Still on 10.10.2 on both Macs...not even considering upgrading until the issues with MS Office are resolved.
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Any Regrets for upgrading to El Capitan?
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Still on 10.10.2 on both Macs...not even considering upgrading until the issues with MS Office are resolved.
Which version of Office? If it's 2011, you may be waiting a while for any fixes now that they've released 2016 and 2011 is 5 years old.
Not necessarily, in the past couple of weeks Microsoft has released 2 updates for Office 2011 (14.5.6 & 14.5.7).
Both you guys are completely wrong. As was said above MS has released two updates for Office 2011 this month and released this statement:
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So far Office has been stable for me (no Outlook & 14.5.7), equally I have spent so much time trying to get Apple`s own Mail to work without crashing, removing settings, refusing accept new settings without a full system reboot, all on a clean install. Other issues are, however not limited to Preview, AirDrop, System Preferences & VPN services.
The quality of OS X`s initial releases had been degrading over recent years, so in retrospect those incurring multiple issues with 10.11.0 is unsurprising. I just upgraded a HP Notebook from Windows 7 to Windows 10, without any issue, it`s 7 year old hardware...
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10.11 is the best os i ve ever tried on this mac.
In terms of speed Snow leopard is still the best, but 10.11 offers the best user experience and general performance.
My personal chart:
1)El Capitan
2)Snow Leopard
3)Mavericks
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ps: i m talking only about this "new" 2008 macbook air, not about ppc macs: i liked panther and tiger the most
In terms of speed Snow leopard is still the best, but 10.11 offers the best user experience and general performance.
My personal chart:
1)El Capitan
2)Snow Leopard
3)Mavericks
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ps: i m talking only about this "new" 2008 macbook air, not about ppc macs: i liked panther and tiger the most
How are you judging "user experience" and measuring "performance?" I think Apple knows they screwed up by releasing this too early.
it s my personal opinion!
A comparison to ios:
I think ios is every year less stable and filled with untested functions.
When i turn on old devices with ios 3, i think it s just perfect, totally tested and 100% stable.
now ios 9 is better than 8 and 7, but it s just bad. It s not "just working" as it was once.
Mac os was perfect and 100% stable (in my user experience) with Panther and Tiger.
Later every year i saw problems and instability, (some exception : snow leopard was better than leopard) untill now. I think 10.11 is the best os after tiger. it s not a fact, it s an opinion based on my impressions
ps: ios is still the best mobile os for me
The extremely rapid release of 10.11.1 beta is also rather telling. I am just hoping it resolves some of these basic issues. Right now 10.11 is not an OS I want to stay with for any period of time.
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No regrets here. El Capitan is a vast improvement over Yosemite on my MBP. It's like night and day. Sure they are some little quirks but compared to Yosemite, they are nothing.
The problem is that I have all my mails since 2006. And these would be lost.
And I can't reinstall e.g. Quark 7.5 on Mountain Lion, this was installed at 10.6.8 earlier.
Word 2011 always crashes in El Capitan when I try to open my documents with clipart, drawings and MathType formulas.
And my Caldigit USB3 card isn't working anymore. For me there is no reason to upgrade until these problems are solved.
Finally I hope...
Sure no problems on 10.11`s launch
Apple needs to release OS updates when they are ready, not half baked, the installer and Mail being broken in the initial release is simply an embarrassment...
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Sure no problems on 10.11`s launch
Apple needs to release OS updates when they are ready, not half baked, the installer and Mail being broken in the initial release is simply an embarrassment...Q-6
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Upgrade, plus two clean installs, just to get basic functionality. For many the issues are real, and in some cases ongoing. Personally I expect Apple to get right first time, it`s not like they are dealing with the same level of hardware complexity as Microsoft.
Had Apple held off until these issues where resolved I wouldn't have had to waste my time, nor dare I say others with similar issues. As the .1 release has so far resolved the significant issues.
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I posted in another thread that the 10.11.1 update was causing kernel panics. Performed a clean install last night and all seems to be well today.
I will note that the kernel panics were being caused by JetDrive Lite software but continued even after removing the software.
I will note that the kernel panics were being caused by JetDrive Lite software but continued even after removing the software.
Did you perform a restore of your apps with Migration Assistent after the clean install of OS X 10.11.1?
Cheers
I *love* El Cap - it's Apple's best, most versatile, most intelligent OS ever.
The upgrade was seamless and I flow through my work day with it as smooth as silk! #love
The upgrade was seamless and I flow through my work day with it as smooth as silk! #love
YES
Mail got borked big time
In hindsight wish I'd stayed on Mavericks
Yosemite is awful and so is el CRAPITAN
So much for ive's great taste....
BRING BACK STEVE FORSTALL !!!
Mail got borked big time
In hindsight wish I'd stayed on Mavericks
Yosemite is awful and so is el CRAPITAN
So much for ive's great taste....
BRING BACK STEVE FORSTALL !!!
10.11.1 fixed my mail issues, equally they should never have been present in the first place. Simply subpar, Apple represents itself as a premium provider, unfortunately as few hold them accountable we can only expect more of the same...
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I don't use Quark but it might be possible to copy its support files and preferences from Clone to clean install? Obliviously if it uses stronger than usual protection it will not work... If you have sufficiently old backup you should be able to copy Mail folders to clean install without losing messages. Unfortunately it's not quarantined to work since Apple changes Mail format in almost every major OS version...
Perhaps it's because you are not using the software that is being affected like others are having trouble with. Reading all these replies, i myself still don't trust El Capitan to be a good reliable software good enough to install on a power users computer. ( i have a 5K retina iMac with 32 GB ram, fully loaded to the max, and i have and use a ton of software and if El Capitan is having problems with mail still, i use that a lot and can't afford for my email to be down. I use 2011 office for mac as well as I see many of you are having problems with that as well. I need that to be working. My wife does have a retina MBP and well she is a new user to mac, but I may upgrade her's after backing it up first then see how it runs on her MBP. I suspect that it will be fine since she does not use much of the software that is being affected at this time. For now I will hold off for me upgrading until the next 2 or even 3 more updates in order for Apple to get their stuff in order and make this software work like it should.