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OSX Yosemite Updates Help!

Discussion in 'Questions and Answers' started by Sethdaddy8, Nov 7, 2014.

  1. Sethdaddy8

    Sethdaddy8 Well-Known Member

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    I have an older Macbook Air...a 2011. So I am leary that updating the OS to Yosemite will slow it down. Any thoughts or experiences here?
     
  2. bigbry

    bigbry Huge Member

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    Imeister with a chainsaw file reference in 3...2...
     
  3. 305

    305 Brawndo Club Member

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    Get off my lawn.
    Don't even know if the update is worth the time and effort... The only thing I would be concerned about is the apple malware that's being talked about in the media and whether the latest build of Yosemite helps defend against it... Which I have no idea.
     
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  4. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    It'll be fine. You may have some graphical sluggishness due to the transparency effects; however, you can turn those off in the Accessibility menu in System Preferences.

    There's no reason not to update, IMO.

    There are two concurrent stories. One is about a site in China affecting Chinese users, the malware of which has already been blocked. There's a second story about a privilege escalation vulnerability that has been reported to Apple and won't be made public until a patch is released (presumably coming in 10.10.1).
     
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  5. Muck

    Muck Throwback Uniform Crusader Retired Administrator

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    You should be fine.

    I upgraded an older, lower model MacBook from 10.6.8 for a friend without issue. Maybe run CCleaner before you upgrade.
     
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  6. Dolphin1184

    Dolphin1184 Member

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    I wonder if there will ever be an OS XI. It seems like they have had OS X out for a very long time.
     
  7. MikeHoncho

    MikeHoncho -=| Censored |=-

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    Have you tried using a hammer?

    Hammer out the kinks?
     
  8. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    Doubtful. They're fully vested in the OS X name. It's pretty well known at this point.
     

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