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| Posted: Mon Oct 28th, 2013 04:21 |
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richw
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Just thinking about upgrading, I held off whilst getting my photos up but anybody tried this yet?
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| Posted: Mon Oct 28th, 2013 04:59 |
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jk
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Yes my Macbook Air and MacPro are Mavericked. I find it better than Mountain Lion which I thought was a bit unfinished. Get the free Mavericks download from the AppStore then save it if you can for reuse. After that you need to get updates to many applications. Only loss so far is DoubleCommand that allows me to pre-program or change keys on the keyboard.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 28th, 2013 08:28 |
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Robert
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richw wrote:Just thinking about upgrading, I held off whilst getting my photos up but anybody tried this yet? Have been using it since June... For me it has been the smoothest upgrade ever, some nice features and solid reliability. Using dual monitors I saw a second menu bar and dock for a while but on my Mac mini it has gone again although I understand it's a feature of the upgrade. Not a compelling one for me I have to say. Perhaps the biggest thing has been the upgrading of the iLife and iWork suites which I have only just updated and haven't yet fully assessed. They seem very integrated with the idevices although I am still coming to grips with the iCloud file levelling, there seems to be a tendency to create new documents from old during edits which I haven't understood yet. I think the only issue I have had has been photo stream suddenly deciding to leap into action at 3am and using all my remaining broadband allowance before dawn!!!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 28th, 2013 14:59 |
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TomOC
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Rich- I've upgraded both of my macs and Marianne's. Mostly I love it. Have had issues with Apple Mail and Notes. Mail issues are now resolved - some of them were from settings getting fouled up by the upgrade. I really HATE the behavior of Apple Mail now - flying windows like iOS 7. But what's a fellow to do? Go back to Outlook?  Notes still not working well at all - I may have to switch to EverNote till Apple has an update. Even with these two annoyances, I would upgrade. Tom
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| Posted: Mon Oct 28th, 2013 17:24 |
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Robert
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What is a 'Flying Window' Tom? I have not seen (noticed) any difference in the way Mail works for a long while (Years). Notes does seem to have some anomalies in the iterations of editing existing notes, all of a sudden it will create a 'New' Note, and switch focus to that leaving the previous version as it was before the edit, I think... I have only just noticed it in the last week or so.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 29th, 2013 03:53 |
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jk
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The new version of Text Edit has different behaviours some of which can be changed others not. I find the new bit where it opens the last open document (even though I closed it) to be very annoying. If I open Notes I want to open a blank page to paste something into.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 29th, 2013 04:29 |
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Robert
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I tend to use Text Edit for snippets of text like address labels, extracts from eMails etc. The general philosophy is to allow you to resume where you left off. Personally I usually complete a task before closing an application so to me it becomes an inconvenience. All part of the process of making it 'user friendly' for the undisciplined 'dumb' mass users. As an aside, a hidden aspect of the last three OS's since Lion is that while you may quit an application, it actually remains running in the background in case you suddenly decide you need to re-visit a task you were recently working on. You may notice re-launching an application is often much quicker than the initial launch. If you need more resources then it will eventually take those reserved by the closed applications as needed.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 29th, 2013 12:02 |
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TomOC
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Robert wrote:What is a 'Flying Window' Tom? Robert- When you open an email and when you reply to an email, there is an ugly animation on the screen, flying the window into view...something you might have expected in Microsoft Bob!!!
____________________ Tom O'Connell -Lots of people talk to animals.... Not very many listen, though.... That's the problem. Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 29th, 2013 12:04 |
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TomOC
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jk wrote:The new version of Text Edit has different behaviours some of which can be changed others not. I find the new bit where it opens the last open document (even though I closed it) to be very annoying. If I open Notes I want to open a blank page to paste something into. Notes works great on my iPad and iPhone but when I add to or start a note on either mac, it starts creating multiple copies of the note - looks like one new one for each word I type...it's a mess for me. I've queried apple support but have not reply yet; I think I'll have to switch to Evernote in the meantime.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 29th, 2013 12:08 |
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TomOC
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Robert wrote:I tend to use Text Edit for snippets of text like address labels, extracts from eMails etc. The general philosophy is to allow you to resume where you left off. Robert- Just an aside, but you might want to look into replacing Text Edit with a free app called Bean - it's great! I'm not talking about snippets for quick copying etc - that is a good use of Text Edit. I make lots of notes (or copy from web pages etc) and I love the way apple Notes was immediately synced to all devices. This bug in the Notes app on the macs pretty much makes it worthless until they fix it. Tom
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