spotlight can find it.
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Russell Standish <li...@hpcoders.com.au>wrote: > First thing is to find the AppStore. It's not visible anywhere on the > desktop or Applications folder. > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 05:56:28PM -0600, Owen Densmore 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 > > > > > > ============================================================ > > 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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