Yup saw this in a news article: Net Applications' latest data showed that 93% of current Macs run last year's Mountain Lion, 2011's Lion or 2009's Snow Leopard, all eligible for the free upgrade to Mavericks.
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > I upgraded from Lion. My guess is that if you see it on the AppStore, you > can upgrade. If not, there will be several posts on the web on how to do > it! > > -- Owen > > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Russell Standish > <li...@hpcoders.com.au>wrote: > >> I gather Mavericks is not available for Snow leopard users? >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 02:25:01PM -0600, Steve Smith wrote: >> > Thanks to both Owen and Marcus for the good reports... While I've >> > never dreaded an OSX update like I have Winderz major releases, I >> > have always avoided being an early adopter... I might just take the >> > plunge. >> > >> > I'm wondering why VM compression hasn't caught on sooner? Has the >> > physical memory curve kept ahead of it well enough, or is the >> > compute-cost simply too high? >> > >> > My mother-in-law's 2009 MacBook (not pro) is grinding a lot on VM >> > (mostly from web browsing)... I was going to look into possibly >> > downgrading her Safari/Firefox to an older version that might not be >> > as memory-hungry, or putting in some extra memory... but maybe >> > upgrading her system to Mavericks will provide the needed relief? >> > >> > Except for the very unfortunate codename "Mavericks" it sounds very >> > promising... supposedly the name came from a Surf Beach near Half >> > Moon Bay, possibly suggesting "a new wave" in OS... despite >> > apparently being very similar to Mountain Lion, maybe it *does* >> > portend a "new wave". One has to wonder "did they just run out of >> > Big Cat names?" in the same way that they are running out of decimal >> > digits (10.9) or does this signify a significant change in direction >> > (gearing up for a big change in 11 and naming after surf beaches for >> > the next generation?). >> > >> > Sadly I can't hear the term "Mavericks" without hearing it in Sarah >> > Palin's pinched Wasila-Whine of a voice. I'll try to superpose the >> > image of a young James Garner making some dry, witty remark near the >> > end of a poker game on a riverboat instead. And who knew that >> > Roger Moore was on that late 50's TV western as cousin Beau >> > Maverick? >> > >> > >> > >Just converted to Mavericks and it seem great. And the upgrade >> > >was free .. not sure why. >> > > >> > >Steps: >> > >First >> > >- Clean obsolete kruft from computer. OmniDiskSweeper (free) is >> > >very useful. >> > >Also look at apps finding old and unused apps especially ones >> > >unlikely to run. >> > >Delete with AppZapper or similar .. need to remove prefs etc. >> > >- Build a Superduper bootable backup. This is useful both as a >> > >fallback, and if you >> > >want a clean build, you boot from that and have the installer >> > >build on your >> > >internal boot disk. Probably need to clear/format/repair the disk >> > >w/ DiskUtil. >> > >- I searched for a "how to migrate to Mavericks" article which >> > >included all that >> > >Then >> > >- Go to App Store and download installer (takes quite a while due to >> size) >> > >- When downloaded, pops up the installer. You can quit it and >> > >install later if you'd like, in Apps folder >> > >- Took quite a while to install as well, but seemed to do a sweet job >> > >- Initially asked for lots of permissions and other transition >> > >annoyances, but not bad. >> > >- Smoothest install I've ever had. >> > > >> > > -- Owen >> > > >> > > >> > >On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Marcus G. Daniels >> > ><mar...@snoutfarm.com <mailto:mar...@snoutfarm.com>> wrote: >> > > >> > > On 7/12/13, 4:08 PM, Steve Smith wrote: >> > >> My performance problems were solved (pushed back) with 8MB of >> > >> memory so I'm happy for the moment. I'm expecting that next time >> > >> I feel like a HD upgrade (the one in it fails, my data hoarding >> > >> and sloppy housekeeping fills it up, or I upgrade to a new >> > >> machine) that SSDs will be much more affordable. >> > > OSX Mavericks now has compression in the virtual memory >> > >system. I've been doing parallel builds all day and I see the >> > >Activity >> > > Monitor regularly showing 2GB of compressed memory (on an old 4GB >> > > 2009 era MacBook Pro). If that had to hit disk, the system would >> > > grind to a halt, but it doesn't. It seems to work well. >> > > >> > > Marcus >> > > >> > > P.S. Linux has had this for a while in various forms for a number >> > > of years, e.g compcache. >> > > >> > > ============================================================ >> > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> > > to unsubscribe >> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >============================================================ >> > >FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> > >Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> > >to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > >> >> > ============================================================ >> > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> >> >> -- >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) >> Principal, High Performance Coders >> Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au >> University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > >
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