Anyone still on Mavericks?

[Metalpython]

I still use OS X Mavericks on my late 2013 MacBook Pro now. I is the first version of OS X this mac ran and the last to have the skeuomorphic design. Its 4 generations old now but still works (and looks) much better than the newer versions. I use my mac all the time and have never had a problem with unsupported apps (apart from the new Xcode ). Who else is still using it and is anyone considering downgrading?

I mean Apple still thinks that its the best version in 2017 . Shame that the Learn more button takes you to a page on High Sierra.

 

[Gregg2]

Nope. Moved on to Sierra after first OS X version I had, which was El Capitan.

It might work fine for you for awhile. Eventually, your web browsers will not be getting up to date security patches, and then finally, they will slow down to an unbearable pace because you won't have any updates.

 

[ssmed]

I would be tempted to 10.11 for some of the security updates in your case as this is likely compatible with most of your current software. Carefully check this is not going to break any of your software though as it is easy to get caught out. For instance Adobe Illustrator and Indesign are both currently broken on High Sierra.

 

[Kevax]

I still use Mavericks on my Mac Pro (2010) cause I like the feel of it and runs very fast.
But sooner or later I will go on and upgrade to High Sierra.

 

[Jws]

Mavericks was the installed OS on my late 2013 MBP. At the time I was super excited for Yosemite to match iOS, but the more I think about it, it had so much more personality than Sierra/High Sierra these days, so sadly I do miss that experience.

 

[Fishrrman]

OP:

If you're happy with Mavericks, just "stay put". What works, works.

If you're looking to "move up", you might consider jumping ahead but ONLY to (low) Sierra for now. High Sierra seems to be causing too much havoc for some folks as of yet...

 

[bunnspecial]

I'm still using it on my Mac Pro 1,1 at work.

I really need to get off my rear end and upgrade it to El Capitan. I wouldn't bother aside from the fact that since we moved to Office 365 for email, Apple Mail no longer works. I don't like Outlook in general, but that's also out of the question since I would need 2016(and 10.10 or newer). That leaves me using the awful web app.

I also run it as the primary OS on my MBA 2,1, which admittedly I don't use that much. I don't do anything on it where I need to be overly security conscious and I can still use an up to date browser. I feel like anything newer is too much of a resource hit.

To me, Mavericks was a stable plateau for a while, and I mostly skipped Yosemite and El Capitan in favor of continuing to use it for a while on my main computer(mid-2012 "classic" 15" MBP). Ultimately, big things like being able to use newer versions of some software, making my life a lot easier with TFA, and some little features(like SMS messaging through messages) won me over. I now have Sierra as my main OS.

 

[Gregg2]

I really need to get off my rear end and upgrade it to El Capitan.

I saw this link on another forum - https://discussions.apple.com/thread...art=0&tstart=0
It's supposed to have El Capitan for downloading. Maybe it will help you.

 

[bunnspecial]

I saw this link on another forum - https://discussions.apple.com/thread...art=0&tstart=0
It's supposed to have El Capitan for downloading. Maybe it will help you.

A copy of El Capitan isn't a problem. Any OS that a person has "bought" remains in their iTunes purchase history, and because of that I can grab the installers any time I want for 10.7-10.13.

I even keep them downloaded on my MBP.

The Mac Pro 1,1 takes some "tinkering" with the install to get El Capitan working. 10.7 is the last officially supported OS for, but provided that one has upgraded the GPU all that is required is transplanting the boot.ini file to one that supports the 32 bit EFI in the 1,1.

Unfortunately, 10.12 requires SSE4, which the 1,1 processors don't support, so 10.11 is where it stops.

 

[Miat]

To me, Mavericks was a stable plateau for a while,

I just upgraded from Mavericks to El Capitan a couple of weeks ago. Mainly to keep security up to date.

I put off upgrading for so long because Mavericks was so damn stable, and after running it for 3 years or so I had everything fine tuned.

Upgrading did also speed things up a bit overall, so I don't regret it. Though still prefer the look of Mavericks.

P.S. Are you the bunnspecial who does the watch repair videos? Spent many hours watching them. Next up is the Hamilton marine chronometer.

 

[bunnspecial]

P.S. Are you the bunnspecial who does the watch repair videos? Spent many hours watching them. Next up is the Hamilton marine chronometer.

That is not me.

My use of the name Bunn Special on here was to indicate my interest in American pocket watches-probably the same reason the guy on Youtube uses that name.

 

[Bart Kela]

I have a Mavericks external boot disk. I think I've booted from it once or twice the past two years.

It is clearly useful for a certain demographic who don't need/want the latest cloud services, but that number must be quite small.

Of course, it has been years since you've received any meaningful security update.

That said, Mavericks was a great OS in its era.

 

[Fishrrman]

Bart wrote:
"It is clearly useful for a certain demographic who don't need/want the latest cloud services, but that number must be quite small."

True, but some of us have no need for the cloud.
I'm a "Mac OS only" guy -- I own no iOS devices, probably never will.
I've never once signed into iCloud -- probably never will.
Again, some folks don't need (or trust) "the cloud"...

 

[Bart Kela]

Well, you are definitely in the minority.

There are FAR more iOS users than Mac users on this planet and far more iOS devices than Macs. Despite that the average sales price (ASP) of iOS devices is considerably lower than Mac ASPs, Apple makes about 75% of its worldwide revenue from iOS devices (largely iPhone).

While one can use an iOS device without utilizing any of the iCloud services, I'm certain that most people use some of the services.

There are now quite a lot of third-party apps that use iCloud services and the number keeps growing and growing. Hard to keep up with the latest apps and services without having some sort of cloud connectivity.

It's not just Safari bookmarks, iWork documents, your address book, your calendar anymore.

I have three Macs, two are on High Sierra, the older notebook on Sierra. Not sure I'd want to run a geriatric operating system like Mavericks on a full time basis on one of these computers. Too much work trying to keep data synced.

 

[maverick28]

Well, you are definitely in the minority.

There are FAR more iOS users than Mac users on this planet and far more iOS devices than Macs.

He never said anything to deny this fact, he acknowledged he was in the minority.

Bart wrote:
"It is clearly useful for a certain demographic who don't need/want the latest cloud services, but that number must be quite small."

True, but some of us have no need for the cloud.