Master26A

Q: Does Yosemite Improve or Reduce Performance?

Hi there,

 

I'm a user of a Macbook Pro 15 Retina from 2013, and I'm considering upgrading to Yosemite. Although I do want to upgrade for the new look and features, I do have one major reservation. If Yosemite is going to make my computer less responsive, laggy ect. then I'm going to hugely regret the decision. For me Mavericks is a great OS, and so a performance hit would seriously put me off. Can anyone share some experience they've had with the full version please?

 

Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated!

MacBook Pro with Retina display

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 5:48 AM

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  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 2, 2014 5:51 AM in response to Darklykoz
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    Nov 2, 2014 5:51 AM in response to Darklykoz

    Sorry if information is not completely substantive however based on history there are always updates in coming months. Mavericks only waited about 2 months before releasing 10.9.1 .... Mountain lion released an update a month after release...

    They normally do have updates already in the works, and the .1 update usually drops within a month or two of release. However, I haven’t seen any mention anywhere that the update has been pushed to developers. I’m thinking the public beta has altered the way they operate.

  • by widestrides,

    widestrides widestrides Nov 2, 2014 8:31 AM in response to Master26A
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    Nov 2, 2014 8:31 AM in response to Master26A

    This suggestion by Darklykoz made a huge difference in my performance:

     

    System Preferences->Accessibility->Display->(tick "Reduce Transparency")

  • by darryl-1,

    darryl-1 darryl-1 Nov 2, 2014 9:41 AM in response to jetoff41
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    Nov 2, 2014 9:41 AM in response to jetoff41

    I would not up grade to Yosemite until they correct problems, seems it should have only been released for new Mac's? Since Snow Leopard each release has it's down grade problems loosing features and gaining new ones that someone thought I needed. I mean lost features that were productive. And the people writing the software now seem to be in love with Windows?????? If Apples CEO would spend more time getting in touch with Apples software problems than pushing his political point of view things might improve. It does not seem right to expect everyone to buy a new computer so it will work with a software upgrade????? Unless you sell Apple Computers????  A working computer that does not crash is why I bought a Mac in the first place. I did the  Maverick upgrade and got memory problems that were never corrected, and as I read the posts I see memory is still not fixed in Yosemite. So as you see you post the problem and in some cases you will be told its all your fault and you should have done the research before the update not Apples who designed it???????????????????????????

  • by Zanaelf,

    Zanaelf Zanaelf Nov 2, 2014 1:05 PM in response to darryl-1
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    Nov 2, 2014 1:05 PM in response to darryl-1

    Well, Yosemite seems to be a poor design in a lot of areas , with the arrangement of things, and especially the GUI. Mavericks works best on newer machines, from 2012 or later. Then to finish off, flat design is a big mistake in GUI designing as a whole, the icons and tool bars become more vague and unrealistic , the differentiation between app's tools, functions and file/data in use overlap causing confusion. This is a trend that started from Facebook, then adopted by google, then adopted by microsoft and lastly adopted by apple .... there is no alternative brake away from the flat invasion. It adds more to the issues I have with 2D interfaces which makes the text and things swim around on the screen, as my mind tries to decipher depth .... I am sticking to Mavericks , windows 7 on bootcamp for this particular reason.

  • by Darklykoz,

    Darklykoz Darklykoz Nov 2, 2014 1:29 PM in response to Zanaelf
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    Nov 2, 2014 1:29 PM in response to Zanaelf

    Completely disagree...

     

    I can relate because I was a upset the 3d dock bar look disappeared when i first got yosemite beta some months ago...

     

    But the more I use Yosemite the more I see that the design experts know best... They have employed some seriously talented designers to get the look done....

    The more I use it... The more I love the look and feel. Never thought it would grow on me this much... Its really about immersive experience. It just flows together. I cant explain it. But it is awesome.

     

    This is the best looking operating system I have ever used... It looks nothing like windows... As a windows user for years, I have never found the look in any way appealing...

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 2, 2014 1:48 PM in response to Darklykoz
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    Nov 2, 2014 1:48 PM in response to Darklykoz
    Sorry if I am incorrect. I read it in some articles. Edited the word "imminent" out my post so that their is no confusion.

    Sorry, I glossed over that before.

    I wasn't questioning your veracity. Just wanted to see if they had started the expected process.

  • by MortenJamesCarlsen,

    MortenJamesCarlsen MortenJamesCarlsen Nov 2, 2014 1:55 PM in response to Master26A
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    Nov 2, 2014 1:55 PM in response to Master26A

    A Fantastic Operating System. IMO the best Apple has ever released.

     

    If you are tech-savvy, go ahead and install as normal. If you are not, install on to a separate partition. So that you can always revert to the working version.

     

    There are many hit by the networking bug which will more or less prevent you from using the web...

     

    But if you arm yourself with patience a cup of coffee and some google-mood, you should be ok.

