[Leica] OT: upgrade to High Sierra?

[Robert Baron]

Following up fwiw my iMac is a mid 2010  27" Intel Core i7 4 cores 2.93 Ghz
16GB RAM and it still seems to struggle with LR.  Sort of like me most
mornings......

On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 1:40 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> >> Apple is right about the security of PPTP, but their habit of deleting
> things whose security they question is downright annoying.<<
>
> What was really and truly annoying was the lack of notice that if I did
> the upgrade being disconnected from my office would be the result.
>
> On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 11:49 AM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> wrote:
>
>> Apple is right about the security of PPTP, but their habit of deleting
>> things whose security they question is downright annoying.
>>
>> Of course, Google just removed the largest certificate authority
>> (Symantec) from Chrome and Mozilla, which has put the entire security
>> certificate world into a massive dither. It's not just Apple.
>>
>>
>> On 4/5/18 9:40 AM, Robert Baron via LUG wrote:
>>
>>> One cautionary tale:  I have a high end but somewhat elderly (mid-2010
>>> version) iMac desktop with 16GB RAM etc etc and a robust 2015 MacBook Air
>>> that were running reasonably well on Yosemite but when I tried to upgrade
>>> them to the latest version of Lightroom, Adobe (I believe) said I needed
>>> to
>>> upgrade my OS to fully implement the features in the upgrade  so I did
>>> the
>>> upgrading to High Sierra.  All seemed fine until I discovered that High
>>> Sierra had deleted the VPN settings connecting me from home or my laptop
>>> to
>>> my office.
>>>
>>> So I did some research (Google) and learned "yes, it does that".
>>> Apparently Apple doesn't think the PPTP VPN method of connecting is
>>> secure
>>> any more and won't enable it (Brian, feel free to chime in here, I've
>>> exhausted my vocabulary not to mention my knowledge).  It would have been
>>> nice if I had known this before considering whether the free upgrade
>>> would
>>> be worth the price.
>>>
>>> Since this is well outside my skill set I contacted the tech service that
>>> maintains our office servers and network and was told 'hrmmm, Apple may
>>> be
>>> right and we'll look into it.'  So far they are still looking.
>>>
>>> Hope This Helps.
>>>
>>> --Bob
>>>
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