Eh... I've been testing the El Capitan betas. The SMB issues are still there every bit as much as they were in Mavericks.
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Apple Releases OS X 10.11.2 El Capitan With Multiple Bug Fixes
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Eh... I've been testing the El Capitan betas. The SMB issues are still there every bit as much as they were in Mavericks.
Try a different brand of batteries in your Bluetooth accessory, especially if they are rechageable..
Apple really needs to go back to charging for OS X. If it means cleaning up the mess that El Capitan has become, I'd gladly pay for it.
Amid all the update frenzy before with everything from apple (but also the microsoft patch tuesday ones on the same day) I failed to mention that this particular one is quite interesting.
Usually this sort of thing is released to developers only. That was pretty sad. Even sadder was the fact that even for developers it was only once in a blue moon type of thing.
But I have always said to apple (since lion days) that they should release it for every point version - and to everyone.
It is the most elegant way to update the recovery partition.
Another somewhat more brutal way is to run the full installer - even if your system has already been updated via a delta or combo update. Those who have chosen to revert core storage logical volumes imposed onto us by full installers have found out the hard way that this brute force approach is not very good because it converts it back to core storage. So this has given rise to a "Lion Hack". 10.7.2 had a recovery update applicable to that version of OS X to update the recovery partition - but miraculously (via a proprietary software called dmtest published only ever in that particular version of recovery update) can be used in conjunction with a newer full installer and an installation script to all other versions of os x since then including 10.11.2.
I really hope apple will do a RecoveryHDUpdate.pkg sort of thing for every point version from now on - otherwise people will just revert back to the lion hack.
So my argument to apple is basically that we should be getting away from that lion hack and provide RecoveryHDUpdate.pkg for every point release. If apple want everyone to update their main systems through every point release then they should allow them to update their respective recovery partitions too without having to go through the lion hack or run the full installer.
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These are new Alkaline batteries, with a 98% charge at last check.
I CANNOT afford to get single use lithiums as often as I'd need to for a mouse.
Though I do have a set of Ni-MH rechargables that will work, I don't know where the charging unit is.
Prior to the 10.11.2 update, I didn't have this problem.
This update reminds me of my time on a Windows machine. Every few weeks Microsoft would send out another patch with a link to a knowledge base to describe all of the little things they had fixed. Actually, no I am wrong, it isn't the same at all, because even Microsoft had the good sense to let these things happen in the background.
Apple, do I really need to download 2Gb, reboot my machine, re-sign into iCloud, re-accept your terms in order for you to fix an issue with Wi-Fi connectivity? Come on guys, you're better than this, you're not the sort who should be wasting millions of people's time with small point updates. Spend more time thinking about this than you do designing battery cases please. Actually that would only be another 5 minutes, scratch that!
Apple, do I really need to download 2Gb, reboot my machine, re-sign into iCloud, re-accept your terms in order for you to fix an issue with Wi-Fi connectivity? Come on guys, you're better than this, you're not the sort who should be wasting millions of people's time with small point updates. Spend more time thinking about this than you do designing battery cases please. Actually that would only be another 5 minutes, scratch that!
Dual Booting OS X Mavericks and OS X El Capitan here on my mid-2011 iMac. Whilst I agree on the stability of Mavericks performance wise (on my hardware at least) El Capitan noticeably has the edge.
Unlike some I have had no major issues since the initial release of El Capitan and it is a massive improvement on Yosemite 10.10.5
Last time there was such a marked improvement was OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion which alas has now fallen by the wayside in terms of support. At least Mavericks given the support cycle will be good for another year.
El Capitan is maturing nicely in this .2 release although upgrading from the El Capitan Public Beta on a testing partition bricked the installation on my iMac prompting a fresh install.
Hopefully they don't meet that expectation? Detaching themselves from this yearly update fiasco err schedule would probably do wonders for OS X. With the only exception being Lion being a huge letdown two years after Snow Leopard, each succeeding revision has effectively taken 2 years after the release of the prior (through point updates) to basically settle down anyway. What does that tell us...
Don't really care about El Capitan, upgraded (!) to Mavericks a couple of months ago, enjoying speed and stability.
Longtime Apple fan here. Unfortunately, things have changed from what they used to be many years ago. I'm tired of things not working as they should for at least 6-9 months after they release an operating system. I now spend enormous amounts of time trying to fix things or create workarounds for problems with Apple's software. I absolutely will not update to the next operating system until it's been out for at least 9 months, and even then, I will carefully evaluate it before I do.
It saddens me to see Apple go down this road.
It saddens me to see Apple go down this road.
