Item.199037MacInTouch ReaderYesterday I spoke of an issue updating Aperture resulting from using apre-App store version. Today I am happy!I called Apple Supportand within a couple of minutes had spoken to a real person. Shetransferred me to someone in the Pro Apps team who took the details of theproblem and then transferred me to his supervisor. Within a few minutes Ihad an App Store redemption code in my inbox and was downloading therequired version.Credit where it's due, it was relatively quick and painless and all 3people I spoke to were very helpful and polite.
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Apr 16, 2014 Typinator 5.9 – Speedy and reliable text expansion solution. April 16, 2014. Version 5.9: Fixes a problem that resulted in overlapping labels in input fields. Affinity Photo Beta 1.8.2.174. March 15, 2020. Developer Tools / Featured. Espresso 5.4.1. March 15, 2020. The Profile Manager allows you create and manage profiles. A new profile is useful for troubleshooting since it allows the application to run without extensions, themes, or customized settings. If you have multiple profiles you can use the Profile Manager to switch profiles.
The best thing though isthat it's resolved my problem. Item.199015Jeffrey JakucykRegarding Aperture, I got into an upgrade trap a while back havingpurchased the non-App Store version and dealing with still using SnowLeopard even when Lion and maybe Mountain Lion were out, so I was unableto get a 3.4.X update after 3.5.0 was already out (or something to thateffect, I don't remember the actual version numbers).Long story short, I had to call Apple support. Ask to talk to an Aperturesupport rep, the App Store people don't understand the Catch-22 issues.They e-mailed me a direct download link for the updater I needed, andalso a code or voucher or something that let me get the App Storeversion without having to pay for it when I did finally upgrade fromSnow Leopard. Item.199031Bill AnklamRegarding 'upgrading Aperture on Yosemite'.
I've used Aperture since version 2.0, originally purchased and then upgraded to version 3.0 via DVD. Last summer I bought a Nikon DSLR that was not supported by the last version of Aperture that ran on OS X 10.6. The only way to gain support was to 'upgrade' to OS X 10.8 so that I could download the most recent version of Aperture, which by that time was only available via the App Store. I made the leap of faith that the App Store would recognize my installed and licensed copy of Aperture. Luckily it did and I was not charged for the downloaded upgrade. Item.199056Tom MorrisonRather than killing Mail in the midst of a process, it might be moreuseful to open Mail's Activity Window (under the Window menu) to seejust what Mail is chewing on so avidly.I may try this next time. However, when I'm experiencing this problem,my MacBook Pro was barely usable.
I was in need of doing something toget it operational. There's a long thread on Apple's support site aboutthis issue - it's not unique to me.Based upon some research, I tried launching Mail with the Shift keydepressed (to ignore the saved state). I haven't experienced the problemsince that launch, but that's certainly not conclusive. Item.198994MacInTouch ReaderWiFi will not connect to the net with the release version of Yosemite onmy early 15' retina MacBook Pro. It gets a IP address and I see the DNS,but something is blocking net access.
It worked fine DP3-7 & GM2.Itdoesn't matter if I do a clean install after wiping the disk, install over10.9.5, or migrate from a 10.9.5 disk. It doesn't matter if Irestart/reset the cable modem, Airport Extreme (latest 'ac' version withlatest firmware), or remove WiFi configurations, attached networksettings, etc. Still doesn't work.I notice a few people havingtrouble, but haven't seen any solutions. I have filed a bug report withApple. Item.199036Stephen HartJohn Muccigrosso wrote:'Just want to make sure that everyone talking about command-tabbing is doing the same thing.' There are two different ways to do this:1. Hold down the command key and repeatedly hit tab.
(I suppose you could repeatedly hit command too.)'No, you can't hold down tab and repeatedly hit command.' This goes round and round for everyone who has clearly reported doing it.' (That is to say, hold down command and repeatedly hit tab.)'2. Hold down the command key and hold down tab too. This seems to go to the end of the row and stop.' Also my experience.'
I always do #1, so I didn't even realize that #2 behaved differently. (For the record, #1 has always worked for me, as far as I can remember, and still does on 10.9.5.)'Me too. And it works exactly the same way in Yosemite. Item.199038Stephen HartSondjata Olatunji wrote:'I thought I was the only one who was unhappy (putting it mildly) withYosemite's GUI. As far as usability is concerned, I opened up SystemPreferences today and almost could not tell which ones I had disabled.They were barely lighter than the active ones and the text was onlyslightly grey compared to the active ones. You would think that Apple ofall companies would understand the value of being able to immediatelytell the different states of a button.' Maybe you could elaborate, and maybe send links to screenshots.
