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afraid to upgrade to Yosemite

  • 26-12-2014 4:22pm
    #1
    markst33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭


    I am running Snow Leopard on my iMac and had decided to upgrade to Yosemite. But I was just looking at the reviews of it on the App Store and it seems pretty terrible. 2 and a half stars out of 5 ?????

    Unsure what to do now. Anyone out there upgrade from Snow Leopard and are happy please please let me know.


Comments

  • #2
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    All depends on the Spec of your Mac. Pre 2008 models don't fare well and as you have Snow Leopard I'm guessing your machine is no spring chicken ? Also don't upgrade your current system, do a backup and then a fresh clean install if your computer meets the required Spec.

    My guess is that those low scores are from users who upgraded rather than fresh install and some of those were probably running the minimum spec with insufficient RAM. There were some issues with WiFi on some Macs but these were largely address in subsequent Software Updates. Again, Upgrading will not help things here. Also be aware that some of your applications will require upgrading to run on 10.10, Final Cut Pro and Aperture are 2 that I had to update. Other than that I've found 10.10 on my 2012 Macbook Pro and 2010 iMac quite good, the MBP has an SSD so it screams along, the iMac (27", i5, 8GB) runs well too with a 1TB HDD.

    4GB is minimum regardless of what the minimum spec says especially if your machine runs a standard spinning hard-disk, an SSD will make a huge difference if you can stretch to one. If you run heavy duty apps like Photoshop, Quark, Adobe Premier or FinalCut then 8GB is minimum for smooth operation. You might get away with less RAM if you have an SSD as this will make page outs a lot quicker.

    Ken


  • #3
    Boskowski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭Boskowski


    Once the OS has nestled comfortably into position and allocated disc cache etc there won't be much change left from 4GB of RAM. I think 8GB is nearly the minimum for Yosemite.


  • #4
    Mr_Roger_Bongos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Mr_Roger_Bongos


    Boskowski wrote: »
    Once the OS has nestled comfortably into position and allocated disc cache etc there won't be much change left from 4GB of RAM. I think 8GB is nearly the minimum for Yosemite.

    4GB might be the minimum, but i'm running Yosemite comfortably with it on a late 08 MBP.

    Recently upgraded to an SSD which has made a world of difference.


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