One thing I have noticed with Yosemite is that in my case the performance seems far smoother and responsive in most things even with my Mid-2011 iMac. Pleasantly surprised as I noticed the opposite when I upgraded to Mavericks.
The proximity detection is implemented through Bluetooth 4.0, which the 2011 iMacs don't have.
Also, the SMS forwarding requires iOS 8.1, so won't work until that's out on Monday. I imagine we'll see an update to OS X Messages pushed on Monday to support this too.
Hi
For those of us that Mac's older than 2012 models, would a device such as this:
make them compatible to use the features Handover/Continuity with an iPhone running 8.1 from Monday onwards?
Thanks
Baz
I can't remember the place I read it, but it appears that just getting an external Bluetooth 4.0 will not work. The same article got a 2008 model working with a modification, but it involved a tricky internal upgrade.
I can't remember the place I read it, but it appears that just getting an external Bluetooth 4.0 will not work. The same article got a 2008 model working with a modification, but it involved a tricky internal upgrade.
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Thx for that :-) I was hoping an external Bluetooth 4.0 adapter and some kind of hack would have worked. I guess I will have to deal with not having some of the handoff features :-(
I downloaded it on launch day i have a Mid 2010 macbook it took forever to install and the download was 5.16gb. At first the macbook was really sluggish but all fine now.
That's cool, but what about the Macs themselves? Mine are from 2010 (Pro running Snow Leopard and Windows 7 via Bootcamp) and 2012 (Air running Lion). I might look into it when I've got more time. I'm up to my eyeballs in college work at the moment
Downloaded Yosemite onto both my Macs on release day and everything working perfectly. Also upgraded to iOS 8.1 on both my iPhone and iPad as well now to get full hand off features and all the other bits that have come with the upgrade.
Only niggles I have with Yosemite are the bright turquoise folder colours, would be nice to be able to either change colour or tone that down a bit.
I'm also not keen on the new look dock, but I expect I will get used to it.
Downloaded Yosemite onto both my Macs on release day and everything working perfectly. Also upgraded to iOS 8.1 on both my iPhone and iPad as well now to get full hand off features and all the other bits that have come with the upgrade.
Only niggles I have with Yosemite are the bright turquoise folder colours, would be nice to be able to either change colour or tone that down a bit.
I'm also not keen on the new look dock, but I expect I will get used to it.
There are useful tips at the bottom paragraph there. It says that even Duckduckgo searches are shared with Apple, even with “Spotlight Suggestions” disabled.
There are articles out there that state it only takes a half hour or so to upgrade, well if so they must have a powerful machine. I have an i7 2.7 Mac Mini with 8GB Ram, from start to finish it took almost 90minutes and that isn't including the downloading. It was an upgrade not a clean install.
It does look a little different to Mavericks but not enough to not know what to do. Runs at least as well as Mavericks, haven't really noticed and speed difference so far but all I have tested works smoothly.
Haven't upgraded other bits to IOS8, not even 8.1, going to let others find out the faults first.
If you have more than one Mac to upgrade unless you have fibre BB would suggest that once you have downloaded the installer you copy it to other media first to save on a long download time on ADSL.
I now have handover working on calls and text messages. It wasn't working before but suddenly started working on my 2011 iMac.
I've always been able to iMessage people but I can now send text messages to anyone not on an Apple device and I was just sat using my computer and suddenly I received a call on my screen and answered it.
I downloaded and installed Yosemite a few days ago. So far so good.
I've even learnt to pronounce it. I thought it rhymed with Rossy Might. The penny dropped when I heard it being pronounced as in Yosemite National Park. Duh!
I now have handover working on calls and text messages. It wasn't working before but suddenly started working on my 2011 iMac.
I've always been able to iMessage people but I can now send text messages to anyone not on an Apple device and I was just sat using my computer and suddenly I received a call on my screen and answered it.
Nice
Exactly the same for me Lalaland, it was very buggy at first, then 2 days ago, sprung into life without doing anything!