I can'tunderstand what you mean. What system preferences did you want todisable and how? As far as I know, it's never been possible to disable awhole system preference panel.System Preferences looks bright,colorful and the icons are easily 'read' in Yosemite. Furthermore,System Preferences opens with no delay. Item.199041Johann BedaDanny mentions:'What's clear is that under Yosemite a machine connected via ethernet isnot exactly the same machine connected via wifi, even if it's got thesame name and MAC address. 'It should be noted that in fact, the MAC address for the wired ethernetis, and likely always will be, a different MAC address than that for theWiFi connection.
The MAC address is determined by the hardware, and isunique for each physical connection on the network (this is how thenetwork participants know to whom messages are addressed). Each MACaddress can be seen by going to 'System Preferences' - 'Network' -'Ethernet' - 'Advanced' - 'Hardware' and comparing that to 'SystemPreferences' - 'Network' - 'WiFi' - 'Advanced' - 'Hardware'. Item.199042Jmar GambolRe:Well, Apple has finally (had to) tell us Public Beta people what we wanted to know.Received an email from Apple telling me:Please install the release version of OS X Yosemite.And some other things, such as remembering to turn off pre-release updates.The link in the e-mail just takes you to the Yosemite page on Apple's site. If you choose to install, you'll get a notification in the App Store that you have already installed Yosemite. You can proceed to download anyway, but what's the point? Beta 6 is apparently identical to the release version, except for the sub-version number.
No update to the release version is listed in Updates.I know that, Stephen. But I wanted the shipping version, and now Apple tells me I was right. I downloaded and installed the shipping version just fine from the App Store. Why would you want to stay at Beta 6?
Item.199048Russ DumkeJust got an email from Ergonis re. Yosemite and their apps.
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Here's themeaty part:In this newsletter, we give you all the information you need about thecompatibility of our products with Apple's latest OS X version. Readingthrough this short message helps you to prepare for a painless upgradeto OS X Yosemite as far as our products are concerned.You are all set with the latest versions - read on if you are notup-to-dateCurrent versions are fully compatibleThe latest versions of PopCharX (6.7), Typinator (6.2) and KeyCue (7.3) are all fully compatible withOS X Yosemite. If you already run Yosemite or plan to upgrade soon,please make sure that you have the latest versions of our productsinstalled.Older versions may need an upgradeIf you are using an older versionof one of our products, see the following sections for product-specificinformation about compatibility and upgrade options.Free upgrades for recent licensesIf you already have a license forthe current major version (that is, PopChar 6.x, Typinator 6.x, orKeyCue 7.x), we strongly recommend that you update to the most recentversion available. Item.199080James FrenchUnder Yosemite, it looks like the log-in details of wi-fi networks thathave been accessed on one machine are now shared between all devices usingiCloud Keychain.Whilst I can see that this could well be very useful in manycircumstances, it is very annoying for me. I have two wi-fi networks inmy house - one provided by a regular router in my study and one by aTime Capsule in my lounge. Both networks can be accessed in either room,but performance is very poor in the 'wrong' room. However, I have tohave one network at the top of the preferred networks list for alldevices now.
So half the time, my devices are joining the wrong network.I can't figure a way to turn this feature off without turning off alliCloud Keychain syncing. Can anybody help? Item.199085Steven DeMottIn regards to BIAS Peak and other audio apps not working in Yosemite:Peak, I get, it's been EOL for years.
It is sad, since it was one of thebest 2-track editors around. I moved to using both DSP-Quattro & WaveEditor. Wave Editor has been renamed and updated, but I have not moved tothat, nor will I. The interface is a bit cumbersome for my workflow.
I'mwaiting on official word about DSP-Quattro. The last release (4.2.4) wasMavericks/Gatekeeper compatible so I am hopeful it will work with Yosemite.Digidesign/Avid has historically been slow to approve Pro Tools for usewith the latest OS.
Typically a month to 2 after the release.Digital Performer (my DAW of choice) is fully compatible with Yosemiteas is Sibelius. Finale has some issues that are being worked through. Item.199094Paul KillenI'm unable to reproduce this problem. I just successfully did an encode using version 0.9.9 x8664 , as shown in its About window.I'd check the Handbrake logs to see why it's failing, since the problem is not some fundamental incompatibility.Thank you for your experience.
Somehow when upgrading to Yosemite the privileges on the volume used to save encoded output changed to administrator only. Allowing the standard user (me) both read and write privileges rectified the problem. Item.199100James WilsonI upgraded to Yosemite and iPhoto was dead.
Apple Support on the phonesaid this is a known problem that they are working on, and he provided awork around that made iPhoto work again. He said that even though I did anew system install on my eBay MacBook Air and migrated my existinginformation to it, iPhoto was seeing the machine ID linked to the previousowner and refused to run.
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He said something about having to reestablishownership on the new machine, but I did not find out how to do that. Forsome time I have not been able to update iPhoto and iMovie because of thisissue, but they kept working, so I did not pursue it since I do not usethem often. When I was locked out of iPhoto it really got my attentionsince my images there were not accessible. Item.199103MacInTouch ReaderI admit I've come to like Apple products, but I have no ties to Apple and I'm not a tech expert. I'm just writing to express my insights (right or wrong).I stopped in an Apple store yesterday to play with Yosemite. It's a new generation of technology.
