Yosemite Performance?

[Huntn]

I have a 2011 MBP and I'm wondering if I should upgrade to Yosemite right away for better performance, hold off temporarily (for bug fixes), or "no" permanently because OS 10 has more overhead than OS9?

Admittedly I'm not well read on this subject. Thanks.

 

[Razer(x)]

In my opinion you should update, but not now

I've tried it and the system has a lot of bugs and poor battery performance

I would wait at least for 10.10.1

That's just my 50 cents

 

[GlenK]

I have a 2011 MPB as well and Yosemite runs great and is FAR better in terms of performance than Mavericks.

Hard to tell someone what to do because apparently some people are having issues. The only things mine won't do is continuity, handoff, and AirDrop between mac and iPhone.
There are update steps in MacRumors how to correct those issues but I have not done it yet.

So far I have no regrets and am very pleased with the performance. As fas as the appearance I tuned on Increase Contrast and Reduce Transparency in Accessibility and like the looks of that atm.

Even the font looks better with increase contrast checked.

 

[jfalberti]

I totally agree

I have a 2011 MPB as well and Yosemite runs great and is FAR better in terms of performance than Mavericks.

Hard to tell someone what to do because apparently some people are having issues. The only things mine won't do is continuity, handoff, and AirDrop between mac and iPhone.
There are update steps in MacRumors how to correct those issues but I have not done it yet.

So far I have no regrets and am very pleased with the performance. As fas as the appearance I tuned on Increase Contrast and Reduce Transparency in Accessibility and like the looks of that atm.

Even the font looks better with increase contrast checked.

Running on MacBook Pro 2007, and a Mac Pro 2006. Runs great on both machines. Do not regret installing it at all. I also installed over top of Mavericks, and everything upgraded without problems.

 

[heehee]

I took a chance and installed it right away on my 2014 rMPB work computer and it's good, so is my 2011 MBP at home.

 

[cjmillsnun]

If you're thinking of updating and your machine is mission critical for work, then don't.

It IS a 10.x.0 release.

That said, I am running it on a variety of Macs and find it very stable and fast.

How good are your backups?

Make sure they are perfect before you even attempt the upgrade, and make a clone of your current install onto a portable hard disk (use SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner). This makes a bootable copy of your current system that you can use to go back should all else fail.

Once you have done this, then update. How you update is up to you, many including myself recommend "Nuke and paving". That is to wipe the drive, clean install the OS. Then restore the apps you need and restore your data.

 

[Huntn]

Thanks guys for the input!

If you're thinking of updating and your machine is mission critical for work, then don't.

It IS a 10.x.0 release.

That said, I am running it on a variety of Macs and find it very stable and fast.

How good are your backups?

Make sure they are perfect before you even attempt the upgrade, and make a clone of your current install onto a portable hard disk (use SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner). This makes a bootable copy of your current system that you can use to go back should all else fail.

Once you have done this, then update. How you update is up to you, many including myself recommend "Nuke and paving". That is to wipe the drive, clean install the OS. Then restore the apps you need and restore your data.

I've got everything time machined. I may do it now or give it a month or so... Thanks!

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I have a 2011 MPB as well and Yosemite runs great and is FAR better in terms of performance than Mavericks.

Hard to tell someone what to do because apparently some people are having issues. The only things mine won't do is continuity, handoff, and AirDrop between mac and iPhone.
There are update steps in MacRumors how to correct those issues but I have not done it yet.

So far I have no regrets and am very pleased with the performance. As fas as the appearance I tuned on Increase Contrast and Reduce Transparency in Accessibility and like the looks of that atm.

Even the font looks better with increase contrast checked.

I took a chance and installed it right away on my 2014 rMPB work computer and it's good, so is my 2011 MBP at home.

Good to hear! I think that iOS8 has more overhead than iOS7, it seems more sluggish so I was a little worried about the same effect on my 3 year old MBP and this MacOS update. Thanks!

 

[Orlandoech]

In my opinion you should update, but not now

I've tried it and the system has a lot of bugs and poor battery performance

I would wait at least for 10.10.1

That's just my 50 cents

I'm about dat dolla cuz 50-Cent ain't real.

 

[Blue Sun]

My late 2013 15" rMBP has laggy animations when using Mission Control. Clean install. I'm expecting 10.10.1, .2 or .3 to put things straight. Mavericks was much smoother.

 

[TechGod]

My late 2013 15" rMBP has laggy animations when using Mission Control. Clean install. I'm expecting 10.10.1, .2 or .3 to put things straight. Mavericks was much smoother.

I've had the opposite experience.

 

[Blue Sun]

I've had the opposite experience.

