Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, that is Snow Leopard. I'm using the same OS on my Mac Pro. The later ones seemed like they were getting too much like trying to turn my Mac into an iPad, and I needed Rosetta for a few things I still use. I am upset they dropped the Cat names, too. I wanted Housecat! Or Tabby! -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 11/30/13 1:33 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: >Well, I don't use iCloud and I see no need to upgrade to Mavericks in any >event. As a general rule, I NEVER upgrade to anything new right after it >comes out, whether it is from Apple or someone else. I let others beta >test stuff for me. > >My iMac desktop is still on 10.6.8 (don't remember which animal this is) >which is the best Mac OS in my opinion. I recently upgraded my Macbook >Pro to Lion only because I needed to run something on it that required >the latest Java which in turn requires Lion, and I am not impressed. No >bugs, but I liked the previous OS better. > >Cheers, >Nathan > >Nathan Wajsman >Alicante, Spain >http://www.frozenlight.eu >http://www.greatpix.eu >PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > >YNWA > > > > > > > > > >On Nov 30, 2013, at 6:40 AM, John McMaster wrote: > >> >>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/07/apple_mandates_icloud_contact_syn >>cing/ >> >> john >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> I think I read that latest iTunes only syncs contacts with iCloud? >>> >>> john >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> >>>> I have put Mavericks on 3 of the 4 Macs I use. The fourth is kept on >>>> an earlier version compatible with my Nikon slide scanner. >>>> I have the Mac Pro I use as a "main machine" and keep my archives on. >>>> I am not having problems with Mail (yet). The problem I do have is >>>> that iTunes no longer seems to synchronise my calendars when I do my >>>> daily sync to my iPhone. This is very inconvenient actually, and if it >>>> is because of Mavericks I may rebuild the computer from a pre-update >>> backup. >>>> FD >>>> >>>> On 30 Nov, 2013, at 01:40, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Mac users.:Don't repeat don't upgrade to Mavericks, at least not this >>> year. >>>> Ever since my upgrade, the mail program has spontaneously changed its >>>> behavior a number of times, from triviality like the "Woosh" sound >>>> when mail is sent disappearing for a day or two and then returning to >>>> reshuffling of the lists of mailboxes and the like on the left side >>>>of the >>> window. >>>>> >>>>> The latest insanity was just discovered: the majority of the LUG >>>>> mail did not >>>> get filtered to the "Leica" mailbox but to a general mailbox of my >>>> ISP, a mailbox I ordinarily do not ever look at because I don't hand >>>> out the address hkanner at sonic.net but instead use a mailbox called >>>> ACM >>>> which forwards to Sonic addressed to me as kanner at acm.org. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Herbert Kanner >>>>> kanner at acm.org >>>>> 650-326-8204 >>>>> >>>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >>>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information