ICloud Drive, mail mark-up, what Apple calls Continuity. With iOS 8, users no longer have phones and computers, now users have integrated systems with no need for an IT professional or network server. Apple products have become easier to use, more functional, and less expensive than any competitor's.When Apple introduces Photos, an OLED TV, and a more powerful Pages, only people who have no need for more than the most basic technology will ever have a good reason to buy hardware or software from any other company.Okay, it's hyperbole. But, wow, Yosemite is an entirely new generation of OS.
Item.199104Ira FlatowI've got to agree with the critics of the low contrast, flat design ideas.When I switched to the Mac back in the '90s it was because I grew toappreciate the user experience. DOS and then Windows GUI seemed to be palein comparison. I enjoyed the Mac OS look and feel.After tryingYosemite and not enjoying any of the Mac icons and 'washed out' look andfeel, it's almost a step back to Mac OS 7 except Mac OS 7 was fun to lookat.I'll be staying with Mavericks for as long as possible or untilApple decides to bring back the look and feel for the rest of us. Item.199108Tom LovemanI was a Yosemite Beta tester and I experienced the same memory hogging by Mail. I started using the app 'Memory Clean' to monitor available memory, keeping an eye on it and that's how I was able to determine that Mail seems to hog memory when composing messages. Any other time, and it seemed okay. I generally managed memory this way through the last four of six beta releases.
I reported it to Apple repeatedly with more info as I had it. It seems a bit less catastrophic in the final release, but it's ridiculous still to have that happen. For much of the time, I switched to Thunderbird and didn't use Mail at all, except occasionally to check to see if it was still happening consistently.Until this is fixed, I recommend Memory Clean, which also will 'clean' your memory, freeing up the hogged RAM, or switch your email app for the time being. If anyone else has any suggestions, I'd like to hear! Item.199122Edward PaquetteWiFi will not connect to the net with the release version of Yosemite on my early 15' retina MacBook Pro. It gets a IP address and I see the DNS, but something is blocking net access. It worked fine DP3-7 & GM2.It doesn't matter if I do a clean install after wiping the disk, install over 10.9.5, or migrate from a 10.9.5 disk.
It doesn't matter if I restart/reset the cable modem, Airport Extreme (latest 'ac' version with latest firmware), or remove WiFi configurations, attached network settings, etc. Still doesn't work.I notice a few people having trouble, but haven't seen any solutions. I have filed a bug report with Apple.A friend had a similar problem. It turned out to be a conflict between Bluetooth and WiFi. His Apple wireless mouse would lose sync and there would be audio static with his wirless headphones. At times he would be dropped from WiFi connection.
The problem still exists and he has been following the discussion on Apple support. Item.199126MacInTouch ReaderFinally! Someone else had a Mac OS 9 deja vu experience when usingYosemite.I'm lucky enough to have a retina display. Along with an older MacBookAir (non-retina).On a retina display, Yosemite looks quite good; however, it does appearthat Apple optimized font smoothing on Yosemite for retina displays.When I use my older MacBook Air, the overall quality of the fontsmoothing is terrible and reminds me of Mac OS 9.
It's not even close toMavericks.I've fiddled with Terminal commands to change font smoothing, but Ihaven't found anything better than the Yosemite default. Also, turningoff font smoothing (System Preferences - General) looks even worse.Honestly, I don't get it. The operating system can detect what kind ofcomputer you're using and should be able to optimize font smoothing foreach different display. Why not allow users to select between two orthree fonts for pull down menus?Finally, it's not just the font smoothing. App icons in Yosemite, forexample, don't look very good on non-retina displays, unless the size ofthe icons is made quite large.One final observation.
When I do screen sharing and view the display ofthe MacBook Air on my retina display, it looks better than the actualdisplay on the MacBook Air. That shouldn't happen.I'm kind of disappointed with Apple. Item.199128Douglas ThielAfter installing Yosemite OS X 10.10 I get a strange request from the AppStore. I've submitted this bug to Apple's feedback page.When I open the AppStore and go to my Purchases it says 'You Have 2 Appsto Accept'.This relates to iPhoto 9.6, which is already on my system, and iMoviewhich I've deleted from my system previously under Mavericks and whichdoes not appear on my Yosemite install.Once I click on the Accept button and enter my Apple ID credentials, Iget a dialog that says, 'These apps have already been accepted.'
So I click away to another part of the App Store then come back toPurchases. Each time I come back to Purchases I have to start over fromthe beginning to no avail. Item.199130Stephen HartSkot Nelson wrote:'Yosemite isn't particularly bothering me, and there are many aspects ofits unobtrusiveness that I quite like.' It's hard to see what Apple could do to flag the tab in aFinder window that's active except put 'Active' on the tab.
