Jaguar saw Apple tone down some of the biggest design missteps of the Aqua interface, reducing transparency effects. Like what you have read? Send Simon a donation via Tip Jar.Released in August 2002, Mac OS X 10.2 was the first version of Mac OS X to be generally referred to publicly by a “big cat” nickname-it was Jaguar. It seems very fast so far – even on my older hardware – and I personally like the new look.įollow Simon Royal on Twitter or send him an Email. Yosemite is shaping up to be a great version of Mac OS X. This is a first release, and you do expect a few bugs or glitches. I had to type the first letter of the document I wanted open and press Enter quickly to get it open. However, every time you scroll down to reach the documents further down, it springs back to the top. These are iCloud documents (not iCloud Drive documents). When opening TextEdit and then selecting Open, the box pops up with your documents.However, it seems if you highlight the text in the address bar and clear it – or click in the address bar if it has no text in it – then the bookmarks that used to sit in your toolbar will pop up in a panel. I couldn’t find my Bookmarks Toolbar anywhere.Whilst checking out Yosemite and writing this article, I have stumbled across an annoyance and a bug. It would be interesting to see how it goes over the next few days, whether I run in to any glitches with app and how it affects battery life on my MacBook. You cannot judge an OS totally within a few hours – although you do get a general impression. Navigating around the Finder and opening apps has definitely improved – and the general usage in apps seems a lot snappier. It is without a doubt faster than Mavericks. I have played with the public betas and was seriously impressed with the speed. It is one of the lowest to support Yosemite, so how does that affect performance? It has a 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 4 GB of DDR2 RAM, and the stock hard drive. The one feature I was looking forward to, but seems like I will have to wait until iOS 8.1 (scheduled for 20th October) is released is the ability to SMS anyone from my Mac and not just iMessage recipients, as before. Then there are the HandOff/Continuity features, which means you can work on your iPad or iPhone, and as soon as you get close to your Mac, it will pick up where you are and you can continue straight with your Mac. New FeaturesĪpart from the new look, Yosemite has new basic features such as a revamped Spotlight and the dark mode, which turns the menu bars, menus, and dock background dark. Tiny Umbrella required a Java installation, but once installed worked fine. Twitter, Cyberduck, Bean, OpenOffice, TextWrangler, Burn, Audacity, VLC, HandBrake, MacTracker, VirtualBox and UnRarX all work fine. The upgrade went without a hitch, and all the apps I had in Mavericks appear to be working fine. I have been running it now for a few hours and have had no issues so far. I do like the new look, with its funky bright icons and flattened look, but I can see that could detract from the fact that this is a serious and professional operating system. There are those who like the bright, bold new look and some who claims it looks quite childish. Yosemite seems to be getting the same reaction iOS 7 did when it was first released. Once you set it going, it was case of leaving it to do its thing. Installation was fairly quick and painless. After all, it is how Apple prefers it, and my Mavericks was only reinstalled a few weeks ago. However, this time I decided to upgrade over OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Normally at this point I would have cancelled it, grabbed the DMG for future use, and created a bootable USB stick. InstallationĪfter the lengthy download time, the usual install screen popped up. I left it going over night – and still a way to go when I got up this morning. I know my internet connection is working fine, so I can only assume it was crowded servers. Mine took a very painful 11 hours to download. Eventually it popped up, offering a download and set it off downloading. However, it seems the Mac App Store hadn’t quite caught up. The Apple site was showing D ownload Now within a very short time of the live event. Besides, it has been a long time since a new OS X broke any software I used. I have very little in the way of software on my Mac, so I didn’t see there was going to be a big problem with compatibility. There are those who tend to wait until the first point release or to ensure their software is supported.įor me, I have no patience. It’s free so – as always – I was quite excited and decided to be an early adopter. Some says it a good thing, and some say it is just a way round Apple releasing a new version so quickly. Apple released OS X 10.10 Yosemite yesterday, and I take a look at their latest offering.Īnother year and another free version of OS X.
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