaceTime calls as you will be able to converse with landlines and other mobiles.

Am I right about this?

Think that's how it's working yes, I'll know more in about 30 minutes.

I use FaceTime to make calls when working from home, the calls can be quite long so I hope it's avoiding mobile/landline call charges but at the moment it only works through the iPhone which is not really an issue but it would be nice to use the Mac.

http://www.imore.com/how-make-facetime-call-your-mac

After the mess iOS 8 has made of my iPhone and my wife's im going to hold off.

Thanks for that Drac but its just a basic guide to FaceTime, it doesn't cover the question I asked which may be twofold.

When I use FaceTime on an iPhone to call a landline does it use the wifi and not swap to the cellular network?

Should I be able to call landlines from FaceTime in the iMac as I appear to do on my iPhone.

I've been doing the public beta of Yosemite and it's all been fine really, the first release was buggy but the rest have been really good.

You also don't need bluetooth for some of the handoff features, my mac was ringing yesterday when my phone was and bluetooth was off on both so it must be using the wifi network.

On your phone it should use wifi if Availble.

With Yosemite it seems your Mac can use any wifi. Mines updating now, very slowly.

I should clarify that was for a normal call and not just facetime.

On a similar point I read yesterday a development not widely discussed is the inclusion of an Apple Sim in the new iPads meaning they don't need one from the phone company.

wilburt - you can't use Facetime on any device, including your phone, to call a landline. It's just automatically making a normal call.

Facetime requires compatible software at both ends of the call.

Rachel

Yosemite is downloading now...I may be some time 😯

I was hoping for more for the Apple TV. Great to see the prices of older tech dropping when the new stuff is released (and still available from Apple). That's how I got my phone, and my mother will be getting an "old" iPad for Xmas now 8)

30 mins to download for me but it's been patching with an estimated time of 22 minutes for about 40 minutes now. Oh wait says 8 minutes now.

Anybody who has Homebrew installed might want to consider doing a mv /usr/local ~/local before the update - otherwise the installer has to move around each file in there one by one an can take hours.

Oh - and you can check it is still installing by bringing up the log window with Command key + L

Rachel

wilburt - you can't use Facetime on any device, including your phone, to call a landline. It's just automatically making a normal call.

Facetime requires compatible software at both ends of the call.

Rachel

Ah..thank you, thats probably avoided me some large bills thinking i was getting free calls!

Much appreciated.

The calls are free between Apple devices. Frankly, I think you should just buy us all an Apple device each and then you won't need to worry about your phone bills 😉

Our company have sent us several emails this week telling us not to install it or [b]everything will stop working[/b]!

Love that idea and it may make for some more interesting calls, let me check the paypal account..:)

Up and running now, it's updating Apps at the minute. Not sure of the new look but I'll get use to it.

Drac, my mini went on a go slow after the last restart as it optimised things. Really, really slow, slower than me mincing downhill slow 😀 (Late 2012 i7 with 4 cores).

Downloading it now, only a day or so until it finishes....

Is it as good as Windows 10 then?

That's odd. iMac is telling me 23hrs to download, yet just started downloading on MBA, and it downloaded in 30mins.

Time to make an [url= http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/10/how-to-make-your-own-bootable-os-x-10-10-yosemite-usb-install-drive/ ]offline[/url] installer methinks.

Is it as good as Windows 10 then?

It's .10 higher, so yes. Of course it is. Now stop being silly, and trying to kick off a X vs Y debate.

Yeah it keeps slowing down as it's encrypting my HD.

Seems my Mac Books is too old for Handsoff so I'll have to reach my arms out to answer my phone.

Seems my Mac Books is too old for Handsoff so I'll have to reach my arms out to answer my phone.

[url= http://store.apple.com/uk/buy-mac/imac-retina ]This should sort the problem.
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Hahaha! Not until next month Jamie.

Feels a bit sluggish on my late 08 macbook, but I suspect a C2D 2.0Ghz is the bare minimum.
The biggest pain is I'll have to upgrade from iPhoto 7 & lose the photo bucket plugin. At least it's free I suppose.

Kiwijohn, what RAM are you running on it?

