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OS X Yosemite (10.10) Bug Thread
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I suppose you could trick the installer, sometimes there is a file which specifes min OS ver. After upgrade from Mavericks JAVA is working as it should without any modifications (being preinstalled).
Some issues with the Dock:
1. When a window is of maximum height, the Dock will overlap the window by 2 pixels or so.
2. The context-menus and labels for the Dock seem somewhat disconnected from the Dock itself. The arrow is a good 15-20 pixels above the top part of the dock.
3. Some icons don't scale as well as pre 10.10 ones, particularly the Activity Monitor icon.
1. When a window is of maximum height, the Dock will overlap the window by 2 pixels or so.
2. The context-menus and labels for the Dock seem somewhat disconnected from the Dock itself. The arrow is a good 15-20 pixels above the top part of the dock.
3. Some icons don't scale as well as pre 10.10 ones, particularly the Activity Monitor icon.
Thanks. I was actually wondering whether a preinstalled Java would make it through the upgrade process. I'm not game to upgrade my main partition yet, hence first trying out my apps and dev tools on a fresh install in its own partition.
There's an explicit (and flawed) check for OS Version >= 10.7.3 in a file called distribution.dist, however editing that file results in a code signing error.
Edit: Success! If anybody is interested, I have installed Netbeans with Java with the following steps:
1. Copy out NetBeans 8.0 with JDK 8 Update 5.mpkg from the DMG to disk
2. Edit the Contents/distribution.dist file to bypass the check:
function checkSystemversion() {
return true;
...
}
3. Delete the directory Contents/_CodeSignature
4. Change security settings to install from anywhere
5. Run the installer
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Wi-Fi doesn't work. When I connect to a wifi network it appears as if it is connected, but when I try to open anything that requires an internet connection it doesn't load as if the server is not responding. Tried connecting via Ethernet and it works fine. I know the problem is with the mac and not the router because every other device in my house connects to the internet just fine.
In Safari when you type an address in and the Favorites pop up my folders don't show. Only my Favorites not in folders are listed. Does anybody have a solution for that?
Thanks
Thanks
I could be very wrong, but a lot of these uncommon issues COULD be related to upgrading as opposed to a clean install, such as spotlight crashing, Wi-Fi not working, et. al.
The Disk Utility Permissions thing is a build issue.
The Disk Utility Permissions thing is a build issue.
I have a temporary work around for the Facebook Chat problem, which is to put Safari in full screen mode. It stopped that 'page down' effect completely.
Apparently my stuff is jacked up and maybe I need to do a fresh install. Not sure why it would just revert back to not working when upgraded from a working environment. Oh well... tis the fun of betas.
Bugs and Improvements
Here are the bugs that I have found:
Typing on Facebook Chat moves the screen
Graphical Glitches on some system pref settings ( i.e. Network)
The phone calls from your mac are hit or miss.
First time mail may stick at upgrading. (Can force quit and restart app to resolve issue)
Instant Hotspot doesn't show up
Dark Mode isn't there
iApps are not compatible (prob means they are releasing a newer version)
Graphical glitches with Microsoft Office 2011
Applications Menu from dock glitches
Clicking the extensions link in system pref, brings you to a broken appstore link.
iCloud prefs backs out at times.
As far as improvements:
My battery now charges to 100% really quick!
Here are the bugs that I have found:
Typing on Facebook Chat moves the screen
Graphical Glitches on some system pref settings ( i.e. Network)
The phone calls from your mac are hit or miss.
First time mail may stick at upgrading. (Can force quit and restart app to resolve issue)
Instant Hotspot doesn't show up
Dark Mode isn't there
iApps are not compatible (prob means they are releasing a newer version)
Graphical glitches with Microsoft Office 2011
Applications Menu from dock glitches
Clicking the extensions link in system pref, brings you to a broken appstore link.
iCloud prefs backs out at times.
As far as improvements:
My battery now charges to 100% really quick!
Can you check out how much 100% is in terms of mAH? I find Coconut Battery does a good job of telling what "100%" really means in terms of battery health.
-Volume icon grayed out (drives me crazy because I can't listen to music or any videos)
-System preferences very slow starting up and freezes every time I click on sound options, however all other options work fine (requires a force close every time)
-Headphones appear to not emit sound either
-Safari very very slow loading webpages
-Whenever I click "move to trash" it thinks about it for a good 15 seconds
-Previously deleted things in finder are now found in both finder and the trash after restart
-Photo booth missing icon/application
-Mail once prevented shutdown and wouldn't force quit
-FaceTime takes very long booting up app and once booted up, camera not working
So far, for me, iOS 8 is a lot more usable and less buggy.
-System preferences very slow starting up and freezes every time I click on sound options, however all other options work fine (requires a force close every time)
-Headphones appear to not emit sound either
-Safari very very slow loading webpages
-Whenever I click "move to trash" it thinks about it for a good 15 seconds
-Previously deleted things in finder are now found in both finder and the trash after restart
-Photo booth missing icon/application
-Mail once prevented shutdown and wouldn't force quit
-FaceTime takes very long booting up app and once booted up, camera not working
So far, for me, iOS 8 is a lot more usable and less buggy.
Spotlight bug
i had also the spotlight bug, and found this thread but this doesn't help.
So i tried different things: new user -> no problem.
but thats no solution
BUT: since i opened dictionary and disabled all dictionaries (Preferences of Dict.) my spotlight is working fine.
i hope that helps u.
(sorry for my bad english)
EDIT: hmm, now i am working with it and it is crashing sometime, too, but not every time when i type 1 letter.
greetings from germany
i had also the spotlight bug, and found this thread but this doesn't help.
So i tried different things: new user -> no problem.
but thats no solution
BUT: since i opened dictionary and disabled all dictionaries (Preferences of Dict.) my spotlight is working fine.
i hope that helps u.
(sorry for my bad english)
EDIT: hmm, now i am working with it and it is crashing sometime, too, but not every time when i type 1 letter.
greetings from germany
Installed Yosemite on my Late 2013 rMBP - 2.3 i7, 16GB of RAM.
I wish I had backed up my data, because I kind of want to downgrade to Mavericks. A couple of issues with Yosemite:
- Battery life appears to be all over the place. Seems like my battery is draining faster and the "time remaining" is all over the place, but a lot less compared to what I would see in Mavericks
- Graphics performance is bad. Animations and scrolling are very sluggish, which is quite surprising given how new this machine is. I have noticed that if I switch to the discrete card things are faster, but I don't want to have to engage the discrete card to have smooth animations
- RAM usage: Running Safari & Skype - 11 Gigs of RAM used!! Is this normal?
Hopefully these issues are addressed soon, but seems sloppy that the graphics performance would be this bad.
On the other hand, maybe I'm just expecting too much from a developer preview.
I wish I had backed up my data, because I kind of want to downgrade to Mavericks. A couple of issues with Yosemite:
- Battery life appears to be all over the place. Seems like my battery is draining faster and the "time remaining" is all over the place, but a lot less compared to what I would see in Mavericks
- Graphics performance is bad. Animations and scrolling are very sluggish, which is quite surprising given how new this machine is. I have noticed that if I switch to the discrete card things are faster, but I don't want to have to engage the discrete card to have smooth animations
- RAM usage: Running Safari & Skype - 11 Gigs of RAM used!! Is this normal?
Hopefully these issues are addressed soon, but seems sloppy that the graphics performance would be this bad.
On the other hand, maybe I'm just expecting too much from a developer preview.
I can't delete some messages in Mail, specifically from our MediaTemple mail server when using IMAP. I'd be curious if anyone else is having these issues...iCloud and Gmail seem to work fine in the app.