The problem is I didn't see a lot of focus on performance in the discussion. Lots of new features of course but some of the things discussed with respect to performance where no brainers. Take the 4X speed up in Preview, that isn't exactly a great achievement when you consider Open Source PDF viewers are much faster. I'm hoping glossing over performance was a result of simply not knowing how good the improvements will be at this time.
Hopefully the same system requirements. It would be ironic if a release intended mainly to clean things up and improve performance left out the Macs that need it the most.
You should be good. The previous split was due to hardware support or sometimes firmware support, from what I understand.
In any event they specifically mentioned that IOS 9 ( will work on all devices supported by iOS8. This isn't the Mac of course but I think it highlights that Apple isn't going out of its way to obsolete old hardware. Ultimately though it may be an issue of RAM that negatively impacts installs on old hardware. Right now I'm downloading the beta and it is a 6GB download. Obviously betas are fat but this is fatter than normal.
Hopefully the same system requirements. It would be ironic if a release intended mainly to clean things up and improve performance left out the Macs that need it the most.
Tell that to all the PowerPCs stuck on Leopard, especially those purchased just a couple years before becoming obsolete. I actually downgraded to Tiger on my PowerMac and eMac when it was clear some of the little quirks in Leopard wouldn't be addressed. I'm not sore over it but I'd assume businesses that purchased any G5s were.
In Safari, users will be able to pin sites, reducing them to an icon.
Bookmarking a website is now a selling point? What am I missing?
They're more convenient bookmarks. Features like these are designed around common behavior. I often find that I want to read a web page later on but wouldn't bookmark it because I consider bookmarks to be more permanent. So I'd instead leave the page open. This way it's easy to quickly slide a tab over and quickly remove it once it's read.
The audio mute feature should have been done a long time ago, that stupid smiley Flash advert that would shout out was such a nuisance hidden away in some tab. Blocking Flash is the easier route these days.
What a waste. Nothing much new. OSX is just a bunch of bug fixes from 10.10.X iTunes Ping redone. Yeah that's going to work this time around. No new hardware to speak of. Nothing new to see here.
What a waste. Nothing much new. OSX is just a bunch of bug fixes from 10.10.X iTunes Ping redone. Yeah that's going to work this time around. No new hardware to speak of. Nothing new to see here.
Did your last eight accounts get banned? Better get ready for Yuck10.
So when someone speaks the truth they have to fear of losing an account ? So be it. So tell us what's so new ? All I saw was Bug fixes being rebranded into what should have been fixed months and months ago. What new hardware was brought to the table ?
So when someone speaks the truth they have to fear of losing an account ? So be it. So tell us what's so new ? All I saw was Bug fixes being rebranded into what should have been fixed months and months ago. What new hardware was brought to the table ?
This 'table' you speak of seems to be a hallucination of some sort, as is your seat of entitlement. It's a conference for software developers who want to spread their wares across an ecosystem, those pining for new toys are totally missing the point.
I know that we lost a lot more, but the big thing I remember about 10.6, was that we lost PPC support, and it was the last version of Mac OS X that had Rosetta and could run PPC applications.
If El Capitan/10.11 is another Snow Leopard, then my big concern is what are we going to loose when 10.12 comes around?
I know that we lost a lot more, but the big thing I remember about 10.6, was that we lost PPC support, and it was the last version of Mac OS X that had Rosetta and could run PPC applications.
If El Capitan/10.11 is another Snow Leopard, then my big concern is what are we going to loose when 10.12 comes around?
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I've used the free 'BetterTouch' for a while on a MBP with Yosemite, simple but works like a charm.
What about making it backward compatible to more old Mac on Continuity and Handoffs?
The problem is I didn't see a lot of focus on performance in the discussion. Lots of new features of course but some of the things discussed with respect to performance where no brainers. Take the 4X speed up in Preview, that isn't exactly a great achievement when you consider Open Source PDF viewers are much faster. I'm hoping glossing over performance was a result of simply not knowing how good the improvements will be at this time.
You should be good. The previous split was due to hardware support or sometimes firmware support, from what I understand.
In any event they specifically mentioned that IOS 9 ( will work on all devices supported by iOS8. This isn't the Mac of course but I think it highlights that Apple isn't going out of its way to obsolete old hardware. Ultimately though it may be an issue of RAM that negatively impacts installs on old hardware. Right now I'm downloading the beta and it is a 6GB download. Obviously betas are fat but this is fatter than normal.
Yes - my Oct 2007 iMac should be included!
I know what it is. It's just *also* funny, for other reasons.
Any word on compatibility? I assume the list is the same.
I hope so, my mid-09 17" MBP is officially obsolete in a few days
Edit: just read the rest of the thread, woo-hoo! Thanks for posting that Quadra.
Tell that to all the PowerPCs stuck on Leopard, especially those purchased just a couple years before becoming obsolete. I actually downgraded to Tiger on my PowerMac and eMac when it was clear some of the little quirks in Leopard wouldn't be addressed. I'm not sore over it but I'd assume businesses that purchased any G5s were.
In Safari, users will be able to pin sites, reducing them to an icon.
Bookmarking a website is now a selling point? What am I missing?
They're more convenient bookmarks. Features like these are designed around common behavior. I often find that I want to read a web page later on but wouldn't bookmark it because I consider bookmarks to be more permanent. So I'd instead leave the page open. This way it's easy to quickly slide a tab over and quickly remove it once it's read.
The audio mute feature should have been done a long time ago, that stupid smiley Flash advert that would shout out was such a nuisance hidden away in some tab. Blocking Flash is the easier route these days.
Phew!
Though I’m now forced to stop using Notes on my iPad, since it’s too old to sync. Why not just NOT show the new features on old versions?
The brighter color scheme in Yosemite vs Mavericks more muted (readable, easier on the eyes) color scheme didn't give it away?
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"El Capitan"?
Really??
Did your last eight accounts get banned? Better get ready for Yuck10.
I'm all for major under the hood improvements plus a few new conveniences.
So when someone speaks the truth they have to fear of losing an account ? So be it. So tell us what's so new ? All I saw was Bug fixes being rebranded into what should have been fixed months and months ago. What new hardware was brought to the table ?
So when someone speaks the truth they have to fear of losing an account ? So be it. So tell us what's so new ? All I saw was Bug fixes being rebranded into what should have been fixed months and months ago. What new hardware was brought to the table ?
This 'table' you speak of seems to be a hallucination of some sort, as is your seat of entitlement. It's a conference for software developers who want to spread their wares across an ecosystem, those pining for new toys are totally missing the point.
I know that we lost a lot more, but the big thing I remember about 10.6, was that we lost PPC support, and it was the last version of Mac OS X that had Rosetta and could run PPC applications.
If El Capitan/10.11 is another Snow Leopard, then my big concern is what are we going to loose when 10.12 comes around?
Stagnation