webfact Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Anyone upgraded to OSX El Capitan yet? Pros and cons - should I upgrade? (current OSX: Yosemite) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brennan Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Yes, I did. Yosemite was working fine; I think most of the cosmetic changes in EC are just baubles - which seems typical of Apple since SJ died. Also, I found EC to be a bit flaky and the SIP security killed off an unwelcome number of the apps I enjoy. Having said that, it does seem snappier and a bit more fluid in display, but I can tweak Yosemite to do that as well. Networking is an issue for me, dnsmasq misbehaves. All in all, I went back to Yosemite. I'll try EC again after the first 2 bugfix releases and see what happens. It's probably just me, but I suspect this is the last OS X release. It seems to me Apple won't be happy until they turn all Macs into smartphones, and I expect we'll continue to see the IOS-ification of OS X until it's comprehensively dumbed down. I really do wish Linux were a sensible replacement. Life sucks and then you die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) I have been using it for a while now and have had no major issues. There were a couple of third party apps which didn't work with the beta but should be updated with the official release. I like new stuff and never seem to have any major issues so take that into consideration when reading this comment. [iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014)] Life is great and then you die. Edited October 8, 2015 by villagefarang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Upgrade went well. No issues for me (Mac Air 2014). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narkeddiver Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 No issues for me so far (Mac Mini 2012, MacBook Pro 2010) Life is a beach and then you dive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdecas Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Installed last weekend, no issues so far, seems . Life is a pot of tea and you're up the spout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazykopite Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Yes although took 90 minutes and I have fibre optic but worth the wait ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narkeddiver Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Life is a pot of tea and you're up the spout. Some days you're the statue and some days you're the pigeon;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grabitanrun Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I know in work we are telling everyone to hold off as it's causing issues with Office 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadychris Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 There are major problems if you are using MS Office, also reports of problems with some other 3rd party programs. Fixes 'should' be available soon. As with any new release always better to wait a while - especially if your device is critical to your work!! Nothing to be gained by being one of the first to upgrade - but always a good possibility of a lot to lose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey346 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Running EC 5 days now with no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtto Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 It took me 4 days to download! Network kept resetting and I would lose any progress I made. Finally paused the download before going to sleep and resumed in the morning. That worked. I have been having mail problems and it seems a lot of others are having the same. Kept getting asked for passwords and then got a dialog that they couldn't be verified. Somehow lost all the mail in an old account but it was just a backup account and there was nothing important there.It is working now. I really like the split screen feature but that might not be a big deal for most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 My policy is never tempt fate…still happy with a my old OS…everything works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauleddy Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 No issues at all, even with my Pantip Cracked MS Office. Actually, I'm not sure what I should be looking for with EC. Yosemite was great too. I just accept that updates to OS mean that work has been done to achieve progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostnigel Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) Same dog, different lamp-post......same horse, different jockey Edited October 8, 2015 by Ghostnigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpokaneAl Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I did. Afterwards I had a bit of a problem with my email - I was unable to send email from my laptop, but reset a couple of settings and all has been well since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I've tried downloading a couple or three times of times now, and just cannot get it to complete on my Mini I might try in the Mac air when I get a mo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC1 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Did it yesterday on my mbpro (2011), took a few hours. Seems ok, so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martijn12345 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 My NTFS driver needed to be re-installed for some reason. But other than that I've had no issues at all. For some reason the 4finger swipe to the right does not get me to my calculator anymore but I haven't looked in to that yet. As for people who said 'if it ain't broken, don't tweak it'. I feel this was true for windows computers but with Apple I never worry much. There are usually good (security/battery/useability) updates in these major releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooloomooloo Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Downloaded EC to my late 2013 27" iMac on 30 September in UK and had four days to play about. Entirely uneventful. Came to LOS on 4 October and posting from a Windows PC. That's the only bad news to report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Success this evening, about 2 hours to download and a little over 1/2 hour to install.... not seeing any problems so far... Mac Mini 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Thanks everyone for your input so far. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Yep upgraded two Air's and an aging MacMini. All were running Yosemite, and honestly can't notice Hell of a lot of difference. But it's free and Apple upgrades tend to go fairly easily, unlike my Windows upgrades which always seem to run into some difficulties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 The only big difference I have found is, the startup and shutdown is faster.... although Macs have always been much faster than Windooooooooooze (10 is worse than any previous versions, especially for start up! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tominbkk Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Installed it last night. Some nice new features, but not a big difference that I can tell. Still, it's free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadychris Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Please note that due to changes to OS security structure, the latest Mac OS X (10.11, El Capitan) will not allow mounting or unlocking of the following USB drives: - Kingston: DataTraveller Vault Privacy, Vault Privacy 3.0, DT4000, DT4000 G2, DT Locker + G2 and G3 ranges - Integral: Courier, Envoy, Crypto ranges - Kanguru: Defender series - Origin: Sentry 2/3IronKey / Imation have not yet confirmed if they also have a problem.It’s likely that these USB devices will need a manufacturer’s firmware update when available, and therefore access to a non-10.11 Mac to do so, or a PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
321Rich Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) OS X El Capitan Memory: 12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 El Capitan seems to run flawlessly so far after a couple of weeks. No issues as usual. I was perfectly satisfied before installing the FREE upgrade. Photoshop seems to work just fine so I am a happy camper. I no longer have much need for Microsoft Office but the old version I use (2008 Office Suite) still works OK. My gut-feeling is the system is a tad-faster than the previous one. -- For all my PC friends, I haven't experienced a locked-up, choked-system-failure since I left NASA 7 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeryble Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I'm finding iPhoto difficult to use hope i can get used to it PRESUMABLY it's an advance.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Actually, there is not a lot new with the Photos interface, except that you can now sort by date, title, or custom order. You can also now add and edit metadata, such as location. Most of the changes were under the hood, allowing for third party extensions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Help..... Have not had any issues with EC (10.11.1) iMac 27 inch mid 2010 until I installed the latest recommended update "Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 6.18.... ...now I cannot open Photos....I get a box that tells me Photos cannot be opened because of a problem, then goes on to say "Check with the developer..... Then later says this report will be sent to Apple automatically. What should I do......just wait for Apple to send me more updates? Any ideas would be most appreciative...Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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