I just timed launching System Preferences on my 2009 MacBook Pro which has a spinning hard drive and running 10.10.3. The first time I launched it took about 2 seconds. And subsequent launches were even quicker.
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Apple Seeds First OS X 10.10.4 Yosemite Beta to Developers
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I just timed launching System Preferences on my 2009 MacBook Pro which has a spinning hard drive and running 10.10.3. The first time I launched it took about 2 seconds. And subsequent launches were even quicker.
Yea, I actually use it on all 3 of my Mac computers which are 4-6 years old. Not a single issue with Yosemite, including no UI lag and no WiFi issues.
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Yep, about 16 hours / day - I use it for work and for leisure. Not a single problem since very early in the beta cycle.
FWIW, no problems whatsoever with WiFi, which seems to be a common complaint - I am currently streaming DSD256 wirelessly from my MacBook Pro to my Mac Mini and listening on my stereo (and have been since early afternoon), so I'd definitely notice if there were any dropouts
10.10.3 has been the first version of OSX that has come with a noticeable bug. The trackpad on my 2013 iMac stops connecting or the cursor lags and becomes unusable. So frustrating as it's pretty difficult to use an iMac without a cursor. Here's hoping .4 fixes that.
Yep. On a 2009 MBP, 2012 MBA, 2013 MBA and 2014 rMBP. No significant issues since 10.10.1.
I had a ton of issues on my 2014 5K iMac and 2014 Mac mini before 10.10.2. On both systems, wifi disconnects would happen randomly from a latest-gen AC Time Capsule, and they wouldn't reconnect till I rebooted those systems!
So it's clear just because you didn't have issues - some of us did. After 10.10.2, I've not had a single wifi disconnect with either system.
Late 2008 MBP, 2010 MBP, 2013 rMBP, 2014 rMBP on multiple wifi environments, no problems, used in home and work environments (software development, so very heavy use) and in various mixtures of the machines - they all get a work-out and perform well, though I need to put an SSD in my 2008 machine. No issues to speak of. One of the apparently few people who post on these sorts of threads who likes the interface too so no complaints there.
Not really related to this beta, but a couple of days ago apple released a small fix (graphics related), are those small fixes patched into the installer at app store? (thinking about updating the usb flash drive)
Downloading now.
The OS is kind of somewhat feeling like the old stability I remember from back in the days. Yosemite was pretty rough on stability and it makes me rethink if I should be installing new versions in the future right away. I will probably wait for the .3 updates from now on. Apple has definitely taken a hit on quality control. I cannot easily recommend updating to apples new OS's like I did in the past.
The OS is kind of somewhat feeling like the old stability I remember from back in the days. Yosemite was pretty rough on stability and it makes me rethink if I should be installing new versions in the future right away. I will probably wait for the .3 updates from now on. Apple has definitely taken a hit on quality control. I cannot easily recommend updating to apples new OS's like I did in the past.
1/10 of a second maybe?
But you are right of course that Yosemite appears to run better on modern Macs.
If that 2008 Macbook is also running the same OS it could be a hardware issue with the Mac itself.
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Maybe OS X 10.10.4 includes those soul-less ginger emoji that people keep asking for and complaining about...
The Macbook is running Lion as it can't be upgraded...
I don't have issues under Windows 7 bootcamp.
Its definitely a yosemite issue.
So that indeed confirms YOU don't have an issue. Does not confirm anything else.
That's not the question! The question is:
- Does the router work with other hardware?
- Does the router work with other OSes (like Windows)?
- Does the same router work with the same kind of hardware, but with running a previous OS X (e.g. Snow Leopard *cough* *cough*)?
- Heck, does the router even work on the exact same machine that is having Wi-Fi issues under Yosemite, but with another OS (e.g. Linux)?
And guess what, back in the days, under 10.9.2 or so, I went through the exact list as above, and each question was answered with a YES! Yes, yes, and yes! Wi-Fi works under all the above scenarios, even on the same ****ing Mac - with Bluetooth enabled! - under Linux! But it wouldn't work under OS X 10.9.2.
(The problem was even more ridiculous: it worked on the 5 GHz band, but not on 2.4 GHz - and don't tell me I should have disabled Bluetooth under OS X: because I did! Changed channels, changed every reasonable knob and bolt there was).
And guess what: yes, I eventually bought a new router! I needed a new, more powerful router, which could operate under 2.4 and 5 GHz at the same time. And it worked also with - tataaaa - OS X 10.9.2 (later updates supposedly improved Wi-Fi, but I never cared to test again with my previous router, which by the way was an otherwise totally reliable and up-to-date patched FritzBox).
(To be fair: the new TP-Link would switch channels automatically a bit too sensitive, and each time the Wi-Fi connection was interrupted for 5 seconds or so. So I set channel selection to "manual", and be done with it).
But the lesson was: Apple really ****ed up their network stack since Lion! And if people are still having Wi-Fi issues, even under 10.10, I can totally feel with them!
Yes, buying a new router might solve the problem. But Apple should simply FTFWF (Fix Their ****ing Wi-Fi)!
(That's not the end of the story, off course: I could go on that even under 10.9.5 I can still bring down the Wi-Fi to a total halt "reliably", e.g. when backing up my iPhone via iTunes (the backup is stored on a NAS in the end), and at the same time transferring some other large (in the orders of GB) file. Or importing photos into Lightroom, which under certain circumstances kills the entire Finder and I have no choice but to reboot. Etc. etc. - but I won't. Enough bitching...)
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I still have wifi issues with Mavericks, especially after waking my MBP up from a sleep. Sometimes it refuses to connect. No issues on Yosemite.
I'll have to join the ones having huge Wi-Fi problems in 10.10.x. The problem, more specifically, is with WPA2 Enterprise, Radius and 802.1x. (I realize that most people don't use that at home.)
Have been using Ubiquity Unify and, now, Cisco Meraki. Problems are the same. Frequent loss of connectivity, unable to authenticate with the Radius server, routing problems (connecting but not getting past the gateway). Have around 150 clients, all OS X 10.10.x. Seems to me like the 802.1x implementation in 10.10 just is no good.
WPA2 Personal usually works fine, so I have reluctantly downgraded to that. (And it's quite a downgrade from a security perspective )
I've read that Apple was going to focus on stability for a while. If this means another year of Yosemite until it reaches 10.10.9 I'm all for it.Apple is getting Yosemite nice and refined, just in time for us to download the 10.11 betas after WWDC and have new issues to complain about!