tominbkk Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Get it now at the apple store. It's about 5 gigs, should be nice! Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullx8 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 steve is not arround anymore, so things going alot more "m$ alike" .. using Mavericks since a few months already, even the GM seed was not really usable, and there are already 2 follow up updates .. things are not like they used to be without Steve ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fookhaht Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) I have a one-year-old 15" MacPro laptop and downloaded the O/S at 3 a.m. to take advantage of faster bandwidth, and it took about 45 minutes on an advertised 16mb/second ISP. After downloading, the installation time took another 45 minutes. Don't do this in the middle of a busy workday or your favorite movie! At the end of the installation, I got a heart-stopping message, something to the effect of.... "The installation could not complete because your MacIntosh hard drive is corrupted or damaged. You must use your boot-disk to reboot, reformat your hard drive, download the software again, and install again." Oh Lord.On a hunch, I removed two USB peripherals (cooling pad and second monitor), tried re-installation, and 45 minutes later was rewarded with a successful installation and restart. Danced a small jig. Two suggestions:1) Be sure you have an iron-clad backup of all your data!2) Make a boot-sector or boot disk beforehand. I would have been totally screwed had my installation permanently failed. I like the 3-4 new features (out of 200) that I've tried, especially the additional conveniences they've built in for us multi-display users.Cheers,FH Edited October 23, 2013 by Fookhaht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullx8 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I like the 3-4 new features (out of 200) that I've tried, especially the additional conveniences they've built in for us multi-display users. Cheers, FH Yeah, most of the multi screen features whee included in the first beta already .. i really love it if the menubar stays on the window you actually see on each screen. but learn to NOT click n Menubar icons on the inactive scren, the text become Bolded ... so all icons move a few millimeter .. .thats really annoying and the chance you click the wrong one is really large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fookhaht Posted October 23, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2013 Predictably, now that the new O/S is installed, the other APP updates and accompanying update notices are starting to flow to the Apple Store APP icon! I have PC'd for 30 years and am 1 year into my first MAC. The orderliness, already thought-through processes, and just overall user-friendliness make me want to kick myself for waiting so long to become a convert. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XINLOI Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Predictably, now that the new O/S is installed, the other APP updates and accompanying update notices are starting to flow to the Apple Store APP icon! I have PC'd for 30 years and am 1 year into my first MAC. The orderliness, already thought-through processes, and just overall user-friendliness make me want to kick myself for waiting so long to become a convert. Mac's have always been this way, and are almost always virus free. I just ordered a new, top of the line Mac, my third. I would use nothing else. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tominbkk Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 steve is not arround anymore, so things going alot more "m$ alike" .. using Mavericks since a few months already, even the GM seed was not really usable, and there are already 2 follow up updates .. things are not like they used to be without Steve ... After a week of using it, I think that what you say is not correct. I love it. Very stable and all kinds of nice new tweaks I keep discovering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tominbkk Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Predictably, now that the new O/S is installed, the other APP updates and accompanying update notices are starting to flow to the Apple Store APP icon! I have PC'd for 30 years and am 1 year into my first MAC. The orderliness, already thought-through processes, and just overall user-friendliness make me want to kick myself for waiting so long to become a convert. Mac's have always been this way, and are almost always virus free. I just ordered a new, top of the line Mac, my third. I would use nothing else. After using Windoze for 20 years, I took a bite off the mac, two years ago. I have no idea what took me so long to change over. It's been two years of not one error, in software or hardware. I'm using a macbook pro 2011, the more robust one, with 8 gig ram. I create a lot of music and video, as well as lots of high end graphics manipulation, and it is always rock solid. That and never worrying about another virus is enough for me to stay where I'm at. My macbook works better now than when I first got it, what a lovely piece of technology it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 My wife and I are firmly entrenched in the Apple ecosystem and have been happy from the beginning. I like Apple so much I bought stock at 52. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XINLOI Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Predictably, now that the new O/S is installed, the other APP updates and accompanying update notices are starting to flow to the Apple Store APP icon! I have PC'd for 30 years and am 1 year into my first MAC. The orderliness, already thought-through processes, and just overall user-friendliness make me want to kick myself for waiting so long to become a convert. Mac's have always been this way, and are almost always virus free. I just ordered a new, top of the line Mac, my third. I would use nothing else. After using Windoze for 20 years, I took a bite off the mac, two years ago. I have no idea what took me so long to change over. It's been two years of not one error, in software or hardware. I'm using a macbook pro 2011, the more robust one, with 8 gig ram. I create a lot of music and video, as well as lots of high end graphics manipulation, and it is always rock solid. That and never worrying about another virus is enough for me to stay where I'm at. My macbook works better now than when I first got it, what a lovely piece of technology it is. My new one is a 4 core 4gig with 32gb of ram and three flops of fusion drive and 3 flops of HDD, just got confirmation from the maker in Singapore......