Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Should I upgrade from Snow Leopard

  • 23-10-2014 2:45pm
    #1
    markst33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭


    I have a 21" iMac running Snow Leopard. I use it predominantly with Photoshop and LR as I do a lot of photography.

    i see that OS X Yosemite is out now. I have never upgraded as I find 10.6.8 Snow Leopard is fine for me and everytime there is an upgrade in OS X I see nothing but problems with the new OS and people giving out and sharing horror stories.

    But should I upgrade at this stage ?


Comments

  • #2
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Well you're playing with fire when it comes to security fixes by running such an old OS. Lion and, to a lesser extent, Mountain Lion has their issues at launch but Mavericks was a solid release with impressive battery life improvements. This won't affect your iMac tho.

    Yosemite is a radical departure to the look and feel of the OS, I would recommend the Ars review for a good overview go how things have changed.

    What year is your iMac? It might be worth moving to Mavericks at least.


  • #3
    markst33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭markst33


    I bought it 2nd hand last year but I think its about 3 years old. Where do I see what year it is ?

    My brother in law is a Mac/Apple lover but after he upgraded to Mavericks on his Macbook I thought he was going to move to Windows cos he had so many problems


  • #4
    markst33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭markst33


    This post has just come in from one of the members in the camera club.

    "Anyone having problems with Nik plugins crashing Photoshop on OS X Yosemite?"


  • #5
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    markst33 wrote: »
    I bought it 2nd hand last year but I think its about 3 years old. Where do I see what year it is ?

    My brother in law is a Mac/Apple lover but after he upgraded to Mavericks on his Macbook I thought he was going to move to Windows cos he had so many problems

    Click the Apple icon at the top left and select "About This Mac". You may have to look in the Hardware section of System Report.
    Apple treat their various models almost like cars. Your iMac may be a mid 2010 model or a late 2009 for example. See here.

    TBH some people are going to have issues and most people are not. You will hear a lot more from the few that do. Mavericks ran absolutely perfectly on my old 2010 13" Macbook Pro. The only issue I had with Yosemite was a file permission issue with Premiere Pro.


  • #6
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    Runs well on my 08 laptop, although putting an SSD in made a big difference.


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    mocathain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭mocathain


    i would not advised jumping from 10.6 to 10.10 that is a massive jump.
    If you have a lot of 3rd party apps you will run into trouble.


  • #8
    miralize
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭miralize


    On the flip side a lot of those apps now hhave several iterations of bugfixes in place.


Advertisement