I'm still on my late 2013 MBP.
Still using a 2010 MBP (SSD + 8 gig RAM), runs great.
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Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of macOS Sierra 10.12.5 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]
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Still using a 2010 MBP (SSD + 8 gig RAM), runs great.
Sierra is absolutely terrible! I installed first 10.12.1 when it was first released and couldn't stand the bugs, screen blinking, beachballs, etc. I just installed 10.12.4 from fresh (USB boot) and can't believe the OS is still crap. Back to El Capitan it is the only thing that makes my loaded mid-2015 Retina MacBook Pro 15 work smoothly!!!
I run Sierra on a 2011 15" MacBook Pro, a 2011 Mac Mini, a 2015 13" MacBook, and a 2016 13" MacBook Pro - no problems whatsoever.
Sorry others are having problems, but it's certainly not universal.
Agreed. Mine is also running very well and has throughout the beta. Sorry for those having issues
Still on my Early 2011 MBP. Still solid and hasn't had any problems thus far.Early 2011
Sierra is rock solid for me, always has been.
I have a late 2012 iMac, 3.2 ghz, with only 8GB of memory. This machine is running flawlessly on eC, just as it ran flawlessly back through its predecessor OS installs all the way back to ML. I usually don't have a problem with upgrading the OS, but this time I looked at the feature set on Sierra and it appeared to be directed towards having me move everything to "the cloud". I really didn't see anything else that stood out about it. (If anyone can think of non-cloud features that make Sierra worth it, let me know.)
I determined that my privacy and security were more important, and this time I didn't upgrade. Here it is however long since Sierra was introduced, and I've stayed on eC. I'm not regretting my decision.
I'm on a late 2014 MBPr and it blazes along like the wind.
Surprised a 2015 MBP would have issues with the OS. My 2014 MBP runs like a top on Sierra!
I wish Apple would throw in a 3D drawing tool like what Microsoft did with their New Creators Update with Windows 10.
So when is Apple going to start allowing APFS on startup disks for macOS? APFS is pretty much the best announcement with macOS Sierra and we are still waiting for APFS to move out of the experimental phase for Mac (though it is now primetime on all iOS devices).
Geez, I would hope so. Between that(2014) and the fastest computer laptop apple sells (2017) isn't that different when it comes to speed.
More like Microsoft adopted Apple's model of releasing Windows on a faster model vs one every 3-4 years... Apple's been releasing OS X ~yearly for nearly a decade. 10.4 was my first taste of X and it's been a new drop every ~12 months.
10.12.4 runs fine for me on a 2011 iMac & a 2009(unsupported) Macbook
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I am thinking of going back to Mavericks on my Late 2011 MBP 17-inch and Mid 2011 iMac, maybe even ML.
The new MacBook will be sold anyway.
Either your math or your memory is terrible:
10.4 released April 2005
10.5 released oct 2007 (30 months later)
10.6 released Aug 2009 (22 months after 10.5)
10.7 released july 2011 (23 months after 10.6)
It wasnt until 10.8, released july 2012 that Apple started releasing mac os updates on a yearly basis - around the same time a lot of people feel that apple's quality control and software stability took a dip.
IMO, their insistance on rushed annual releases of new OS's has contributed to that decline.
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Why do you keep posting this. It always says that. And that is about the only thing it ever says ;-)
I don't even know why Apple bothers to put in those information. They are totally useless.
One thing that prevents many Hackintosh users from trying out the beta builds is: nVidia video card "web drivers" refuse to function on beta builds. The system always reverts to the official Apple-supplied nVidia driver, with reduced resolution.
If the Windows 10 video card drivers can function correctly for numerous beta builds, why not also for macOS beta builds?
If the Windows 10 video card drivers can function correctly for numerous beta builds, why not also for macOS beta builds?
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I am thinking of going back to Mavericks on my Late 2011 MBP 17-inch and Mid 2011 iMac, maybe even ML.
The new MacBook will be sold anyway.
They work fine if you just edit the relevant plist (in the nvidia kext) to match the current OS build number. Should be relatively easy to find instructions. I've done it a few times when hastely installing an update and not realising the relevant web drivers havent been released yet.
To each their own but I'm pretty happy sitting back and not bothering about point release betas, especially on a hackintosh. The alpha's/beta's for a major OS release on the other hand are fun to play with, work out any peculiarities early in terms of clover and other setup changes.
Okay, I'm going to bite. What are you specifically concerns you about the current release of iTunes?
Can anyone confirm whether Time Machine is working again with Apple Time Capsule to store the backups? Since Sierra was released it's been broken on network backups using Time Capsule, with an error being thrown every couple of days that the backup is corrupt and needs to start from fresh backup. However the current backup can still be mounted in Finder without problem. You cannot make any further Time Machine backups though until you agree to wipe the existing backup and start again.