A littleclicking reveals what light gray means. I have no problem with the samescheme in Safari.However it does seem to me that Safari's window gray is lighter thanother apps, and therefore has less contrast with windows behind it. Ifiled feedback on this during beta testing. Item.199139Jim RietzClair Judas stated:Regarding the Command-Tab function. Just a heads-up that you can reverse the direction with a Command-Tilde. Easier to invoke that a three key command.Actually, Command-Tilde rotates through windows within the current application.
To reverse the direction in either (windows or application switcher), hold the Shift key down.Shift Tab frequently reverses the order of entry fields as found in Contacts, webpage forms, spreadsheets, databases, and others. Tab goes through the field order normally and Shift Tab goes backwards.Applications can also be quitted when in the application switcher by Command Tab to initiate the app list, Tab to the app to quit (remembering Command is still down), and press Q key to Quit.All of these commands have been around for many versions (if not all) of OS X and some before OS X. Item.199143Bo ClawsonWiFi on Yosemite not connecting has happened with Mavericks, too.MacDailyNews yesterday suggests resetting the SMC to solve it: I haven't had to do this yet, so I'm just passing the info on.If nobody has posted it, here are the steps to reset it.Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)Resetting the SMC on portables with built-in batteries:1.
Shut down the computer.2. Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.3. On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.4.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.5. Press the power button to turn on the computer.Resetting the SMC on Mac portables with a battery you can remove:1. Shut down the computer.2. Disconnect the MagSafe power adapter from the computer, if it's connected.3. Remove the battery.4.
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.5. Release the power button.6.
Reconnect the battery and MagSafe power adapter.7. Press the power button to turn on the computer.Resetting the SMC for Mac Pro, Intel-based iMac, Intel-based Mac mini, or Intel-based Xserve:1. Shut down the computer.2.
Unplug the computer's power cord.3. Wait fifteen seconds.4. Attach the computer's power cord.5. Wait five seconds, then press the power button to turn on the computer.Note: Resetting the SMC does not reset, or otherwise change, the contents of PRAM, which is also known as NVRAM on Intel-based Macs.
Item.199146Matt PRe:'I upgraded to Yosemite and iPhoto was dead.' Had that experience on a friend's Mac, it was saying that iPhoto couldn't be verified for the user or something, even though it had been installed previously with the same ID that we logged in with to update it. How I resolved it:Safety Note: Put your iPhoto library on a backup drive or make a copy of it.First, I used AppZapper and deleted it and associated prefs (adjust the prefs to allow removal of Apple apps when it asks).Then I used FindAnyFile, and searched with root privs for iphoto and removed every bom, plist and anything else I could locate that looked like a pref or control file. Basically all files with the word iPhoto in them except ones that were inside other app packages (such as iPhoto icons in Toast's application package).Restarted the Mac, went to App store, installed without a hitch. Started it once, then quit.
Started it again, holding option key down, and selected the iPhoto library saved on the other drive. Works great, no issue at all. Item.199148Matt PWell I find it hard to imagine that anyone even bothers using Mac Mail. Ithas never been right in years and years.
It's always had some quirk ormajor problem affecting a huge amount of users. Every time a new OS isreleased it's the same old drudgery from tons of users.' My Mac Mail donebroke again!' I field calls in my work about it quite a bit. I try once with someoneand if Mail doesn't work I tell them they should call Apple or betterstill, just go and download Thunderbird. Did that just the other daywith a guy and we had his email working great in less than 10 minutesand we had spent a half hour messing around with Mac Mail.
Some peoplehave a use for more than Thunderbird offers but it's a very stable emailclient that would serve 95% of users' email needs.Save yourself the headaches and just go download it if you haven't triedit. I doubt you will be disappointed. I have never been in years, beenusing it since Version 1 or 2.The only other thing I'd recommend is Outlook, but it costs money. It isvery stable, too, though.
Item.199153A KalebergI looked up the wraparound command-tab issue, and the complaints aboutwraparound having stopped working seem to date at least back to 10.4. Itwas working on my machine, but then I went into System Preferences andturned on the 'Automatically reorder spaces based on most recent use'option. Wraparound stopped working.
I turned the option off. Thereordering ended, but wraparound no longer worked, or rather, repeatedtabs would move to the end then stop. I needed to hit one more tab to wrap.I looked at various old and new plists in my preferences folder, butcouldn't quite figure out what had been changed. I'm guessing thatwraparound works if you've never tinkered with some things, but once youstart tinkering it breaks, at least partially. I can no longer play'around the world', though one extra keystroke gets me the same oldcircular navigation.Also, I, too, tried to download the Mavericks installer and failed on mytwo year old Macbook Retina.
It was the 1004 error. I went to a five orsix year old 17 inch MacBook and it was able to do the download justfine.
Maybe Apple tests to see if you could install Yosemite, and if youcould, it refuses to let you download Mavericks. Otherwise, it justpumps out all 5.5GB.