What Mac have you got? Clean install or upgrade? Scaled resolution or best for retina? And Mission Control isn't laggy?

 

[Itzamna]

I have a 2011 17'' MBP with a Vertex 3 as SSD, and went from Mountain Lion to Yosemite...

Performance wise, it takes more 4-5 seconds to boot up, but when you are in the OS, it feels as fast as it was in Mountain Lion. As for running "heavy" programs, it's as it was on Mountain Lion. I haven't game on it yet.

 

[TechGod]

What Mac have you got? Clean install or upgrade? Scaled resolution or best for retina? And Mission Control isn't laggy?

Upgrade, ran all PB's Late 2013 rMBP 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD.

Best for retina, I had lag with all the PB's but the final version just fixed it...its way smoother than mavericks for me.

 

[Blue Sun]

Upgrade, ran all PB's Late 2013 rMBP 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD.

Best for retina, I had lag with all the PB's but the final version just fixed it...its way smoother than mavericks for me.

That is very interesting. I'm running a rMBP with 16GB RAM and it is very laggy when using the Iris Pro, whereas the GT 750m is very smooth. Has to be a driver issue or a faulty file somewhere, I guess? Your model is the Iris Pro only configuration, yeah?

 

[mvmanolov]

i get some UI lag (which should be fixed with updates) but other than that its quite stable on all supported mac in my signature.

if anything i find 10.10.0 to be more stable and better performing than 10.9.0 was..

 

[TechGod]

That is very interesting. I'm running a rMBP with 16GB RAM and it is very laggy when using the Iris Pro, whereas the GT 750m is very smooth. Has to be a driver issue or a faulty file somewhere, I guess? Your model is the Iris Pro only configuration, yeah?

It's actually the normal iris. I have a 13" model.

 

[Icehawk]

My mid 2009 13" Macbook Pro with 4 gigs of ram is running Yosemite. Not noticing any lag or major bugs. There are a few annoyances like notification center settings being reset at reboot, but that's minor.

 

[Traverse]

Well, I picked the second option because I can't speak for older Macs, but my 2013 rMBP is running fine. No noticeable slowdown like the transition to iOS 7 caused.

 

[DaCurmudgen]

I have a 2012 cMBP with 16 GB RAM and I certainly didn't expect things to be snappier, but they are. Everything looks clean, simple --> clear. Things open smoothly and I like the translucent effects. Safari is blazingly fast, and similarities with iOS definitely make iDevices and Macs feel more integrated.

I definitely backed up before installing, but after using Yosmite for nearly 3 hours, working with Logic Pro and other legacy apps, I haven't found issues or hiccups. "Upgrade you should," says Yoda.

 

[ABC5S]

Found this that might help alittle

http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/24/speed-up-os-x-yosemite-mac/

 

[Ropperlimp]

Running on MacBook Pro 2007, and a Mac Pro 2006. Runs great on both machines. Do not regret installing it at all. I also installed over top of Mavericks, and everything upgraded without problems.

Hi,
I'm quite a newbie with Macintosh, I've recover a MacBook Pro 2,2 (2006 or 2007 I dont know) from a friend last month and I was asking myself how can I update it to Mavericks or Yosemite. I see you succeed with almost same model and I'd like to know which method you use. I seeked on the web and found the SFOTT script and it's seems to work quite good but some guys still have troubles with audio and graphics kexts. Did you use a post installation soft to solve this ?

Thank you by advance for your answer,
Regards.

 

[jfalberti]

Hi,
I'm quite a newbie with Macintosh, I've recover a MacBook Pro 2,2 (2006 or 2007 I dont know) from a friend last month and I was asking myself how can I update it to Mavericks or Yosemite. I see you succeed with almost same model and I'd like to know which method you use. I seeked on the web and found the SFOTT script and it's seems to work quite good but some guys still have troubles with audio and graphics kexts. Did you use a post installation soft to solve this ?

Thank you by advance for your answer,
Regards.

I used a MacBook Pro connected to my Mac Pro via FireWire. I booted the Mac Pro into Target Mode and booted the MacBookPro normally. When the MBP came up, it saw the volumes on my MP as external disks. I ran the Yosemite installer on the MBP and picked a volume on the MP for the install to volume. After the install, and before the first boot, I replaced the boot.efi in two locations on the MP startup volume with the one modified by Piker Alpha. ZWorked just fine, however I did make sure I had a full Time Machine backup, just in case.

 

[Ropperlimp]

Thank you for your quick answer. Unfortunatly I dont have any other Mac to do this process. I was thinking about installing Yosemite/Mavericks on an external drive in order to boot the MBP on it. After changing the boot.efi of course ! Do you think it could work ?