17-10-2014 08:42 - edited 17-10-2014 09:04
17-10-2014 08:42 - edited 17-10-2014 09:04
Morning everyone.
So last night I took the plung and downloaded the new OS X firmware Yosemite and by the time I woke up this morning It was ready. I know what you are thinking but my better half has the worst interenet connection in the world, I hope its unlimited. I've got everything set up, had a play and made sure it is ready to use in my lectures (I hook up the mac to the projector) so lets see how it goes after a days use. I also plan to heavily use the handoff and continuity features with my iPhone 6 Plus and above my 20GB data limit. I will put forward a more detailed review as time goes on, I will be updating my iPhone 6 Plus review this weekend too. However here are a few of my intial points of view: BTW I'm running it on a Macbook Pro 2013 256GB thingy with lots of that ram stuff.
Intial Thoughts and Feelings:
Its stable! very stable! no really, its stable. I've been on this thing for a few hours and not had a fault. This can only be creditied to the dev and public betas and the time it took to release. I did have access to the Beta but this is my primary machine so I wasn't ready to install it and waste ruin my work and personal machine.
Looks AMAZING! i've seen photos and videos but this is a great improvment over previous OS's. It looks modern, fresh and clean. This may be due to my personal tastes as I am a minimalist person and this suit me like a £2000 dolla suit. (say that with an accent). Honestly this looks really good and the updated apps, Safari, iTunes etc look great with it. This truly feels like the best of the Mac OSX and IOS. I feel my Nexus 7 won't be used as much for basic household uses for a while.
On a side note the Yosemite wallpapers look so damn SEXY! I have my own collection of wallpapers but for the first time ever I will be keeping these on my desktops. The bright colours really demonstrate the transparency effect and the clean lines look FINNNNNE on the Retina display.
Spotlight is now a god. Seriously I'm creating a prayer and sacrifce to it and its allmighy power as it now searches everything without a need to load up the internet. I just did the typical Apple Starbucks search and its found my neaest one with the ability to call via my phone.
Now this is all i've had to try yet but rest asured I will pair my phone with this thing and let you know how all the other features work
Edit: If anyone is having trouble getting Handoff and Continuity working follow the intructions in this link Hand Off and Continuity Setup - MacRumors Forums
Edit 2: I won't be able to try out the calls and texts until IOS 8.1 is released on Monday but I will download and abuse this feature.
on 19-10-2014 07:50
on 19-10-2014 07:50
on 19-10-2014 07:54
Not sure if its just me, but I find it uses less ram than Mavericks.
on 19-10-2014 08:02
@Anonymous wrote:Not sure if its just me, but I find it uses less ram than Mavericks.
I'll have to check that out.
What Mac do you use @Anonymous ?
on 19-10-2014 08:03
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:Not sure if its just me, but I find it uses less ram than Mavericks.
I'll have to check that out.
What Mac do you use @Anonymous ?
Late 2012 iMac.
on 19-10-2014 08:24
on 19-10-2014 08:33
@Anonymous wrote:
I asked because some Mac Users haven't been able to use Handoff ,due to older Bluetooth Tech in their machines.
Link : http://www.imore.com/how-tell-if-your-mac-has-bluetooth-40
Not totally sure, but with the iMac, I think you need at least the 2011 iMac and onwards for Handoff to work, due to Handoff needing Bluetooth 4.0 (BT LE) to work.
From the link, to check if your Mac has the required Bluetooth to work with Handoff:
If your Mac is equipped with Bluetooth 4.0, LMP Version will say 0x6. Anything lower than that is an older version of Bluetooth.