Item.199157John CollinsMy aged (well beyond calling them 'aging') eyes are having a real hardtime with the gray on gray interface, as well as the lack of separatecontrols for Dock and Finder/menu appearance. I found the transparentmenus didn't work for me over a busy, darker colored image on the desktopor with a colorful window behind them. I even had them merge and break uplike pieces of a puzzle a couple of times.So I thought I was stuck with clicking the Increase Contrast and ReduceTransparency boxes in the Accessibility panel. It worked okay for menusand the title bar, but wow, does the dock look awful.
The small foldericons on the right looked terrible without some drop shadow and thetrash can became almost invisible. So the dock was unacceptable as itwas.Setting the menubar and dock to dark in the General Preferences panel ofthe System Preferences is totally unacceptable.Searching the web, I found reference to a small piece of donateware onSourceForge called.It allows you to change the dock appearance toseveral different choices including reverting to the Maverick's dock.It's real easy to use, just select your desired style from the drop downmenu and update.Works great! I chose Maverick's look.
The trash can can easily be seenagain over a darker corner of the desktop picture and the small flatfolders, altho they are still ugly, are more readily seen.(Now if could find a way to make the indicator for the open apps alittle larger.). Item.199160Douglas ThielCraig Colthorp wrote:One thing that has changed in the application switcher is that you usedto be able to quickly choose an app to switch to by flicking your mouseleft and right anywhere on the screen whilst holding down the commandkey after first command-tabbing.
In Yosemite you now have to hoverwithin the row of apps in order to select an app.I didn't know about that trick, but I'm not experiencing the constraintthat was reported. I can flick left or right, and the selection movesappropriately.
Flicking with the mouse does not wrap-around like thecmd-tab does. Item.199163Don EbyRef: James French comments on WiFi info syncing across all equipment. Istarted noticing this in Mavericks and it has persisted in Yosemite. Itravel with my laptop and iPhone quite regularly but seldom stay in thesame motel twice. If go to Setting: Network: WiFi: Advanced I now see thatevery WiFi I've ever logged into is not only burnt into memory but can'tbe persistently deleted. They just come back. Sure I could quit saving alllogins but then every time I visit our kids or relatives I have to askthem for their passwords.My home desktop has no need for all this fodder.
Item.199168Leonard CecilI installed Yosemite on my mid 2012 MacBook Air (2.0 Ghz, 256GB SSD, 8 GBRAM) after doing a housekeeping pass with CleanMyMac 2. Subjectiveexperience - no speed hit with Yosemite, but no increase either. All mystandard apps worked, but I did not get as far as trying out printing tomy HP 400 451dn (color printer). I was simply appalled at the Linux-ikegraphics of the interface. It looked like some wannabe graphic designer'sapplication draft for Podunc University's Department of Graphic Design andAnimal Husbandry.
Ugly 2D buttons in the upper left corner of the windows,flimsy stick-figure drawings for back and forwards.I remember in a video interview, Steve Jobs said something to the effect'The problem with Windows is, they just have no taste.' Windows or Linuxof about 7-8 years ago.
Some Linux people posted to screen shot I'dposted 'I don't se anything wrong.' Yep, that's kind of the problem.Why trade in a car that looks like a Ferrari for one that looks like aChevy? What scares me is, someone with the design power to say 'yes' tothis OS actually said it. Item.199169Joe FLow contrast isn't just a issue as you get older. A potential side effect of some eye surgeries is a loss of contrast in your vision.
ICL and cataract surgery are example and aren't necessarily age dependent.Even with 'normal' vision it's annoying. I use Windows at work and Macs at home and the difference between the two in terms of visually navigating the interface is very apparent.
Or at least it used to be. It's not just the lack of contrast, although that's a big part of it, a lot of useful visual cues have been lost in recent Mac OS versions.Apple needs less graphic arts and more usability design for their UI.
Yosemite is the first Mac OS upgrade in recent memory that has significant functionality enhancements. 10.7,.8, and.9 may have had some good under-the-hood changes; but functionally speaking, the changes where minor (in.my. humble opinion).
Yosemite is the first upgrade since Snow Leopard I would have been willing to pay for to get the new features. It's a shame they treat the UI as a work of art instead of user interface. Item.199172James BrinkleyRegarding Peak Pro 7 on Yosemite.I always install a new system on a cloned disc just to see what effect it will have on Peak. On my 27' 2013 iMac, the program works as expected, and I had no trouble launching or closing the program, performing audio processes, saving files, etc.However, once you open a music file and do anything to it, its waveform window is hard to get rid of.
Close the file, and the waveform window doesn't go away. You can hide Peak, but the waveform file doesn't hide. The only way to get rid of it is to quit Peak entirely, and then it's gone. From my brief testing this is only a cosmetic issue, but as cosmetic issues go, it's not minor.Yup - agreed - same with Peak Pro 6 - I ended up deleting Yosemite andusing Time Machine to go back to running OS X Mavericks.
