Most of the software goes on the new machine via a Time Machine backup restore. Photoshop had to be reinstalled but I was up and running in a few hours. Paul via phone
> On Mar 15, 2016, at 11:05 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Still, if you're doing a clean install on a new machine, it takes time to > install & configure all the old software on the new machine. > >> On 3/15/2016 10:59 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> My Mac upgrades have always gone quite smoothly, and the latest was the most >> effortless. I’m running OS X 10.11.3 on the iMac Retina 5K. One would expect >> the latest hardware and latest OS to work well together and they do. With a >> 4GHz Intel Core i7 processor, 32 Gigs of RAM and the Radeon R9 M395 graphics >> card it rips right through any PhotoShop job that I’ve ever attempted. I >> have quite a few peripherals: two printers, a scanner, a Wacom tablet and a >> second monitor (another iMac 27 running in target mode), but there was >> nothing to set up, just plug and play. The OS updated all the drivers on >> installation. I expect I would have had more difficulty had I tried to run >> an older OS. >> >> Paul >>> On Mar 15, 2016, at 7:37 AM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Rick, I'm still on 10/6.8 myself for the reasons you just mentioned.:-) >>> >>> Dave >>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> And that, Mark, is why I'm running OS X 10.6.8 on my photo computer. >>>> >>>> Last year I upgraded my work computer to OS X 10.10 (Yosemite). It >>>> took me a day and a half to install and configure the software and get >>>> things working--which is more unscheduled time than I have most weeks. >>>> >>>> Rick >>>> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 9:45 PM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> On 3/14/2016 7:35 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> So I finally decided to upgrade my ageing computer. I'm almost >>>>>> embarrassed to say how old it is. In fact, I *am* embarrassed to say, >>>>>> so I won't! >>>>>> >>>>>> So, a motherboard transplant has taken place. Fast, multi-core >>>>>> processor, lots of fast RAM, USB3, etc. And, as the subject line says, >>>>>> it's agony. Not the physical replacement of the motherboard, of >>>>>> course. That took an hour or so and was a snap. But you really need to >>>>>> re-install the O.S. when you replace a motherboard, so I went with a >>>>>> clean install. Which also isn't really a big deal. The big deal is >>>>>> re-installing and configuring all your applications. That's the agony. >>>>>> After a day and a half of stress I've got all the drivers up to date >>>>>> for the new hardware and all the basics installed (color management, >>>>>> profiling software, etc.). Now I get to add all my main apps, >>>>>> including parts of various Adobe suites (some from CS6, some from CS5 >>>>>> and some from CS4). I haven't even dared count how many other apps I >>>>>> have to set up. >>>>>> >>>>>> Time to take up drinking, I think. >>>>>> >>>>>> (But the new computer does seem very fast and slick, so maybe this'll >>>>>> all be worth it.) >>>>> >>>>> A fast computer is worth almost any pain it causes. > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
