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In reply to the discussion: Upgraded to Yosemite yesterday [View all]

MattSh

(3,714 posts)
15. Had to go back to Mavericks...
Sat Dec 27, 2014, 09:33 AM
Dec 2014

Too many things were not working or sluggish.

Some simple Automator functions no longer worked. Like when a photo is added to a folder, open these 8 websites. Yosemite would open 3-5 then warn "Safari/Chrome couldn't open because it was not responding." Others were reporting other automator problems.

Process "WindowServer" seemed to alway use more CPU than under Mavericks. Others were also reporting this.

Very sluggish performance when browsing the web. Chrome especially. Keyboard would take forever to respond. Finally got it going with a trial version of App Tamer, plus Chrome add-ons that would suspend tabs when they were not active. But had problems with those too.

I am hoping that 10.10.2 will fix some of this, but maybe my machine is reaching the end of the line when it comes to OS upgrades. I have a 2008 MacBook Pro. This was happening with an SSD and 8GB of RAM, so the machine isn't particularly an underperformer.

So far now, it's bye bye Yosemite.


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I just upgraded this morning... Bryce Butler Oct 2014 #1
I like it. Although the download ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2014 #2
May I ask what is your processor speed and how much RAM you have? Auggie Oct 2014 #3
2012 Mac Mini Zorro Oct 2014 #4
Thanks Auggie Oct 2014 #6
I'm running Yosemite on a low spec Mac denem Oct 2014 #5
Thanks for your update Auggie Oct 2014 #7
Thanks for the info - I've been waiting to see what kinds of things people were reporting. GoneOffShore Oct 2014 #8
Upgraded my spring 2014 Air last week. 47of74 Oct 2014 #9
I had problems with chrome. Kablooie Oct 2014 #10
upgraded but cannot access iPhoto shanti Nov 2014 #11
Upgraded a few weeks ago. Moondog Nov 2014 #12
I upgraded last week, BarbaRosa Dec 2014 #13
I'm afraid to download Yosemite OrwellwasRight Dec 2014 #14
Had to go back to Mavericks... MattSh Dec 2014 #15
Thanks for that report. cbayer Dec 2014 #16
Yosemite worked great at first Nitram Jun 2015 #17
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