Bias Peak isback to working perfectly now. Item.199173Gary MasonI have found a serious (to me anyway) problem in Preview. I open an image. I crop the image. Using the Option key (because you can no longer see the 'Save as.'
Pick without doing it) I 'Save As.' By appending an 'a' to the original name. I then save the newly cropped image. But when viewing both the original and the cropped images, they both are in the cropped form. The original image is also changed, which it should not be. I have tested this many times - always the same result.
Item.199174Samuel HerschbeinSkot Nelson said:There's another fundamental value of an interface, which is to get out of the way of the user accomplishing their goals - which are usually not 'to use the interface.' This seems like a Catch-22: You need the UI to get your goals done but you want it out of the way to get your goals done.It's a given that reaching your goals requires using the UI. IMHO you don't want it out of the way, you want it to be easy to access, while being as minimal as possible, easy to understand, and fully functional. It should be like a fisherman's bait box: the trays fold out so everything is visible, and all the lures are in their own compartment so they're easy to see.IMHO an example of bad UI is Office's new Ribbons. They're not easy to understand, they use too much real-estate, they have too much unnecessary and confusing eye-candy.IMHO Apple is going to the other extreme: hiding UI elements so you have to play hide-and-seek to find UI controls.
UI interactions in Snow Leopard that took a click and drag often require many more clicks and drags in Mavericks' and Yosemite's minimalist UI. This may look good, but it is counter-productive.One example of Apple going to far with minimalism is in Mail: you have to mouse around and learn where the popup UI is in the message pane to save attachments.
That's a very small amount of real estate which, IMHO, is counterproductive to hide.I use my computer to get work done, not play games with the UI. Item.199183James CutlerSomeone said about the Yosemite release,'. Beta 6 is apparently identical to the release version, except for the sub-version number.' Differences may or may not be apparent depending on your environment.
For just one example, Mail in the final release version of Yosemite works properly on a MacBookPro3,1 whereas in every DP and GM release Mail had problems.Admittedly, arguing from a position of little knowledge is entertaining. But, consider that when you do find a problem and want support, the first thing a competent support person will do is confirm that your software is up to date. Item.199186Stephen HartMacInTouch Reader wrote:'Yesterday I spoke of an issue updating Aperture resulting from using apre-App store version.
Today I am happy! I called Apple Support.'
I have a similar anecdote, which I've mentioned on MacInTouch before. Atsome point, I decided I'd bite the bullet and buy Final Cut Pro X. (Icould never come to grips with iMovie for some reason, even though myvideo needs are minimal.)My card was charged, but the downloadfailed several times over a couple of days.I e-mailed Apple,hoping to get the download completed somehow, and got a quick responsethat the charges were reversed, and I could try purchasing Final Cut ProX again.So, proceeding along that path, I found that the AppStore still had my original request, and this time, the downloadcompleted.I e-mailed back explaining the situation and offeringto pay for the completed download.Apple just said 'Enjoy! And thanksfor being a customer.'
Moral: If there's a problem, contact Apple directly.BTW, I'm happy with Final Cut. Item.199189Michael TI agree with Dan Y and others about the poor GUI choices Apple is making.I've been a Macintosh consultant and tutor for 20 years. One of the mostfrequent complaints over the past few years is the increasing use of greytext and thin text on web pages and system interfaces (IOS 7 and 8.)Yosemite makes this far worse. The Contrast Preference inside theAccessibility Panel pretty much only makes the background brighter anddoes not make the text darker.
Invert Colors is overkill for most everyone.I offer these suggestions to Apple or 3rd party developers.1) Create a preference inside General or Accessibility 'Make TextBlacker (or Darker).' A slider would be great.2) Have a 'Bold Text' preference that would change system text stylewherever possible. IOS 8 has done a little of this.3) Within Safari, make a preference 'Make Text Darker'. Even a toolbarset of buttons like the Big A/ little A, Zoom In/Out buttons. (Iroutinely put this one on the Safari Toolbar to great appreciation.) AnySafari Extension programmers out there?4) A choice for 3D effect would also be great. Item.199194Steve ThumanMacInTouch Reader wrote:WiFi will not connect to the net with the release version of Yosemite onmy early 15' retina MacBook Pro. It gets a IP address and I see the DNS,but something is blocking net access.
It worked fine DP3-7 & GM2.It doesn't matter if I do a clean install after wiping the disk,install over 10.9.5, or migrate from a 10.9.5 disk. It doesn't matterif I restart/reset the cable modem, Airport Extreme (latest 'ac'version with latest firmware), or remove WiFi configurations, attachednetwork settings, etc. Still doesn't work.I notice a few people having trouble, but haven't seen any solutions.I have filed a bug report with Apple.I had a problem that displayed the same symptoms a year ir so ago. Itturned out that my Comcast cable modem was blocking it. I'm sorry Ican't remember the specific fix but remember it had to do with deletingrecent devices that had connected to my WiFi (through AirPort Extreme inbridge mode). So you might try looking into doing a full reset of yourcable modem to clear out the junk in it. I remember I couldn't findanything that showed me what devices were being blocked, but rememberdoing a factory reset on it.
