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JakeGould
JakeGould
4:12 AM
So here is a question I want to post somewhere but don’t know how to do it or even if the topic might be covered. I am on Mac OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks) right now and have avoided Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite). But now with Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) out, I am wondering if upgrading to Mac OS X 10.10.5 (note the patch level) is considered a good path. I’ve heard tons of stuff from people who went to 10.10 but then wanted to go back to 10.9.5 early on. Is that still the case now? Is 10.10.5 stable now?
 
 
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grgarside
grgarside
7:19 AM
@Jake This seems a bit opinion-based, or at the very least specific to a certain user's setup or apps. Perhaps if you could be more specific with what your setup is and what features are essential to that which can be directly compared across OS X versions?
 
JakeGould
JakeGould
7:48 AM
@grgarside The specific concern for me is overall stability with basic apps. I do development and Linux systems administration. I don’t even use Microsoft Office thanks to Libre Office. So the concern I have is the constant talk of reboots, crashes and restarts. Something I never experience on Mac OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks).
 
 
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bmike
bmike
5:03 PM
@JakeGould I would support a question that had an objective criteria for stability. It would invite good-subjective answers in terms of uptime, memory leaks, etc...
I personally found the 10.11 betas to be equally or more stable than 10.10 use cases and objectively more reliable since SIP eliminates all sorts of crap extensions and edge cases. My feeling is most people won't reboot 10.11 except when a security or combo patch asks for a reboot.
 
bmike
bmike
5:39 PM
Are people with review privileges seeing a big fat goose egg yet for the total review queue?
 
 
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JakeGould
JakeGould
7:54 PM
@bmike Thanks. I posted a question. I hope it’s clear and succinct enough. If not, I welcome comments on how to improve it. apple.stackexchange.com/questions/209973/…
 
 
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bmike
bmike
9:19 PM
@JakeGould yay - some people won't like the word count, but I don't have a problem with it
You used words to be analytical and clear about your requirements - not because you were totally rambling on with no end in sight
@grgarside You rock! Thanks
 
 
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JakeGould
JakeGould
10:27 PM
@bmike Thanks! I like to be analytical and honestly if someone can’t read the first part and then understand what I mean, they shouldn’t even bother with the other part. So hey!
 

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