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Recap: macOS Sierra Launch Day

Michaelgtrusa said:
A good day.
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...to update hard.

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Upgrading from 10.11.06. 2 1/2 hour download on my DSL... another 1:15 to install... a heads up, ignore the "32 minutes remaining to install." My 2012 iMac sat on that prompt for 30 minutes before it finally started ticking down.

Also, Quicken Essentials (2010) is no longer supported. But I found Quicken 2016 at Best Buy for $59.99, cheaper than the app store $74 download.

Pleasant surprise: Photoshop Elements 10 (yes, I'm still using v10) seems to work fine. Same with Office 2011.
 
TheSuperE said:
AWESOME... Its not available for install on my Mac, so officially my Macbook Pro from Mid 2009 with new solid state HD and 8GB of ram is not-good enough.... So no more updates for me I guess. What a crock of SHIZZ
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I am on the same boat...
Meanwhile the iMac I bought around the same time can still get the OS...:(
 
TheSuperE said:
AWESOME... Its not available for install on my Mac, so officially my Macbook Pro from Mid 2009 with new solid state HD and 8GB of ram is not-good enough.... So no more updates for me I guess. What a crock of SHIZZ
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The good news is Windows and Linux will run absolutely beautifully on your machine still for years to come, should you choose to.
 
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Hi,
After the macOS Sierra update, the left pane of iMessage app (with the list of messages and the contacts' avatars) became too rude, with the font type more 'bold' and ugly and the generic avatars (without photos) not smooth at all!
Anyone with this problem? A font problem? New look?
(MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
 
Tompkinson said:
MacBook Air 2011 is 5 years old.
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And? The computers they're selling now have 3 year old CPUs.
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mainstreetmark said:
It would excuse the delay. No computer in my house is faster than my iphone7 apparently, and that's rather ridiculous.
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Actually that's rather sad.

My computer was cheaper than your iPhone7 and a heck of a lot faster.
 
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I'm very disappointed with Safari update due makes my bookmarks and top sites go missing :( I'm sticking with El Capitan with my MacBook Pro until I see a stable release of the OS and IF that little issue gets fixed
 
Winterflags said:
When you guys are speaking about a clean install, do you really mean as in reinstall everything from scratch?

I've literally spent hundreds of hours configurating my Mac system to the way I want it. Reinstalling everything from scratch would be absolutely prohibitive...
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I totally believe you and understand that.

However, when **** hits the fan, what do you do, just insisting on repeating the same mistake over and over again?

It's simple: if it's a major version change, just do a clean install so you don't have to waste another round of hundreds of hours on unexpected behaviour.
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Altek81 said:
I'm very disappointed with Safari update due makes my bookmarks and top sites go missing :( I'm sticking with El Capitan with my MacBook Pro until I see a stable release of the OS and IF that little issue gets fixed
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That's what xmarks has been invented for. You just have to extend your antennae beyond the apple visual range.
 
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alexgowers said:
I have to wait for all my 3rd party support before updating. This looks ok but i'm failing to see many advantages over current El Cap. I prefer a stable release over features and can wait until 2 or 3 revisions later.

I worry apple is forging ahead with cloud services that require upgrading to paid packages to function and are worse than merely offloading to a backup the files you no longer need. I don't wish to be stuck without a fast connection needing files OSX has determined i didn't use or were installer files i wanted to keep. I feel like i'm going to be fighting sierra for control and will end up removing all these new features. I already removed some "security" features to be able to change dock icons, which is just beyond silly. I prefer the iOS icons so i don't need to think about what icon is which. Not for everyone but it stops me taking 2 extra seconds to find the app I'm looking for. I wish there was just an option to have that built in.
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When you expect revision 2 to arrive?- I may wait upgrading after reading your post.

Cheers
 
I'm trying to set Text-fowarding on my iPhone 7 to MacOS, doesn't seem to work. Anyone else having this issue?
 
I have a MacBook Pro 17", 2.66 GHz i7, 8 GB Ram, Model: MacBookPro6.1 that is still running macOS 10.6.8. Knowing that Apple is primarily interested in selling new hardware, I have resisted the temptation to follow the upgrade path as my machine has worked perfectly for me with the exception that I sometimes now receive reminders that my version of Safari is too old and some of the newer Adobe Creative Cloud packs have dropped out.

As I don't want to scrap this excellent machine, my questions are "What would be the optimum macOS version for my system? and "Is it worthwhile purchasing a SSD?
 
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kra009 said:
I have a MacBook Pro 17", 2.66 GHz i7, 8 GB Ram, Model: MacBookPro6.1 that is still running macOS 10.6.8. Knowing that Apple is primarily interested in selling new hardware, I have resisted the temptation to follow the upgrade path as my machine has worked perfectly for me with the exception that I sometimes now receive reminders that my version of Safari is too old and some of the newer Adobe Creative Cloud packs have dropped out.

As I don't want to scrap this excellent machine, my questions are "What would be the optimum macOS version for my system? and "Is it worthwhile purchasing a SSD?
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Hi
When was your MacBook Pro purchased?
Cheers
 
Shadar said:
Your computer is more than 7 years old, dude. I mean, come on.
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Yeah, whether it was spec'd maxed out & works perfectly fine and is powerful enough and completely serviceable or not, he's being unreasonable by not realizing that what's important is the model year, not the functionality, and that fully functioning machine belongs in the trash.
 
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usamaah said:
Your iPhone 7 is faster on a benchmark, but running a benchmark and running an operating system like MacOS is surprisingly very different. I bet a traditional x86 chip would still get better performance when doing the latter.
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The only reason current desktop class x86 chips get better single-core performance is that they are designed, fabricated and packaged for bigger heatsinks and more memory (caches, etc.). Apple has plenty of engineers who know how to do that with something very similar to or beyond the A9/A10 processor micro-architectures, maybe even with already existing screaming-(hot)fast prototype chips in their secret labs.
 
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