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Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Post by cjsuk »

feketegy wrote: post #4
cjsuk wrote: post #2

Does anyone know of any issues with this before I press the button?

I would wait at least a couple of weeks until all the quirks are ironed out. Especially if you're a programmer, allow a little time for all the apps to catch up and update their versions. High sierra comes with big changes like the Apple File System, and I'm sure there are a lot of stuff going on under the hood.

I’ve got a spare machine and will run it on first. I don’t do any dev on the box; it’s all remote. I use git client and macvim to update some markdown docs occasionally but that’s about it. Rest of it is on the end of SSH and via web.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Post by fredoliveira »

twobyfour wrote: post #15
feketegy wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would wait at least a couple of weeks until all the quirks are ironed out. Especially if you're a programmer, allow a little time for all the apps to catch up and update their versions. High sierra comes with big changes like the Apple File System, and I'm sure there are a lot of stuff going on under the hood.

Yup, it's a well established truism at this point that if you need a stable system (or don't have excellent data backups) you should never install the .0 version of any Apple OS. And while many Cocoa apps should be forwards-compatible out of the box, if you rely on Homebrew it may be several months before the packages you need are all updated.

Obviously just 1 data point, but I've been on High Sierra since the GM candidate came out. Smooth transition - everything just worked. Nothing about my development setup had to change.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Post by Tehnix »

archagon wrote: post #23
Tehnix wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have been on it since beta 3 or something. This has been one of the more smooth transitions, no dev tools broken, and only few apps had some quirks that I filed bug reports for, which are now fixed. The APFS change really isn't something you are likely to hit, heck you'd have to go out of your way to make it a problem. Deffo recommending it :) Speed ups are nice!

Do you know if the APFS conversion affects Bootcamp at all?

It doesn't, it only touches the drive you perform it on (meaning your Mac HD). I literally did a fresh install yesterday with an existing bootcamp partition, and no problems.

One thing though, if you relied on some thing like Paragon or whatever to read your HFS drive, that will obviously not work anymore (not personally a problem, but could be a deal breaker for some).

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Post by madeofpalk »

mullsork wrote: post #7

Sort of off topic but what has happened to the web design team at Apple? Their landing pages used to be extremely pleasant to read but by now I often struggle to read their headlines. The blurred background with text on top is not easy on my eyes at all. Perhaps my eyes are starting to go bad... Their page for the new iPhone had the same issues. In my opinion their web designs has gone down hill this year.

Yeah, this page isn't the best example, but they're still killing it with the product pages https://www.apple.com/iphone-x/ https://www.apple.com/iphone-8/

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Post by thomasdd »

Tehnix wrote: post #21
thomasdd wrote: post #14

If it's so lag-g-g-g-ing and non-responsive as iOS11. Then I better wait with the update :|

You have problems with iOS 11? Anyways, it's definitely stable, honestly I feel like it's the most stable .0 release I've been on (have been going beta -> GM on almost all releases).

I do experience lagging even on basic stuff like writing SMS or other-text inputs... (waiting 2-3 seconds for the soft keyboard to response). I'l have to do some Option->Reset when I find time... [iPhone 6+] Not good when you can't trust the device... once my iphone freezed for X seconds, then I realized that random social post were posted to FB, while I tried to touch the display... :) And that scares me :) I have to give a try to the "Reset" options :)

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Post by Tehnix »

veidr wrote: post #25
cjsuk wrote: post #2

Does anyone know of any issues with this before I press the button?

Do you really have the button? I saw this headline and tried to update the Macs I have that are waiting for this update, but none of them see it in the App Store. And the page linked still says, "Available 9.25".

You can try some tricks from here https://appletoolbox.com/2016/11/macos-app-store-updates-not....

Namely, try going to System Preferences -> App Store and press Check Now.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Post by aneidon »

The biggest change I’m hoping for (but not expecting) is the ability to sort shared iCloud albums by time taken, not time added to the album. Currently they’re all but useless for something like a shared album from a vacation, because it groups photos by when family members upload them. I tend to upload photos at the end of each day, but other family members who were shooting on a normal camera waited until the end of the trip to upload their photos. The end result is that photos that should be appearing next to each other instead show up at opposite ends of the album. Infuriating.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Post by Tehnix »

cjsuk wrote: post #31
feketegy wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would wait at least a couple of weeks until all the quirks are ironed out. Especially if you're a programmer, allow a little time for all the apps to catch up and update their versions. High sierra comes with big changes like the Apple File System, and I'm sure there are a lot of stuff going on under the hood.

I’ve got a spare machine and will run it on first. I don’t do any dev on the box; it’s all remote. I use git client and macvim to update some markdown docs occasionally but that’s about it. Rest of it is on the end of SSH and via web.

You should be more than good to go then! Git and vim/neovim/macvim runs like normal. This has been one of the least dev burdensome updates in a while.
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