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Mac users (Mavericks)
My MacBook Pro is a 2008 model that meets the apple requirements for Mavericks.
I have upgraded it to Snow Leopard and 4 gigs ram.
It's my interwebby box.
As we all know, systems and software keep getting more and more demanding of our hardware.
Is Mavericks too much OS for my machine?
I don't want it to slow anything down.
The reason I'm asking is, I have a program that requires Mavericks (or Lion) to run.
Well, 2 programs actually. But, the one that turns every chord into an Am chord is not needed any more.
Thanks for any wisdom.
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Re: Mac users (Mavericks)
2014/02/24 11:37:30
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No mo Am?
And you expect answers here.
Pffft.
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Re: Mac users (Mavericks)
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Re: Mac users (Mavericks)
2014/02/26 19:10:12
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I'm a Maverick Mac user. However I've been a Windoze girl for the past 25 years and msdos for 10 years before that.
I'm still struggling to get my head around the Mac interface. I wish I could answer your question, but you probably know more than me.
The one pearl of wisdom I can offer is... Is your MacBook Intel based? Does Mavericks work on the old processors?
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Re: Mac users (Mavericks)
2014/02/27 10:45:36
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THANKS KARYN.
Yea, it's intel and as far as I can tell, it will install and run Mavericks.
Just wondering if there is any performance hit as that has always been the case for me on Windoz stuff.
The Mac interface is pretty simple mostly. Almost too simple, as there file management system is pretty lacking. I spent most of the time learning it by looking for stuff that doesn't exist. Such as "cut"...:)
Anyway, got any questions just ask. I'll try to help.
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Re: Mac users (Mavericks)
2014/02/27 10:56:35
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Hi Tim, not sure if you got an answer to your question.......but if not, this forum below should definitely get you some useful replies. (I bought the new Macbook Pro Retina (fully loaded) and got all my advice from the Apple forum there). http://forums.anandtech.com/forumdisplay.php?f=45
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Re: Mac users (Mavericks)
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Re: Mac users (Mavericks)
2014/02/28 16:09:30
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I finally upgraded my 2010 MacBook Pro from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion last fall and to Mavericks when it came out.
If I was given the option again, overall, I wouldn't do it because it just isn't as snappy on this computer - but on an internet-only machine, I probably would.
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Re: Mac users (Mavericks)
2014/02/28 18:13:47
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Thanks Rain. Yea, I went ahead and did it a few hours ago. I think I missed your post by about an hour:)
Anyway, not sure yet. Safari windows bounce around like on rubber bands when scrolling. Kind of annoying.
Scrolling is/was backwards. (fixed that I think).
Yea, I liked snow leopard better I think though. We'll see.
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Re: Mac users (Mavericks)
2014/02/28 19:28:32
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timidi
Thanks Rain. Yea, I went ahead and did it a few hours ago. I think I missed your post by about an hour:)
Anyway, not sure yet. Safari windows bounce around like on rubber bands when scrolling. Kind of annoying.
Scrolling is/was backwards. (fixed that I think).
Yea, I liked snow leopard better I think though. We'll see.
My week off the forum came at a bad time... I had forgotten that one - scrolling is indeed reversed. I can see how it makes sense in a way, but that goes against years of working the other way, so I too reverted to the traditional setting. On my machine though, Safari and internet seem to be more efficient. But I've also experienced a few odd bugs, like the vanishing "x" aka close button for tabs and I'm still experiencing the vanishing cursor on certain web sites - the video page on StarTrek web site kills my cursor every time, I'm guessing it's a plug-in or something. Easily fixed by clicking outside the Safari window, but a pain when navigating through pages. One thing I do love immensely though is having tabs in the finder as well - this has to be one of my favorite new features.
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