I hope this helps. Item.199198Mike SpanglerMail is now working in both directions.I found a tip online that said to uncheck the 'Automatically detectand maintain account settings' box.That is under theadvanced tab in the SMTP server setup dialog.That fixed it. Apparently the box should say 'Automatically bungle thesettings.' Previously I had mentioned that Yosemite was quite slow. It wasapparently the reindexing of Spotlight. It also filled up Time Machineand so had to toss out some old backups from 2012.
The horror!Speed is generally slower than Snow Leopard, but not much. Safari isdefinitely faster now. Item.199199Rick RobinsonI upgraded to Yosemite and iPhoto was dead. Apple Support on the phone said this is a known problem that they are working on, and he provided a work around that made iPhoto work again. He said that even though I did a new system install on my eBay MacBook Air and migrated my existing information to it, iPhoto was seeing the machine ID linked to the previous owner and refused to run. He said something about having to reestablish ownership on the new machine, but I did not find out how to do that.
For some time I have not been able to update iPhoto and iMovie because of this issue, but they kept working, so I did not pursue it since I do not use them often. When I was locked out of iPhoto it really got my attention since my images there were not accessible.I completely deleted iPhoto (using AppCleaner), downloaded it again fromApple.com and installed it. Problem solved. Item.199205MacInTouch ReaderGiven these remarks about Yosemite's GUI and lack of contrast, I waswondering if those providing tech support to older family members wouldcare to comment on how well Yosemite is being received by this generationof user.I have parents (in a different city) using a MacBook Air (2012) running10.8. I provide tech support and do their updates via screen sharing(there have been a few reports of screen sharing problems, are thesewidespread)I didn't upgrade them to 10.9 because of initial performance, Mail and afew other 'minor' GUI and operational issues. Now, I am wondering whatto do:a) leave them in 10.8 while this system is still supported(security-wise) and they have gotten used to itb) move them to 10.9(finally),c) skip over to 10.10 ord) wait to see what surprises10.11 brings (when 10.8 support falls to wayside).Any thoughts on what the older crowd (65+) thinks of the new GUI,etcwould be most appreciated.Thanks again to MacInTouch for providing 20 years of a great forum andresource for all to benefit from.
Item.199206Ian WrightDock Hiding:One small change for Apple that is a big change forpersonkind is the disappearance of the Dock Hide/Unhide option from theApple menu. As one who frequently switches between desk work andpresentations, I'd often turn Dock hiding on and off before or during apresentation or when using particular apps, using the Apple menu. To haveto go into System Preferences to toggle it is a usability pain. Threeclicks when one used to suffice.iTunes 12:While I'm on a roll, in iTunes 12 the loss of theability to quickly toggle between the miniplayer and the full iTuneswindow is really annoying. The little rectangle both in the miniplayerand full window that toggled back and forth is gone. Curiously the AppleHelp option for iTunes actually shows the rectangle - it just doesn'tappear in my miniplayer or iTunes expanded window.
Item.199227Barry TrudellThis seems to work re. Notifications in Yosemite keep resetting themselves:Here are the instructions I got from AppleCare from an Apple engineer.I'm not sure if the fix was specifically for my machine or if it'll workfor someone else. Follow at your own risk.1. Open the Library folder in your Home folder.2. In the Libraryfolder, open the Application Support folder.3. Locate the foldernamed NotificationCenter.
Drag this folder to the desktop.4. Next,open the Terminal application.Copy and paste each line of thesecommands into the Terminal window, in order. Press return after eachline:cd `getconf DARWINUSERDIR`rm -rf com.apple.notificationcenterkillallusernoted; killall NotificationCenter5. Close the Terminal app.6. Restart your computer.The notification preference changes won't stick until you restart a2nd time after this. Item.199234Stephen HartDouglas Thiel wrote:'After installing Yosemite OS X 10.10 I get a strange request from theApp Store.
I've submitted this bug to Apple's feedback page. When I openthe AppStore and go to my Purchases it says 'You Have 2 Apps to Accept'.' This has nothing to do with Yosemite. It's a long-standing problem thatI've seen intermittently at least all the way through Mavericks, and I'mpretty sure before.Oddly, where I see it occurring is for iMovieand iPhoto, neither of which I use.Actually, now that I thinkabout it I.haven't. seen this in any of the betas of Yosemite. Item.199239Clair JudasRegarding Command+Tab:In response to my tip about Command+Tilde, Jim Rietz responded:Actually, Command-Tilde rotates through windows within the currentapplication.Perhaps I could have been more clear. If you have already invoked theCommand+Tab, and still have the Command key pressed, press the tilde toreverse the direction of the highlighting.You can actually switch back and forth between tab and tilde to moveexactly to the application you want.
