I upgraded from Lion. My guess is that if you see it on the AppStore, you can upgrade. If not, there will be several posts on the web on how to do it!
-- Owen On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Russell Standish <[email protected]>wrote: > I gather Mavericks is not available for Snow leopard users? > > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 02:25:01PM -0600, Steve Smith wrote: > > Thanks to both Owen and Marcus for the good reports... While I've > > never dreaded an OSX update like I have Winderz major releases, I > > have always avoided being an early adopter... I might just take the > > plunge. > > > > I'm wondering why VM compression hasn't caught on sooner? Has the > > physical memory curve kept ahead of it well enough, or is the > > compute-cost simply too high? > > > > My mother-in-law's 2009 MacBook (not pro) is grinding a lot on VM > > (mostly from web browsing)... I was going to look into possibly > > downgrading her Safari/Firefox to an older version that might not be > > as memory-hungry, or putting in some extra memory... but maybe > > upgrading her system to Mavericks will provide the needed relief? > > > > Except for the very unfortunate codename "Mavericks" it sounds very > > promising... supposedly the name came from a Surf Beach near Half > > Moon Bay, possibly suggesting "a new wave" in OS... despite > > apparently being very similar to Mountain Lion, maybe it *does* > > portend a "new wave". One has to wonder "did they just run out of > > Big Cat names?" in the same way that they are running out of decimal > > digits (10.9) or does this signify a significant change in direction > > (gearing up for a big change in 11 and naming after surf beaches for > > the next generation?). > > > > Sadly I can't hear the term "Mavericks" without hearing it in Sarah > > Palin's pinched Wasila-Whine of a voice. I'll try to superpose the > > image of a young James Garner making some dry, witty remark near the > > end of a poker game on a riverboat instead. And who knew that > > Roger Moore was on that late 50's TV western as cousin Beau > > Maverick? > > > > > > >Just converted to Mavericks and it seem great. And the upgrade > > >was free .. not sure why. > > > > > >Steps: > > >First > > >- Clean obsolete kruft from computer. OmniDiskSweeper (free) is > > >very useful. > > >Also look at apps finding old and unused apps especially ones > > >unlikely to run. > > >Delete with AppZapper or similar .. need to remove prefs etc. > > >- Build a Superduper bootable backup. This is useful both as a > > >fallback, and if you > > >want a clean build, you boot from that and have the installer > > >build on your > > >internal boot disk. Probably need to clear/format/repair the disk > > >w/ DiskUtil. > > >- I searched for a "how to migrate to Mavericks" article which > > >included all that > > >Then > > >- Go to App Store and download installer (takes quite a while due to > size) > > >- When downloaded, pops up the installer. You can quit it and > > >install later if you'd like, in Apps folder > > >- Took quite a while to install as well, but seemed to do a sweet job > > >- Initially asked for lots of permissions and other transition > > >annoyances, but not bad. > > >- Smoothest install I've ever had. > > > > > > -- Owen > > > > > > > > >On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Marcus G. Daniels > > ><[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > On 7/12/13, 4:08 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > > >> My performance problems were solved (pushed back) with 8MB of > > >> memory so I'm happy for the moment. I'm expecting that next time > > >> I feel like a HD upgrade (the one in it fails, my data hoarding > > >> and sloppy housekeeping fills it up, or I upgrade to a new > > >> machine) that SSDs will be much more affordable. > > > OSX Mavericks now has compression in the virtual memory > > >system. I've been doing parallel builds all day and I see the > > >Activity > > > Monitor regularly showing 2GB of compressed memory (on an old 4GB > > > 2009 era MacBook Pro). If that had to hit disk, the system would > > > grind to a halt, but it doesn't. It seems to work well. > > > > > > Marcus > > > > > > P.S. Linux has had this for a while in various forms for a number > > > of years, e.g compcache. > > > > > > ============================================================ > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > > to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >============================================================ > > >FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > >Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > >to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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