Yes, I shall do this. My Mac Pro was so old (one of the originals) that
it would not support Mavericks onwards so it had to go earlier this
year. I now have a MacBook Pro but linked to a Startech USB3 Dual Dock,
so was able to clone to that and boot from it. I have several old SATA
drives, so one of them will become the last clone of Mavericks before I
update the SSD on the MBP to Yosemite.
Regards, Graham
Jason Davies <mailto:[email protected]>
29 November 2014 17:38
On 29 Nov 2014, at 14:33, Graham Street wrote:
If it's mission critical and/or you have a spare drive, I'd keep a
clone of Mavericks all running nicely in a drawer for that time in
three months you discover some weird glitch at 1 am before a deadline;)
I did this recently. I have a fraction of a bitcoin and realised the
software no longer works, grabbed the nearest old clone and retrieved
it to another address.
(Thing about having a Mac Pro is they last so many OSs, I have to be
selective...I think I can go back to 10.6 and still boot;))
Graham Street <mailto:[email protected]>
29 November 2014 14:33
Thanks Jason - a good plan, and thanks for the suggestion. I cloned my
hard drive and booted from that on USB3, and then updated to Yosemite
for the tests. Despite all I read in advance, I managed to get CS3
versions of Photoshop, Fireworks and Illustrator all running.
Regards, Graham
Jason Davies <mailto:[email protected]>
27 November 2014 19:33
On 27 Nov 2014, at 18:00, Graham Street wrote:
I would update a clone and run from that with your usual workflows to
see what happens;) It's usually some tiny thing that's broken in these
upgrades that take you ages to find..
Graham Street <mailto:[email protected]>
27 November 2014 18:00
I'm thinking about the update from Mavericks to Yosemite but I wonder
about the compatibility of some old Adobe CS3 apps - specifically
Photoshop and Fireworks. So, I'm posting this in the hope someone's
tried running these? Google searches prove inconclusive so far.
I might decide to switch to Pixelmator but the latest version needs
Yosemite (so 'catch 22')
Thanks, Graham
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