Abraham Girt
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Q: Should I upgrade to OS X Yosemite?

Hello, everyone I was wondering if I should upgrade my Mac to OS X Yosemite.

 

My Mac is running OS X Mavericks 10.9.5, and it already has good features including phone calling, SMS text messaging, iCloud Drive-like folder and more. But I really need to know if I should upgrade due to the new application incapabilities of Mavericks. Please tell me if I should, thank you!

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Mar 29, 2015 6:20 PM

by Abraham Girt,Solvedanswer
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A:

Okay, I'll see on that. Sorry, but I like to research more before I upgrade.

Posted on Mar 30, 2015 12:23 PM

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  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Mar 29, 2015 6:24 PM in response to Abraham Girt
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    Mar 29, 2015 6:24 PM in response to Abraham Girt

    it already has good features including phone calling,

    Interesting because this a Yosemite feature.

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Mar 29, 2015 7:26 PM in response to Abraham Girt
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    Mar 29, 2015 7:26 PM in response to Abraham Girt

    You got the best advice when you asked this same question last month:

     

    Upgrade to OS X Yosemite?

     

    If you install it on a partition or external drive, you can test it without using your regular system and can simply ignore or delete if you don't care for it.

  • by Abraham Girt,Solvedanswer

    Abraham Girt Abraham Girt Mar 30, 2015 12:23 PM in response to babowa
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    Mar 30, 2015 12:23 PM in response to babowa

    Okay, I'll see on that. Sorry, but I like to research more before I upgrade.

  • by Abraham Girt,

    Abraham Girt Abraham Girt Mar 30, 2015 12:27 PM in response to Lanny
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    Mar 30, 2015 12:27 PM in response to Lanny

    That's what makes me so mad! This so called 'new feature' "phone calling/SMS text messaging for Mac" has been here for years. Have you ever heard of Skype, and Viber apps. Those are phone calling and SMS text messaging apps aren't they? Apple is being very crazy on this!

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Mar 31, 2015 10:33 AM in response to Abraham Girt
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    Mar 31, 2015 10:33 AM in response to Abraham Girt

    One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install the new OS, and ‘test drive’ it. If you like/don’t like it it, you can then remove the partition. Do a backup before you do anything. By doing this, if you don’t like it you won’t have to go though the revert process.

     

    Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.


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