Just keep the Command key depressed.It's worked this way for many years. Item.199240MacInTouch ReaderWiFi will not connect to the net with the release version of Yosemiteon my early 15' retina MacBook Pro. It gets a IP address and I see theDNS, but something is blocking net access.
It worked fine DP3-7 & GM2.It doesn't matter if I do a clean install after wiping the disk,install over 10.9.5, or migrate from a 10.9.5 disk. It doesn't matterif I restart/reset the cable modem, Airport Extreme (latest 'ac'version with latest firmware), or remove WiFi configurations, attachednetwork settings, etc. Still doesn't work.I notice a few peoplehaving trouble, but haven't seen any solutions.
I have filed a bugreport with Apple.A friend had a similar problem. It turned out to be a conflict betweenBluetooth and WiFi. His Apple wireless mouse would lose sync and therewould be audio static with his wirless headphones. At times he wouldbe dropped from WiFi connection. The problem still exists and he hasbeen following the discussion on Apple support.There is no halfway or sometimes working, it never works. The WiFi doeswork if I do a clean install with defaults, so the hardware is ok. Assoon as I migrate my 10.9.5 installation, then the Wi Fi quits working.I'm working with Apple through the developer bug website, so hopefullythis issue can be resolved.Yosemite install over 10.9.5 worked fine on my 2010 Mac Pro (both WiFiand internet works) and my 2011 iMac.
The software/programs/setup on myMac Pro are almost the same as my MacBook Pro, since I mirror my officeworking tasks when I travel on my laptop. Item.199241Pete Van Der GooreAfter installing Yosemite OS X 10.10 I get a strange request from the App Store. I've submitted this bug to Apple's feedback page.When I open the AppStore and go to my Purchases it says 'You Have 2 Apps to Accept'.This relates to iPhoto 9.6, which is already on my system, and iMovie which I've deleted from my system previously under Mavericks and which does not appear on my Yosemite install.Once I click on the Accept button and enter my Apple ID credentials, I get a dialog that says, 'These apps have already been accepted.' So I click away to another part of the App Store then come back to Purchases. Each time I come back to Purchases I have to start over from the beginning to no avail.I got that same message.
For some reason the apps were not completely installed. Eventually they downloaded and installed yesterday and the message went away. Item.199231MacInTouch ReaderAs released by Apple, Yosemite, and especially Yosemite upgrades, pose issues for users who run the TeX typesetting system and related software. The developers of TeX are working around them, but TeX users should take note of the situation.Yosemite upgrades pause for a long time close to the end - with two minutes remaining or so - because the upgrade archives everything in /usr/local and then moves it back. The 'TeXLive' distribution of TeX installs a great number of files there - I have the entire TeXLive 2014 distribution installed, and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion tells me that 4.88 GB of of space is used for more than 141,000 files.Yosemite fails to follow programming conventions that apply to prior releases of OS X.
These involve taking environment variable values from settings files used by the Bash shell. This transfer of values is standard for Unix-based operating systems including OS X, and coding around it requires work and time.Links of interest:Discussion thread on a mailing list devoted to TeX on Mac OS X:StackExchange discussion of environment variables issues, with workarounds. Item.199115MacInTouch ReaderThomas Wilson asks'Does anyone know if there are age differences in the acceptability of the 'gray on gray' interface?' A large subset of users will continue to be slowed down in the amount of work that they can get done on their Macs until Apple will facilitate user control of contrast in menu bars and buttons.
Any professional typesetter knows that readability of text is a priority.I can turn up the brightness of my monitor, which enables me to see gray text on gray backgrounds much better, but then the excessive overall brightness of the screen hurts my eyes.There are numerous studies that show that visual acuity diminishes with age under low light and low contrast conditions. For example, The University of Calgary describes and charts these effects:They show illustrations of visual acuity charts, with a high contrast chart being black text on white, and a low contrast chart being light gray text on white. They graph age differences in 'contrast sensitivity function' showing the significant decrease from 20 year olds to those in their 70s. People in their 50s are right in the middle between those in their 20s or 70s, in terms decreased visual acuity.' Our maximum sensitivity to light starts to decline in the third decade of our lives.
Indeed, starting with age twenty, the intensity of illumination must be doubled for every increase of thirteen years for a light to be just seen.' - medicine.jrank.org'Contrast sensitivity peaks in adolescence and starts to decline in early adulthood. As would be expected from the acuity data, older adults require very high contrast to resolve small objects, or high spatial frequencies, at even higher levels of illumination.Since the accurate processing of lower spatial frequencies are important for reading, face and object recognition, and road sign identification, the reduction of contrast sensitivity to these spatial frequencies places the older perceiver at a disadvantage for quick and accurate responding.' - medicine.jrank.org'from the age of 40, contrast sensitivity at higher spatial frequencies starts to decline until at the age of 80 it has been reduced by up to 83%!'
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