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Predictably, now that the new O/S is installed, the other APP updates and accompanying update notices are starting to flow to the Apple Store APP icon! I have PC'd for 30 years and am 1 year into my first MAC. The orderliness, already thought-through processes, and just overall user-friendliness make me want to kick myself for waiting so long to become a convert. Mac's have always been this way, and are almost always virus free. I just ordered a new, top of the line Mac, my third. I would use nothing else. After using Windoze for 20 years, I took a bite off the mac, two years ago. I have no idea what took me so long to change over. It's been two years of not one error, in software or hardware. I'm using a macbook pro 2011, the more robust one, with 8 gig ram. I create a lot of music and video, as well as lots of high end graphics manipulation, and it is always rock solid. That and never worrying about another virus is enough for me to stay where I'm at. My macbook works better now than when I first got it, what a lovely piece of technology it is. My new one is a 4 core 4gig with 32gb of ram and three flops of fusion drive and 3 flops of HDD, just got confirmation from the maker in Singapore......lol and how do you like your new one? Sounds nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I put Mavericks on my Mac Air the other day, there are issues... One being in Picasa web albums, the link buttons do not work... Tried going through a few Mac sites last night to see if there is a "fix" with no joy!... I am using Firefox, I suppose I should try working with another browser? I'll wait before loading Mavericks on to the Mac Mini! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 So it has been a few months since Mavericks was available, but I am still a hold out running Mountain Lion and Snow Leopard. Is it safe to load Mavericks yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I have been running Mavericks since it was released and have had no problems whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I have been running Mavericks since it was released and have had no problems whatsoever. Me too, there was a couple of hick ups at the beginning, but that might have been just me .... no problems ..... go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I have been running Mavericks since it was released and have had no problems whatsoever. Me too, there was a couple of hick ups at the beginning, but that might have been just me .... no problems ..... go for it! Downloaded it this morning and then headed out to lunch for the 51 minute install. Came back and everything is working fine. Only thing I had to do was to re-enter my WiFi password. Good to get it done before the inevitable afternoon thunderstorms and electrical cuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Mountain Lion was a step backwards running multiple displays, but Mavericks has all that fixed. Full Screen usage works well! Worth it already in my book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rice555 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Hello All, in the past I've taken my Mac Mini to The Mall here and the Mac store has reinstalled the OS for me because I got it from them, but I'm still running 10.8.5. I don't do much but movies, @ and surfing, how would improve my simple requirements? No iPhone of any Pads. rice555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWideOpen Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I was a slow adapter from mountain lion. It worked fine, why mess with it. So finally was bored one night and upgraded my 2009 2.66 gig Macbook pro with 8 gigs of ram. Hands down the least painful upgrade I have ever done. No settings needed to be changed, I was sort of doing a double take afterwardsw to make sure it really had upgraded. ( the big wave was the tip off ). I run an external screen, so having the double menu bars is a real help. And so far, it runs perfectly. I did just install the latest update, but did not notice any changes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 There some minor bugs. If you have your audio output connected to an amplifier you get a loud hum if you don't use any media that requires an audio output after about 20 seconds. Turn on music or SKYPE and it goes away, but the non use hum is very attention getting. Never had that with Mountain Lion. The audio level selection also works differently. Other than that, it all seems to be working well. Sure is nice to have full screen capability when using multiple displays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 There some minor bugs. If you have your audio output connected to an amplifier you get a loud hum if you don't use any media that requires an audio output after about 20 seconds. Turn on music or SKYPE and it goes away, but the non use hum is very attention getting. Never had that with Mountain Lion. The audio level selection also works differently. Other than that, it all seems to be working well. Sure is nice to have full screen capability when using multiple displays. Not had the hum issue... on Mac air or Mini.... when plugging in amp .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 (edited) I am eagerly awaiting Yosemite and iOS 8. Edited June 9, 2014 by villagefarang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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