phillipni

Q: why is yosemite so slow compared to previous OS?

why has yosemite made my macbook so much slower than it was before?

how can I revert to an earlier version such as mountain lion?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2008), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 29, 2014 3:40 PM

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Q: why is yosemite so slow compared to previous OS?

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  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Oct 29, 2014 4:01 PM in response to phillipni
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    Oct 29, 2014 4:01 PM in response to phillipni

    Here are some articles that may assist you:

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14176

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6162

     

    http://http://www.macworld.com/article/2458050/how-to-revert-to-mavericks-from-t he-yosemite-public-beta.html

     

    Note that the same principles will apply to those articles that refer to Mavericks as the 'current' OSX.

     

    You also can solve the problem by using the original installation disks that came with your MBP.

     

    Ciao.

  • by Barry Hemphill,

    Barry Hemphill Barry Hemphill Oct 29, 2014 4:02 PM in response to phillipni
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    Oct 29, 2014 4:02 PM in response to phillipni

    phillipni wrote:

     

    why has yosemite made my macbook so much slower than it was before?

    how can I revert to an earlier version such as mountain lion?

    It is not "slower."

     

    You can reinstall an earlier version using the recovery disk.

     

    Barry

  • by Smallbusinessman,

    Smallbusinessman Smallbusinessman Nov 1, 2014 2:54 PM in response to Barry Hemphill
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    Nov 1, 2014 2:54 PM in response to Barry Hemphill

    Could have fooled me.  It's ugly, complicated, broke too many things and is slow as all get out.  I've been a user since the 512k.  I know how planned obsolescence works and this is a fine example of Windows8 style complexity and a lack of simplicity.  We users have too much to do in our electronic worlds to go through such a learning (or repair) curve for the simplest of things.  Much is wrong as I've noted on my FaceBook pages, at Michael Patrick Murphy.

     

    Apple needs to make things simpler, test more before a release and not play games with the truth after it does get released.  We are not your fee paying testers.  When the last version broke all my Adobe apps at a huge expense to me, I lost faith in Apple.  It is not a sainted operating system.  I am not a blind follower of Apple.  It can still see a lot of improvement.

     

     

  • by Network 23,

    Network 23 Network 23 Nov 1, 2014 4:03 PM in response to phillipni
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    Nov 1, 2014 4:03 PM in response to phillipni

    How long as it been running in Yosemite? Like any OS X upgrade it will be slower the first day as it does set up things like having Spotlight reindex the drive. But after a while it should be fine.

     

    Many users are saying Yosemite is faster, some are reporting better battery life.

     

    Also make sure all your apps and utilities are compatible with Yosemite. If some are not, they could be creating conflicts. Especially if they are startup items or utilities that run in the background.