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BarbaRosa

(2,684 posts) Thu Sep 25, 2014, 06:17 PM Sep 2014

OK, I'm going to update to Mavericks.

I haven't done it as yet because I'm still a newbie when it come to Macs and haven't 'got under the hood' to much. I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.8.

Are there any tips, tricks or traps I should know about?

Thanks

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OK, I'm going to update to Mavericks. (Original Post) BarbaRosa Sep 2014 OP

Be careful ... my iMac really slowed as a result Auggie Sep 2014 #1

I have 12 G of ram, BarbaRosa Sep 2014 #2

Sounds like plenty to me Auggie Sep 2014 #3

Be sure and check your programs to see if they will work NV Whino Sep 2014 #4

The last Mavericks update screwed up the Safari Quicktime plugin for me Zorro Sep 2014 #5

My iMac did great Nite Owl Oct 2014 #6

Auggie

(31,178 posts)

1. Be careful ... my iMac really slowed as a result

Reply to BarbaRosa (Original post)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 06:31 PM

Sep 2014

It's five years old and needs to be replaced, but I want it to hang in there until the (rumored) new rentina iMacs are released, hopefully soon.

I think Mavericks is designed to work with newer machines sporting more RAM (the new iMacs come with 8 by default; the older ones 4), and since I'm running some high-powered Adobe graphics the slow-down in speed is really noticeable. What used to be a great iMac now huffs and puffs through Creative Cloud software.

My suggestion: give some thought to the programs you run and your machines' speed and memory before upgrading. Then again, you may have no choice as I imagine Apple will drop support of Snow Leopard when Yosemite is released.

BarbaRosa

(2,684 posts)

2. I have 12 G of ram,

Reply to Auggie (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 06:45 PM

Sep 2014

will that help any?

Auggie

(31,178 posts)

3. Sounds like plenty to me

Reply to BarbaRosa (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 06:48 PM

Sep 2014

Good luck

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

4. Be sure and check your programs to see if they will work

Reply to BarbaRosa (Original post)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 06:57 PM

Sep 2014

CS4 Illustrator and InDesign work, but won't print. Save to a PDF and they will print. No problem with PhotoShop. Check your version of Word or MS Office also.

Other than that, I like Mavericks. I upgraded to 16 gigs of RAM.

Zorro

(15,748 posts)

5. The last Mavericks update screwed up the Safari Quicktime plugin for me

Reply to BarbaRosa (Original post)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 10:16 PM

Sep 2014

Can't access my remote cameras because of some embedded protection implementation Apple threw in.

Not a problem accessing them using either Firefox or Chrome, though -- they ask if I want to allow the plugin to run.

I'm getting a little annoyed with these Apple software bugs lately.

Nite Owl

(11,303 posts)

6. My iMac did great

Reply to BarbaRosa (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 10:10 PM

Oct 2014

Didn't take long to install and it went smoothly.
The laptop is six yrs old, 2 g of ram and I just wanted to upgrade to a more recent version. snow leopard was not available and it went ahead and installed Mavericks. Now it is so slow and I am constantly restarting it. Wish Mavericks could be rolled back.

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