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Title: BEFORE you upgrade to El Capitan
Post by: kimmer on September 30, 2015, 02:06:25 PM
So-so article, but a few good reminders.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2985812/op...tml#tk.nl_macwk
Title: BEFORE you upgrade to El Capitan
Post by: jcarter on September 30, 2015, 03:45:04 PM
Thank you, I love the macworld info site.
Will wait a little while first, as I did the scan to see if my software is OK, and some isn't compatible.
Title: BEFORE you upgrade to El Capitan
Post by: Xairbusdriver on September 30, 2015, 03:52:38 PM
Certainly second the idea to NOT be the first one on your block to upgrade! wink.gif Never understood the desire to "bleed", even on the edges! laughhard.gif You may even make up the delayed install time by waiting until Apple's servers get back on-line from the initial traffic clogging! yes.gif OTOH, if you live in China, there are probably "alternative" download sites... eek2.gif
Title: BEFORE you upgrade to El Capitan
Post by: jchuzi on September 30, 2015, 06:08:54 PM
I make it a practice to not upgrade until there are at least two updates. 10.11.1 is already available to developers in its second beta incarnation, and the first came out before El Capitán was even released. I'll wait for 10.11.2 before taking the plunge.

In the meantime, I want to see if MS Office 2008 and Photoshop CS5 are compatible with EC. Of course, I'd like Disk Warrior, TechTool Pro and i1Profiler to be compatible as well. Others? Probably...

At any rate, patience is a virtue, except for Jim's avatar, of course.  whistling.gif
Title: BEFORE you upgrade to El Capitan
Post by: gunug on October 01, 2015, 10:38:58 AM
I was considering doing it on a 10.8.5 partition on the Macpro but the Store couldn't load that; I rebooted onto the 10.10 partition of the same machine
and 40 minutes later I have it.  Everything seems to work okay but I did go in and Disable SIP so I could use system level utilities (I like to tinker):

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-fix-os-x-el-c...nces-1733836821
Title: BEFORE you upgrade to El Capitan
Post by: Xairbusdriver on October 01, 2015, 10:44:04 AM
QUOTE("gunug")
Everything seems to work okay
I think we have a winner! Seems a recent birthday hasn't dampened his youthful exuberance... or maybe his 'devil may care' attitude?! laughhard.gif Of course, "everything seems to work okay" is from the same collection of phrases that include "Watch this!" and "Hold my beer." eek2.gif
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"Reasons to both Install and Wait" <MacIssues, Pros and Cons discussion>
Title: BEFORE you upgrade to El Capitan
Post by: jwboyd on October 03, 2015, 11:19:57 AM
I was, unfortunately, an "Early Adopter" of El Capitan. Fortunately, nearly everything works.

TechTool Pro 8 does not work, but I am sure they will fix it soon. I'm keeping Yosemite on a bootable external drive so I can use TTP when necessary.

And what happened to "Secure Empty Trash?" I was in the habit of always using it to empty my trash.

Printing may be a little slower, though I cannot document that.

Oh,well. Looking forward to the next iteration.

Joe


Title: BEFORE you upgrade to El Capitan
Post by: Xairbusdriver on October 03, 2015, 11:49:32 AM
I don't have EC yet, but the lack of "Secure Empty" may be related to the new System Integrity Protection functions.

Here's another familiar function that is no longer available by default: Permissions Repair. However, it can be easily enabled by typing just two words in Terminal. Details at this MacIssue blog: <MacIssues, October 2, 2015 by Topher Kessler>
Title: BEFORE you upgrade to El Capitan
Post by: jwboyd on October 03, 2015, 01:47:37 PM
Permissions Repair is not an issue for me.

I do a daily incremental backup with SuperDuper. It always repairs permissions before cloning.

Joe