OS X El Capitan: Working & Not Working Apps

[mattdanskine]

Any ideas on whether Groupwise works with El Cap?

Works fine, but you have to reinstall Jave for OS X 2015-001.

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

 

[Sasparilla]

Just to mention, the old Quicktime 7.x appears to run just fine on El Cap.

I should add, it was imported (users, data, apps, settings etc. - what a godsend that is) from my installation on another machine (Yosemite) so I didn't run the installer in El Cap.

 

[x_man_]

I just open FCP 7.0.3 on El Capitan and it works.

 

[dokindo]

VPN Enabler does not work.

It gives the following error: This version of VPN Enabler will only run on Mac OS X Yosemite

I emailed the developer, but no word back.

Any suggested alternatives?

 

[SkipperRi]

I installed OS X 10.11 El Capitan on 30 September 2015. Initially I liked some of its features; however, it broke too much software. Fortunately, I used a sacrificial machine for the experiment. Anyway, here’s some of the problems I encountered.

The following applications broke on a clean OS X 10.11 El Capitan install:
Totalfinder (Expected: SIP)
Totalspaces (Expected: SIP)
BBEdit (Prior to 11.1.3)
Photoshop CC 2015— Install fails
InDesign CC 2015— Install fails
Dreamweaver CC 2015—Install fails
MS Office 2016—Depends on Version)
QuarkXpress 2015—crashes
iCloud syncing is intermittent

The new San Francisco font looks much better than the hard to read Helvetica Neue that came with Yosemite. I still dislike the overly flat user interface and comically juvenile icon and button colors. Fortunately, you can change the icons back if you have access to the Maverick icons.

ITunes 12.3 is almost to the point of not useable for those managing large music libraries and needing control. The blending of colors from album art has destroyed the once great user interface. Moreover, the inability to return you back to where you were in the library after opening a playlist is idiotic. I do not want to be dumped at the root of the library every time I leave a playlist. This also has a solution by returning to an earlier version of ITunes albeit with possible syncing problems with iDevices. My choice is iTunes 12.1.27 since that’s the last version that returns you back to where you were when exiting a playlist.

This is beginning to remind me of MS a few years back, but at least MS had the excuse of a lot of different hardware to try to support. Sadly, I wish I could say something more positive on the fourth anniversary of Steve’s death.

Huh, very strange. These apps I'm using since the first El Capitan beta, and never had problems with installing. Only InDesign crashes but I installed normally. Is there any error when installation fails?

 

[Ifti]

SuperDuper updated and now working

 

[runeapple]

Everything is working fine for me;

• Photoshop CS6
• dropbox
• Todoist
• little snitch
• Griffin Powermate
• Wacom intuos Pro
• Radium
• Telegram
• Speed Download
• Dolphin emulator + Wiimote
• Enjoyable + Logitech f710
• Steam (haven't tested many games)

All that until now, will report any problem. I could test games and other software, feel free to ask anything.

Photoshop CS6 working fine for you? For me all dialogs lock up - such as color picker, image resizer etc.. (I'm on Retina 15" MBP)

 

[sibcc]

Ironic since Photoshop CS3 from ~2007 still works and Office 2011 seems OK here. I can't say the same for VMWare Fusion 5.x. I had to buy Fusion 8 for $79 and that works fine.

The CC2015 install broke here on EC and at this point I'll wait for a fix from Adobe.

I'm actually surprised how little the interface changes bother me after seeing the photos of Yosemite. The only change that really bothers me is the traffic light buttons being flat-toned. I don't use many Apple Apps and the rest of the stuff on my dock are the same. In short, I don't care after all. I feel stupid for ranting all that time. Of course, the font change might have helped and Dark Mode actually looks better for the dock/menu bar than Mavericks.

During the EC install I booted an old Mavericks drive. Comparing Mavericks, Yosemite, and EC directly demonstrated to me which I prefer. There was a usefulness to skeumorphism that is undermined by the so-called "new" flat interfaces. The flat interface has its place for hardware contrained systems—small screens, but hinders useability on desktops. I'll readily admit that it looks good; however, that's not the function of a computer.

Define "large". I've got almost 9000 songs, 500 movies and a 710 TV shows. I don't know why you think it's unusable. I resisted the upgrade to iTunes 12 for a long time because I didn't like the interface changes on my friend's computer when I played with it. But iOS9 forced me to upgrade or not be able to sync my iPod Touch. It turns out it's not that bad, after all. "Playlist Mode" looks almost just like iTunes 11.x for music and with album art turned on, etc. There is no color bleed for that mode. The Movie list mode is the same and so is the TV list mode. I never have used icon mode, etc. and don't use it now either. Artist mode isn't bad, though. I see no slow behaviors like scrolling, etc. and search finds anything quickly. In short, I can live with it after all.

I just tried it. In Playlist mode I highlighted a song down in the list randomly and went to a playlist and came back to music mode and it was right where I left off so I don't know what you're talking about (V12.3.0.44 which as of this writing is the current version). I tried switching between "My Music" Artist mode and Playlist mode and playlists within that mode and every time I switched back to where I was, it was still where I left it (same for movies and tv shows and back to music).

