Should I wait to upgrade to Maverick's??? Phones??? iPads???

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kcwbmw Author

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Should I wait to upgrade to Maverick's??? Phones??? iPads???

It seems everytime I see an update is released for any Apple product there is a flurry of issues...

Because of this, my ipad 2 is still on IOS5...My Iphone 5 is still on IOS6...

All I read is about how things are lost, stop working etc...

I realize that if someone upgrades and has no issues, they don't post their success online...

I've read people have lost photos in iPhoto, Safari doesn't work, VPN stops working, etc.

Should I upgrade my brand new 27" imac? If I have issues, who will fix it? How about my other apple stuff listed below?

Starting to loose all faith in ALL apple products.

What we as a family own:

2007 imac 10.6.?

2013 imac 27" 10.8.5

ipad 2 32gb IOS5

ipad mini IOS7 - daughter updated

iphone 5 IOS 6

iphone 4 - 2 of these, not updated

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Posted on Oct 26, 2013 9:21 AM

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Answer 1

macjack

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Oct 26, 2013 9:26 AM in response to kcwbmw

Why not install Mavericks on an external hard drive and take it for a spin before committing?

Just clone your current system then install Mavericks on top of it.

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kcwbmw Author

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Oct 26, 2013 9:28 AM in response to macjack

macjak,

I use Time Machine with a external hard drive -

Could you tell me the steps to "clone" and install M on top?

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macjack

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Oct 26, 2013 9:33 AM in response to kcwbmw

Sure, but you'll need a free partition on that hard drive, or another hard drive. You can't do it on top of TM.

Use SuperDuper or CarbonCopy Cloner,to do the clone.

Then choose it as the startup volume in System Preferences > Startup Disk and restart.

After you're booted into the clone, go to the AppStore and install Mavericks.

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Answer 4

kcwbmw Author

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Oct 26, 2013 9:37 AM in response to macjack

Thanks - I think I'll hold off on that...

Trying to keep it simple.

I just want to know how many issues there really are and should I wait?

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Answer 5

macjack

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Oct 26, 2013 9:45 AM in response to kcwbmw

Mine is running fine, so are hundreds of thousands of others. As you stated yourself, this is the emergency room for problems and folks who have a seamless experience don't come to brag about it, most aren't even aware of this site.

There are a few minor bugs, as with any first release, but nothing that gets in the way of my workflow and I've been using the system for about 5 months now. Overall it should be faster than 10.8 because of the improvements on the way memory is handled.

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Lexiepex

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Oct 26, 2013 9:50 AM in response to kcwbmw

An important site to visit is

roaringapps.com

where you find compatibilty tables for a lot of applications. For Mavericks the tables are being filled rather quickly now. It is very frustrating when you have apps that you need everyday, and that are not updated in time to solve an incompatibility with Mavericks....

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Answer 7

Lexiepex

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Oct 26, 2013 9:54 AM in response to macjack

macjack, you are too modest: M is faster, and much more efficient.

Lex

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Answer 8

NJDH

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Oct 26, 2013 10:01 AM in response to kcwbmw

I have iOS 7.0.3 on my iPhone 4 (a Verizon MC677LLA) and it's doing OK. It has occasional "stalls" but comes back. We also have it on the late 2012 iPad and it's great there. I am having problems trying to even download Mavericks.

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Answer 9

Russa

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Oct 26, 2013 10:07 AM in response to kcwbmw

Mavericks on our 2 MBP's c.Early 2008 and iOS 7.0.3 on our 3 iPhone5's and 1 iPhone 5s as well as our 2 iPads work great. iCloud and Time Machine/Time Capsule integration works great too.

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