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WWDC14 Thread of iOS 8 and Mac OSX 10.10
- Thread starter celebi23
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A while now.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
The lockscreen is beautiful. New notification center too.
gonna toy around with it some more soon.
gonna toy around with it some more soon.
This keeps happening to me on 2 different Macs. AGhfghfhjhfjghf
10.5?
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Just a PSA: CarbonCopyCloner currently does not work on Yosemite at all. If you rely on that as your sole backup, keep that in mind and make sure you have a secondary system.
I'm temporarily switching to a portable HDD with Time Machine until CCC is updated. (I'd just use a network TM but every single time I've tried to set one up, it fails constantly. Have they fixed this yet? I'll just use a local external drive for now.)
I'm temporarily switching to a portable HDD with Time Machine until CCC is updated. (I'd just use a network TM but every single time I've tried to set one up, it fails constantly. Have they fixed this yet? I'll just use a local external drive for now.)
smokeandmirrors
Banned
What's the best way to reformat? Will I need a usb bootable stick for reinstalling the OS?
Got the Shakes
Member
This is one of those things that work for some and not others. I've always used TM to back up to my network Synology drive, and have had it fail maybe 1 time in 3 years. Other people have it fail every time. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it.
PhantomHound
Banned
Aw yeah, this OS is just so beautiful.
I forgot about the revamped notifications... time to go check that out!
badcrumble
Member
I've also installed this great screensaver which emulates the look of the iOS 7/8 lockscreen: http://bodysoulspirit.weebly.com/ios-screensaver.html
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Does the local caching and backing up work fine though? Because CrashPlan's frontend app also doesn't work (It didn't work in the Mavericks DP's either) and probably won't until close to release, however the backend backup part works fine. (So it's backing up. I just can't access it from this machine.) As long as Time Machine works on local directly connected drives I'll be fine until CCC is updated.
I am performing the TM backup right now to the external HDD I was using as a portable clone. (I have a normal networked CCC backup clone of my most recent Mavericks backup in case I need it.)
Cheetos is Pretty Awesome
Member
Hmm. Not too impressed with Yosemite's performance on my late-2010 MBA. Immediately rolled back to Mavericks. Let's see how the final version fares, but it looks like I am sitting out the betas.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
I think the thing that makes me most happy is that they finally fixed resizing Finder windows to their contents, and made it so if you double-click the titlebar, it acts like the zoom. It only took 14 years to match OS 9's superiority. The Finder is still not on the same level but it's a lot better now that that's fixed. And it better stay fixed gosh darnit!
Edit: A slight bug though. The OS thinks my external display is still connected even if I disconnect it. Which is preventing the GPU from switching back to integrated. Gonna file my first bug report! Edit: Maybe not. The Feedback Assistant is broken. Completely broken.
Edit: A slight bug though. The OS thinks my external display is still connected even if I disconnect it. Which is preventing the GPU from switching back to integrated. Gonna file my first bug report! Edit: Maybe not. The Feedback Assistant is broken. Completely broken.
RedAssedApe
Banned
is there still no way to sort bookmarks in Safari? haven't used it in such a long time. but chrome and firefox have been annoying me as of late
The_Inquisitor
Member
Ugh i want to install beta, but I don't have time to mess around with 2 partitions as I am working full time and about to start school again.
StopMakingSense
Member
Oh my that sucked. My initial download must have been bugged, as I kept on getting unpacking errors. My MBA's main volume ended up not being bootable, and I tried doing the restore partition, but that was completely useless. Would download, and restart back into the restore partition. Ended up downloading 10.10 like 4 times when all was said and done.
Had to download yosemite onto my iMac, do the trick to make a usb installer, and use that to install Yosemite. Oh well. At least thats all over with.
Had to download yosemite onto my iMac, do the trick to make a usb installer, and use that to install Yosemite. Oh well. At least thats all over with.
BuggyDClown
Member
What? I don't understand the question. You can manage bookmarks in the bar, or put them in folders and edit position. What else would sorting involve? This has always been doable.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Activity Monitor finally shows Safari tab processes as the website they are instead of just "Safari Web Content" requiring a mouse-hover to figure out the owner.
GreatMightySymp
Member
Any booting-type issues with the beta or is it fine to partition my iMac's drive and install 10.10 into a small section of it to test it out?
smokeandmirrors
Banned
Alright fresh install. Got that new OS feel. Now the fun begins.
andrerobot
Member
My download keeps failing!! C'mon Apple!!!
Me too, on two different machines. Constantly retrying, no luck.
Downloaded and installed it this morning, only took about 20 minutes all together.
Loving the new look so far, plus everything seems super stable. It probably helps that I've got a late 2013 MBPr that's only 1 week old, so it's practically a new install, and I'm only running big, well supported Apps (Lightroom, photoshop, Logic). I'm therefore probably not the most useful beta tester.
Love the new spotlight search, although it seems a bit slower than the old one. I'd prefer if 'show all in finder' was the second from top still rather than at the bottom too.
Getting all your bookmarks when clicking the safari address bar is pretty useful, but how do I get to them with the keyboard rather than mouse? I use cmd + L to highlight the address bar, so would be good to be able to just press the down arrow to get to them or something.