I have been a MacRumors viewer pretty much since it came into existence. But you, the administrative team, have focused the core business on the iOS world. I understand the economics of your choice considering the installed base of iOS units vs Mac units. I am not trying to be negative or cynical but isn't it time for a name change? Perhaps iOSRumors or AppleRumors. The Mac world is a distant cousin now on MacRumors. I had to scroll down to the bottom of your Front Page (the 10th article) before I found an article, the only article about Macs, about the release of OS X 10.11.2. It is time for a change.
I had this problem recently - was resolved by disconnecting, then rebooting the Airport Extreme/Time Machine. Seemed to be unrelated to the OS.
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I am a public beta tester and I sent in feedback about once a week regarding the WIFI disconnection after sleep. It didn’t get fixed. The only remedy I have found is to restart the computer. When I am leaving my iMac for a period of time, I now Shut Down my iMac rather than Sleep it since I know I will have to reboot soon after sleep. Sigh! I want back the Apple of old.
My rMBP 13: turned into a "brick" with this update.
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Mavericks towards to the end of its product life cycle was better for me.
I have not been enjoying El Capitan:
- WiFi suffers from many woes
- I often wake my rMBP and get a non-responsive log-in screen (keyboard input is not functional - only solution is to force-shut-down)
- anything plugged into the USB ports not being available/ visible to the OS.
I just updated to 10.11.2 and am hoping I get a better experience out of it.
I have not been enjoying El Capitan:
- WiFi suffers from many woes
- I often wake my rMBP and get a non-responsive log-in screen (keyboard input is not functional - only solution is to force-shut-down)
- anything plugged into the USB ports not being available/ visible to the OS.
I just updated to 10.11.2 and am hoping I get a better experience out of it.
I'm still seeing the same number of issues that I did months ago, on my test machine, even after reporting them...
Finder Cover Flow: Still has the enlarged window, when using the back and forward buttons...
Go To Server: Still listing every connection instance, resulting in a list as long as my arm...
Finder Sidebar: Still showing a question mark instead of a server icon for my DiskStation...
System Preferences: Still showing followupd in Notifications...
USB: Still ejecting disks and flash-pens whenever it chooses...
FaceTime: Preference pane still not remembering its screen position...
iMessage: Preference pane still not remembering its screen position...
Calendar: Availability panel not remember screen position...
The only thing fixed is the Import / Custom Pane staying in focus when clicking through iTunes' preferences.
Oh, and the Finder list view bug, resetting to the top of the folder tree.
Thank Christ, I've stayed on Yosemite, on my mission critical machine. I truly feel like this will be it as far as updating my Apple setup, Both on my MBP's and iPhone. Like others on here, I am tired of the yearly upgrade cycle, which is clearly impacting quality and then the subsequent 6-9 month bedding in period.
Granted things will never be perfect, but to be even near good would be a blessing. Sadly it is not even near acceptable... Poor show Apple.
Finder Cover Flow: Still has the enlarged window, when using the back and forward buttons...
Go To Server: Still listing every connection instance, resulting in a list as long as my arm...
Finder Sidebar: Still showing a question mark instead of a server icon for my DiskStation...
System Preferences: Still showing followupd in Notifications...
USB: Still ejecting disks and flash-pens whenever it chooses...
FaceTime: Preference pane still not remembering its screen position...
iMessage: Preference pane still not remembering its screen position...
Calendar: Availability panel not remember screen position...
The only thing fixed is the Import / Custom Pane staying in focus when clicking through iTunes' preferences.
Oh, and the Finder list view bug, resetting to the top of the folder tree.
Thank Christ, I've stayed on Yosemite, on my mission critical machine. I truly feel like this will be it as far as updating my Apple setup, Both on my MBP's and iPhone. Like others on here, I am tired of the yearly upgrade cycle, which is clearly impacting quality and then the subsequent 6-9 month bedding in period.
Granted things will never be perfect, but to be even near good would be a blessing. Sadly it is not even near acceptable... Poor show Apple.
Check Activity Monitor to see if Safari is using lots of CPU when you're on certain pages. If you are, then it's likely content on those pages that's causing those issues? Or low disk space? Do you have HDD or SSD for a drive?
Safari is super snappy for me on 2013 MacBook Air.
I can confirm that Time Machine works now when USB UPS is plugged in. Shame it took so long to fix, but it's fixed at last.
Every update that's released 'Improves Wi-Fi reliability'.
I mean, how much more reliable can they possible make Wi-Fi - you'd think after 2 dozen updates it'd be rock solid by now.
I mean, how much more reliable can they possible make Wi-Fi - you'd think after 2 dozen updates it'd be rock solid by now.
