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Same with Apple Maverick and the iCloud ... not a lot of mention of it until
after you had installed.
I think the plan is to sneakily get you onto the Cloud, and justify same by
pointing out the 'extreme amounts' of storage you’re getting for nothing (Wow!
A Whole 5 GIGABYTES!!),
Frank O'Connor wrote:
Same with Apple Maverick and the iCloud ... not a lot of mention of it until
after you had installed.
I've installed Little Snitch, a super configurable TCP/IP firewall
that informs me of every outgoing connection every application is
attempting to make. Once it is
Thanks Rick,
Little Snitch, Huh?
An aptly named little puppy. I'll give it a look.
Yeah ... the problem with major OS developers and hardware producers is that
more often than not they get to the point where it all becomes marketing and PR
and not enough attention is paid to the technology
Frank O'Connor wrote:
Yeah ... the problem with major OS developers and hardware producers is that
more often than not they get to the point where it all becomes marketing and
PR and not enough attention is paid to the technology development and adding
to the user value thingie.
A bigger
Like any number of Apple users I took advantage of the recent free upgrade to
MacOS X ... Maverick.
Aside from the odd glitch it doesn't seem too bad an OS release. It did take
about 24 hours after installation to do the necessary file system and other
maintenance that allowed it to function
On 1 November 2013 14:10, Frank O'Connor francisoconn...@bigpond.comwrote:
Well ... except for:
So, you'd recommend the upgrade for our more or less stock living room
mac? About 3 years old IIRC, basically used for web browsing.
- Jim
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Yeah Jim ...
I would.
Just pay attention to those caveats ... slightly slower I/O speed, the need to
leave it alone for about 24 hours to work out the file system and other
glitches (if you assessed the upgrade prior to the file system and other
maintenance it would get a fail, but trust me