Does anyone with Yosemite have problems with mail? I use Aol and have had nothing but problems with the mail app on my iMac. I can receive mail but not send it and yet when I bring up aol via Safari it works perfectly.
Does anyone with Yosemite have problems with mail? I use Aol and have had nothing but problems with the mail app on my iMac. I can receive mail but not send it and yet when I bring up aol via Safari it works perfectly.
There seems to be a lot of fixes to Mail.app queued up for 10.10.1. I'm running the beta on one of my machines and it's bumped the version number for Mail (to 8.1) and fixed a few issues I was having. Assuming you don't want to walk on the wild side and run betas, the 10.10.1 production release should be out in a few weeks.
On the subject of Apple Mail, something I've noticed with Yosemite is a different behaviour when sorting the "From" column by clicking on the "From" button. It used to sort by name but leave the selected item to be the original one you had selected. It now leaves you at the top of the list. Has anyone else noticed this ?
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Hi
For those of us that Mac's older than 2012 models, would a device such as this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-USB-BT400-3Mbps-Bluetooth-Dongle/dp/B00CM83SC0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413719823&sr=8-1&keywords=bluetooth+usb+adapter+for+pc
make them compatible to use the features Handover/Continuity with an iPhone running 8.1 from Monday onwards?
Thanks
Baz
No. It will work from any OS X that supports the App Store. Snow Leopard and above.
http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
I can't remember the place I read it, but it appears that just getting an external Bluetooth 4.0 will not work. The same article got a 2008 model working with a modification, but it involved a tricky internal upgrade.
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/18/bluetooth-le-adapters-handoff-no/
Upgrade
http://www.theapplelounge.com/feature/exclusive-how-to-enable-handoff-on-older-macs-running-os-x-yosemite/
Hi
Thx for that :-) I was hoping an external Bluetooth 4.0 adapter and some kind of hack would have worked. I guess I will have to deal with not having some of the handoff features :-(
Thanks
Baz
That's cool, but what about the Macs themselves? Mine are from 2010 (Pro running Snow Leopard and Windows 7 via Bootcamp) and 2012 (Air running Lion). I might look into it when I've got more time. I'm up to my eyeballs in college work at the moment
Only niggles I have with Yosemite are the bright turquoise folder colours, would be nice to be able to either change colour or tone that down a bit.
I'm also not keen on the new look dock, but I expect I will get used to it.
Where are the turquoise colour folders?
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2836572/apples-yosemite-os-shares-spotlight-search-terms-by-default.html
It does look a little different to Mavericks but not enough to not know what to do. Runs at least as well as Mavericks, haven't really noticed and speed difference so far but all I have tested works smoothly.
Haven't upgraded other bits to IOS8, not even 8.1, going to let others find out the faults first.
If you have more than one Mac to upgrade unless you have fibre BB would suggest that once you have downloaded the installer you copy it to other media first to save on a long download time on ADSL.
Everywhere there is a folder on my Macs, maybe they just look blue to you
I now have handover working on calls and text messages. It wasn't working before but suddenly started working on my 2011 iMac.
I've always been able to iMessage people but I can now send text messages to anyone not on an Apple device and I was just sat using my computer and suddenly I received a call on my screen and answered it.
Nice
I've even learnt to pronounce it. I thought it rhymed with Rossy Might. The penny dropped when I heard it being pronounced as in Yosemite National Park. Duh!
Exactly the same for me Lalaland, it was very buggy at first, then 2 days ago, sprung into life without doing anything!
Have you set up your account again to make sure you're using the correct protocol and ports for your email provider?
There seems to be a lot of fixes to Mail.app queued up for 10.10.1. I'm running the beta on one of my machines and it's bumped the version number for Mail (to 8.1) and fixed a few issues I was having. Assuming you don't want to walk on the wild side and run betas, the 10.10.1 production release should be out in a few weeks.