3.5TB and 200k+ AIFF and ALAC songs. The color being picked up from the album art and the increased banner width at the top in playlist mode occurred after 12.1.27. I tried the latest release as of 10/02/2015 and it picked up the album art color and used it for the entire playlist. I also see the slow scrolling but I can live with that. I do a lot of metadata changes and need to quickly return to where I was in the library. This is on a dedicated system for music listening running on a MacPro, thus, there is no downside to running an older version of iTunes. Perhaps, I'll become adventurous again and experiment with the iTunes 12 series releases beyond 12.1.27.

 

[ThJoJohnson]

Microsoft Office Suite 2011 (Word, Powerpoint Especially) crashed a lot on GM and are still having the same issue. Seems to be no fix and laggy performance.

 

[caughtinfire]

Nearly all of my software seems to work, or at least does after the Java install mattdanskine posted upthread.

works
Divvy
Scrivener
Google Earth Pro
Agisoft Photoscan Pro (1.0.3)
Handbrake
Acrobat Pro X
Adobe Lightroom 5
Self Control
Bookends
nook for Mac
RStudio
Adium
Audacity
Stellarium

needs Java
<oXygen/> XML Editor
Photoshop CS 5.1

doesn't work
StarStaX (crashes on open)

 

[zz00ter]

NETGEAR USB Control Center utility v 2.22 does not work
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Ge...er-utility-for-MAC-OS-X-El-Capitan/m-p/981365

 

[dvdreds]

Pfixer just updated. Now it works!

 

[oblomow]

Managed to get Pixelmator working. Simple solution: delete it by using AppCleaner and then reinstall it from the Appstore. Happy!

 

[RepentHarlequin]

What about this guy's reply on Page 1?

Is he using the latest version? I have no idea. <snipped>

I just downloaded the evaluation version and managed to lock it up just by switching "views" from Cover flow to Columns and then clicking on List view. I got the spinning Beach Ball of Death....(still spinning and locked up over two minutes later). Yeah $30 and it didn't last 20 seconds before it locked up in El Capitan. Thanks, but no thanks.
<snipped>

I'm using the latest App Store version from here and it works fine for me. It is $19.99 and was just updated in June 2015.

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Forklift works just fine here as well. (2.6.5) Right from the outset of El Cap install.
There may be other problems besides the app itself intruding, for example - I’m seeing problems that may be due to a VPN that isn’t working well with El Capitan all the time & causing perplexing issues.

This included the failure to reconnect with Dropbox. Once I shut down the VPN client from a trusted machine, it worked.

Thus instantaneous fits of pique may not be warranted.

I tested the Forklift “failure sequence” noted by poster & it worked as it should.
Personally, I’m not sure I’d drop full price on Forklift based on my limited use of it, but its not bad. I just haven’t melded it into my daily workflow.

In another post above: iBooks.
There is an update that reconnected all the library items (in my case). Periodic shutdown & restart seems to alleviate some incidental software issues after they occur.

 

[SkipperRi]

doesn't work
StarStaX (crashes on open)

Strange. Since the latest beta till now for me works flawlessly...

 

[realspear]

Lightroom crashes. See this post for possible fix - https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/lightroom-and-el-capitan---mac-os-10-11.html

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[horste]

script editor crashes the menu

---> okay, fixed by removing some strange file in \library\scripts ...

 

[AdeFowler]

… The blending of colors from album art has destroyed the once great user interface …

You can turn that off.

 

[Ruhrpottjung]

Here Fitbit connect also don't works correctly. Also open a ticket at the developer. The problem is that always if you restart your mac the software don't find the usb dongle till you unplug it and plug it in again.

 

[jahaj]

I updated to El Capitan two days ago, installed the Java and my Dreamweaver CS6 will not open. I see the splash screen once in a while but the program has not opened since. I re-installed El Capitan, re-installed Dreamweaver, re-installed Java, all to no avail. I have installed El Capitan and Java on my MacBook Pro and so far Dreamweaver has worked beautifully, thank god. Any suggestions?

 

[pierrox]

Links inside an email (like a summary in a long newsletter) don't work anymore. Apple has removed that starting at iOS8, now it's time for the computers to get dumbed down...

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7269001

 

[fisherking]

Links inside an email (like a summary in a long newsletter) don't work anymore. Apple has removed that starting at iOS8, now it's time for the computers to get dumbed down...

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7269001

works fine here...

 

[pierrox]

works fine here...

Interesting, because the two newsletter I read every day don't work - Yahoo Group Digest and a film newsletter.
Are we talking about the same thing? I'm talking about links within a newsletter, like a summary that makes it jump to the part you want to read. NOT a link to a website that opens in Safari.

 

[fisherking]

Interesting, because the two newsletter I read every day don't work - Yahoo Group Digest and a film newsletter.
Are we talking about the same thing? I'm talking about links within a newsletter, like a summary that makes it jump to the part you want to read. NOT a link to a website that opens in Safari.

ah, now that's different. no idea (as i have no such newsletters to test)...

 

[LittleDavid]

Graphic Converter is working. (v9.5)