I can accept almost all of the UI changes but these horrible blue folders.
As someone else suggested, they seriously look like something out of an old version of KDE.
OS X 10.10 Yosemite: The Ars Technica Review
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#162I actually read this all the way through... Quality writing.
Still reading, but I too appreciate this long, extensive review that probably took weeks to write.
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#163I'm on a 2013 MBP and I upgraded to Yosemite yesterday. It was a textbook upgrade for me - zero hassle and everything works just as it should (so far anyway). A couple of quirks I've noticed vs. Mavericks is that a) the animations seem to stutter sometimes - I almost never had that with Mavericks. Perhaps since this is 10.10.0 that's to be expected but hope they fix that to buttery smooth in the performance update do…
I find that Spotlight tends to do a complete reindex after an OS update, so that may be the cause of your increased resource usage.
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#164I can't wait for the 'flat' fad to be over.
Me too. Take a look at Time Machine. As the author said, Time Machine made "backups fun, so people will want to do it". I think the time vortex background helps in achieving that. And they removed it. http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/time-m... | http://cdn.arstechnica.net/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.media/ti...
The vortex gave some hype to backup 10 years ago. Was it enough to make backup widespread? Interestingly: no - backup is still under 50% among Mac users. And for those did use TM, it made the thing slower.
So moving on, cloud looks like a safer approach to backup because no friction. Yes, data security, etc. From a public service POV, though, for 99% people out there, I bet the trade off is hugely favorable to cloud stockage vs local disk failure.
So now - is iCloud drive sexy enough to want to use it? Actually that's more like the problem, it's definitely not.
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#165Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'll check it out, but in his past reviews, I've had the impression that the author really likes showing off his background knowledge of all things Apple. A lot of the text is irrelevant to the review, and therefore shouldn't be there. Also, the endless, endless links. He really needs to learn when something should be linked and when it shouldn't -- it really affects the reading experience on the web. You're constant…
You comment made me laugh and 'ahhhhh!' at the same time. It now makes sense. He's totally into Apple and hasn't been elsewhere. A few of the things he talks about regarding the UI changes are already on Windows, but he talks as if they're a new invention. While he might be talking to a 100% Apple audience, I think it makes him look silly that he doesn't mention they're not Apple-original features. Eg. windows that a…
I think making an assumption that Siracusa doesn't know what's happening in the world of other OS', or hasn't been elsewhere, might be a bit off.
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#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for the anecdotal evidence. Were you covered by Apple Care or just got lucky?
A little bit of both: my warrantee had long expired, but there was an extension for this very specific issue, since I believe it affects 100% of macbook pros from that series. I've looked into this a bit more and it looks like my comment is entirely unhelpful: mine is a mid-2010 MBP, so while our issues look similar, they probably are not. Sorry about that, I should have checked before.
I think I have the exact same problem with my 2010 MBP. How long ago did you get it replaced?
Re: OS X 10.10 Yosemite: The Ars Technica Review
#167I'm on a 2013 MBP and I upgraded to Yosemite yesterday. It was a textbook upgrade for me - zero hassle and everything works just as it should (so far anyway). A couple of quirks I've noticed vs. Mavericks is that a) the animations seem to stutter sometimes - I almost never had that with Mavericks. Perhaps since this is 10.10.0 that's to be expected but hope they fix that to buttery smooth in the performance update do…
I find that Spotlight tends to do a complete reindex after an OS update, so that may be the cause of your increased resource usage.
Interesting, thanks. I guess I'll monitor this over the next day or two.
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#168I'm on a 2013 MBP and I upgraded to Yosemite yesterday. It was a textbook upgrade for me - zero hassle and everything works just as it should (so far anyway). A couple of quirks I've noticed vs. Mavericks is that a) the animations seem to stutter sometimes - I almost never had that with Mavericks. Perhaps since this is 10.10.0 that's to be expected but hope they fix that to buttery smooth in the performance update do…
Probably real smooth due to the widespread beta and Yosemite being almost entirely visual tweaks and better integration with iOS devices. Those things shouldn't cause trouble.
Apple seems to have given up on core upgrades addressing performance, the ancient filesystem, and needs of power users after 10.6. And there’s still stuff that I could do on a NeXT in the early ‘90s that OS X can’t do.
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#169Just a personal note.
I really don't need the grays/white/blacks of past operating systems. The initial setting for my quick bar just looks horrid, little icons on a dark gray background.
Everything looks so 16bit. I understand it bleeds through the background color, I would just prefer to have no background on the dock and have the icons float
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#170Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm curious, why should I delete /usr/local/Cellars?
The reason that Yosemite/Mavericks stall for a long time (although they inform users wrongly that there would be few minutes left, causing panic) is due to the copying and moving things in /usr/local/. If you have a huge /usr/local, it will take hours. Chances are you will need to remove /usr/local/Cellars and reinstall home-brew anyway. So, removing it first will save you some time.
Yup, ran into that experience myself. Viewing the log helped me see the install hadn't busted, because it also gave me the beach ball of doom around the same time. Everything was alright in the end.