8G ram here on a late '08 2.0 and it seems fine so far

Wow, it really is taking forever to download, and slowing everything else down I'm working on. Might have to pause it and leave it running overnight!

Guess after this update all my other apps will then want to update. Could be a long weekend!

Once mine had encrypted the HD it's been fine. Even the wifi bug seems to have gone from the last version.

Well the update looks quite nice but for the life of me I can't get the audio calls to work!

It rings a number or will answer the call on my iMac but the audio is still going through the iPhone. Not much use when the phone is in another room!

Some info here curvature that's where I found that mine isn't compatible.

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-set-up-and-use-handoff-in-yosemite-and-ios-8-1646745583

Some of the iPhone stuff won't work until the update on Monday. Hopefully that will as smooth as the last phone update.

That's why I reckon I'll give it a week.

Mine finally finished downloading about thirty minutes ago, then twenty minutes or so to install and other gubbins.
Just had a look and it's still got ten or so minutes to go.
Yet to install iTunes 12, it's had a major redesign, and they've finally replaced a feature I used the most, being able to open two windows showing the main library and a playlist or the phone, iPod, etc, so you could see what was in the playlist when dragging new tracks in, which I was very cross about when it disappeared. Now you can have various playlists open when drag and dropping, which will make life so much easier.
Hallelujah!

Should I?
Or
Should I wait ?
😕

You should definitely do one of those things.

😛

You could install and find no real issue.

Or

Wait and have a sense of importance about some bugs being fixed that wouldn't of bothered or effected you anyway.

I put it on my MBP and took to work (photographer) to try shooting with Capture One pro 8. Shot all day on location tethered with an IQ260 back on a 5x4 and then a 5DMK3 shooting kitchens. Not one crash or problem. I had an iMac as back up but didn't need it. Thumbs up for me so far, I haven't noticed the MBP being slower or anything like that.

As for the visuals, I think it will grow on me. My machine isn't a retina and as I understand it the fonts etc are optimized for a higher res screen but it looks fine.

Anyone getting constant iCloud login prompts? This type of shit is why I ditched windows. Not impressed.

Hmmm, I'm on a slow connection see and you lot have been quoting downloads of 147 hrs 11mins and 67 seconds..

Looks like I'll be still downloading it this time November 2017 😐

Or wait until I get back to Town where there is a connection faster than a dripping tap.
😆

Anyone getting constant iCloud login prompts? This type of shit is why I ditched windows. Not impressed.

When it first booted up yes but not had a single one since then.

No issues here.

None here on a Retina Pro 🙂

Anyone getting constant iCloud login prompts? This type of shit is why I ditched windows. Not impressed.

None. Had that issue on an iPad though. It's pertty annoying.

mmm, I'm on a slow connection see and you lot have been quoting downloads of 147 hrs 11mins and 67 seconds..

The download seems to be a bit of a lottery. As mentioned above. 2 machines, same location/connection. iMac had already taken 5 hours, and was going to take another 20+. Turned MBA on and it steamed it down in less than 30 mins. I then used this copy to create a bootable USB drive for Yosemite, and used that to install on the iMac.

Sorted.

Oohhh, even more anxious now.. I'm on an Air, connections dead slow though..

Turning off iCloud seems to stop it. Not really ideal though is it. Googling seems to be a bug deleting docs on iCloud.

Oohhh, even more anxious now.. I'm on an Air, connections dead slow though..

I love your comments on the Apple threads....they always have me in stiches. Have you thought about setting up a website or blog where you can post 24/7?

There, not here.

Observation from here that my macbook seems to be running a lot cooler, by about 10 degrees.

So it took just under 3 hours this morning starting at 10:30 on my MBP Retina. No issues so far but to be honest I pretty much just use it for browsing and watching videos. Safari seems a lot faster. All good over here.

seavers - Member
Oohhh, even more anxious now.. I'm on an Air, connections dead slow though..
I love your comments on the Apple threads....they always have me in stiches. Have you thought about setting up a website or blog where you can post 24/7?

There, not here.

Ohh, I seem to annoy you, shame. 😛

I'm impressed by your lightning quick response but no.

Edit...tell you what.. I will check back in in an hour. I assume you will have a devistating whitty reply by then. If not you can just fax me directly?