     

    Last but NOT least. If you use your Mac professionally - MAKE SURE that your apps are compatible

  • by MortenJamesCarlsen,

    MortenJamesCarlsen MortenJamesCarlsen Nov 2, 2014 1:59 PM in response to Zanaelf
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    Nov 2, 2014 1:59 PM in response to Zanaelf

    Zanaelf wrote:

     

    Well, Yosemite seems to be a poor design in a lot of areas , with the arrangement of things, and especially the GUI. Mavericks works best on newer machines, from 2012 or later. Then to finish off, flat design is a big mistake in GUI designing as a whole, the icons and tool bars become more vague and unrealistic , the differentiation between app's tools, functions and file/data in use overlap causing confusion. This is a trend that started from Facebook, then adopted by google, then adopted by microsoft and lastly adopted by apple .... there is no alternative brake away from the flat invasion. It adds more to the issues I have with 2D interfaces which makes the text and things swim around on the screen, as my mind tries to decipher depth .... I am sticking to Mavericks , windows 7 on bootcamp for this particular reason.

    I think that a flat design is a matter of taste, rather than mistake. Personally, I think Yosemite looks more gorgeous than any other OS Apple has ever released.

    I absolutely love the GUI.

     

    Also, I use Yosemite professionally. I have a 2014 rMBP 1TB SSD and 16 GB RAM along with a big old 2014 Mac Pro. Both are performing MUCH faster on Yosemite.

  • by Sancheub,

    Sancheub Sancheub Nov 2, 2014 2:15 PM in response to jetoff41
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    Nov 2, 2014 2:15 PM in response to jetoff41

    I agree with you.

    Yosemite has made my Macbook Pro slower (EVERY upgrade does), ando iOS8 made the same in my iPhone.
    Adobe Illustrator doesn't work correctly anymore and it appears not to be a solution for this.

    Very unhappy.

  • by Sancheub,

    Sancheub Sancheub Nov 2, 2014 2:38 PM in response to MatejP84
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    Nov 2, 2014 2:38 PM in response to MatejP84

    That's correct.

    I'm having problems with Adobe Illustrator CS4 since my Operating System was upgraded to the flattish and kiddish Yosemite. It doesn't import TIFF files anymore...! All the images inside my Illustrator files are TIFF format...!!! The worst of this situation is that it appears no to exist any solution by Apple or Adobe yet.

    Yosemite has made my mac slower. Sincerely I find nothing more important than new icons and translucent bars in this upgrade.

  • by Darklykoz,

    Darklykoz Darklykoz Nov 2, 2014 3:03 PM in response to Sancheub
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    Nov 2, 2014 3:03 PM in response to Sancheub

    Sorry to hear your woes...

     

    However I believe adobe stopped updating/providing support for CS 4 Illustrator a while ago...

    Dont expect a solution from adobe... And I dont believe it is apple's fault that an old outdated 3rd party program does not work on their system...

     

    Adobe's operates in such that you need to keep up to date versions of their programs to guarantee functionality.

     

    That said maybe this is a problem that is specific to you... Maybe CS4 illustrator is indeed functioning for other users. That would be a good forum topic for discussion/find out... And from there you can try solve your problem if possible.

  • by MortenJamesCarlsen,

    MortenJamesCarlsen MortenJamesCarlsen Nov 2, 2014 3:02 PM in response to Sancheub
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    Nov 2, 2014 3:02 PM in response to Sancheub

    There is a solution. Update your adobe software to a yosemite compatible version.

     

    I have ALL adobe software purring on yosemite.

  • by MortenJamesCarlsen,

    MortenJamesCarlsen MortenJamesCarlsen Nov 2, 2014 3:12 PM in response to jetoff41
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    Nov 2, 2014 3:12 PM in response to jetoff41

    jetoff41 wrote:

     

    Excuse me, but I'm not an idiot. The MBPro Retina 13 is 2 weeks old, and the MB Air 13 is from 2013. And if you don't believe me, you needn't. In my class, 6 people are having MacBooks. As well as lot of our teachers - and they have the same problems with Yosemite.

     

    My machine: 2012, i7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB

     

    -> I'm sure this should meet the requirements for Yosemite. But please open iTunes for example and tell me that scrolling through albums doesn't lag!

     

    I AM a fan of Apple, I own an iPhone, iPad, iMac AND MacBook - but I don't know why my battery duration shrank and the system is lagging all the time.

    While there are some issues in Yosemite. I have yet to experience any lag. I have 2012 rMBP, 2014 rMBP along with 2 iMacs and a MP 2014 all exhibiting amazing performance.

     

    How can a MBPro Retina 13 be two weeks old, it is almost 2015.

    Or were you referring to the modelID 11,3

     

    Please quit calling folks names. It clutters the thread and makes it hard to read. Keep civil and stick to details

  • by Zanaelf,

    Zanaelf Zanaelf Nov 2, 2014 3:13 PM in response to Darklykoz
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    Nov 2, 2014 3:13 PM in response to Darklykoz

    Well is it not usual that when you use something, you "have" to get used to it by force, rather than having first time use , you would feel you already used to it due to the less vagueness of a design,  ?

  • by Zanaelf,

    Zanaelf Zanaelf Nov 2, 2014 3:16 PM in response to MortenJamesCarlsen
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    Nov 2, 2014 3:16 PM in response to MortenJamesCarlsen

    For me it is not a matter of taste but usability.... looks like usability has been sacrificed for fashion. I don't think its design does the operating system justice, and ruins my ability to use  it at ease.

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