Loving the new look so far, plus everything seems super stable. It probably helps that I've got a late 2013 MBPr that's only 1 week old, so it's practically a new install, and I'm only running big, well supported Apps (Lightroom, photoshop, Logic). I'm therefore probably not the most useful beta tester.
Love the new spotlight search, although it seems a bit slower than the old one. I'd prefer if 'show all in finder' was the second from top still rather than at the bottom too.
Getting all your bookmarks when clicking the safari address bar is pretty useful, but how do I get to them with the keyboard rather than mouse? I use cmd + L to highlight the address bar, so would be good to be able to just press the down arrow to get to them or something.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
They already pop up when I press Command + L.
Edit: Oh, I see what you mean. You can't navigate them. WTF? That's a silly oversight.
I wonder if the translucency is slowing things down? can you try disabling it (in accessibility preference pane) and see if things speed up to Mav levels?
Did not get my email. Just went to that /redemption site, got a key, downloaded in 10m, installed in 20.
I like it so far. Something that struck me as odd were the new icons in Preferences panel. They seem real different from the overall Yosemite aesthetic. Like the new dock, like the new flatness. Window control buttons look a lot better now.
And the new notifications bar is excellent.
Will try it out a lot more over the weekend. Mid-2012 retina 15" MBP IIRC.
I like it so far. Something that struck me as odd were the new icons in Preferences panel. They seem real different from the overall Yosemite aesthetic. Like the new dock, like the new flatness. Window control buttons look a lot better now.
And the new notifications bar is excellent.
Will try it out a lot more over the weekend. Mid-2012 retina 15" MBP IIRC.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
When you're looking at bookmarks through the Safari bar, you also can't navigate back from a folder once you click into one.
Has anybody got Spotlight Suggestions working? I'm in England and they're not coming up at all...
Has anybody got Spotlight Suggestions working? I'm in England and they're not coming up at all...
I believe at the moment they are US only. They don't work here in Japan either.
I'm happy for you and all, but... damnit, I have seriously tried like 40+ times and it keeps dying halfway through. Whyyyyyy
(Sorry, had to vent.)
Well they changed "Dark Mode" into "Use dark skin of menu bar and dock" in the fourth DP. I highly doubt they are going to change that back in newer DPs.
I really would like them to but I'm afraid they won't, I guess time will tell.
The Feedback Assistant is broken and unstable but you can still file a bug report. Sometimes you just have to force quit the program.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Shame but I figured as much.
*still waits for iTunes Radio*
I'm loving the Spotlight changes though.
It's one of my favourite things about using Macs and being able to navigate through documents within it more easily now is very cool
EDIT: Oh, haven't seen it mention but how much better is the iCloud document selector now!? Very pleased about that!
Mysterious
Banned
Public beta is now live.
It's been live for quite a while now.
Meus Renaissance
Member
Damn, Boom isn't compatible
tried it. performance improved a bit. Still, thought it would run like mavericks. MacMini got a SSD and 8GB Ram. Hoping they will work on it with translucency on.
Pizza Luigi
Member
Why haven't I got the public beta email? I applied immediately after the keynote!
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
Initial thoughts:
It's not necessary. Just head to the Yosemite beta page and grab your App Store key.
- Looks great; I like the new font everywhere (I know, very superficial).
- I'm not a fan of how Spotlight opens; I wonder if that can be reverted
- Notification center is much more useful.
- I'm glad most of my apps work (Photoshop CC 2014, Hype, etc.)
- Dark menu bar looks good, but a lot of the third-party icons don't support it yet
- Battery bar seems unnecessarily big
It's not necessary. Just head to the Yosemite beta page and grab your App Store key.
Am I correct in thinking the beta will let me upgrade straight to the full version when it's released?
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
Si. Apple will let us roll into the final release from beta.
Nice.
Also, a thousand curses to the people in this thread pointing out OCD type stuff. I'd have never noticed it otherwise, but now it really bothers me.
Hmm this is all I care about.
Do you use a Wacom tablet? Anyone try a Wacom with Yosemite?
I dunno, but maybe it's like Chrome where you can type "youtu..." and then just hit TAB and it turns the address bar into a YouTube search?
oh wow it seems to have collected a bunch of sites while i was browsing, my list has grown to include steam, a random blog, a monster hunter wiki and twitter
now when i type e.g. 'steam sunless sea' into the address bar the top suggestion is to search steam for sunless sea.
unfortunately now if i type 'wiki batman' it offers to search the monster hunter wiki instead of wikipedia
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
I didn't test the tablet with it, but I did get an incompatibility error in regards to Wacom when I updated it.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
You know how in Mavericks when you have an app active (let's say Preview) but no file open, the app would automatically close itself once you'd switched apps or returned to Finder...?
This doesn't happen in Yosemite.
Is it something that's been purposely left out (or not yet added) or is it a setting somewhere?
This doesn't happen in Yosemite.
Is it something that's been purposely left out (or not yet added) or is it a setting somewhere?
It works. Huion tablets are also working with no issues.