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[jazzfish]

The latest OSX update (Mavericks[1]) was free, and I've been running an OS that's three years behind, and I have a vague recollection that there was software that was only available for more recent versions of OSX. So I went ahead and updated.

[1] "To install OSX Mavericks, say 'Siri, I feel the need for speed.'"

Good things: the update went smoothly. Nominally better battery life. I can finally disable Spellcheck on a system-wide level. I guess iBooks on the laptop is a good thing.

Not so much irritating as mildly baffling: whenever I close an app, rather than popping up whatever app was next in the task-switcher, as you'd expect, Finder opens. I got nothing. Seems to have fixed itself, probably when I updated the keyboard hack.

Decidedly non-minor: trackpad scrolling is less responsive than it used to be and my hacked Delete key (formerly the worthless Eject key) doesn't work about half the time. [Fixed that one by updating the hack.] Also Firefox will frequently decide to stop loading web pages altogether, necessitating a close-and-restart.

Verdict: eh, shouldn't have upgraded. Oh well. Since I've already decided against a new laptop in the next year or two, I guess I should go ahead and buy more RAM.

Comments

[thanate]

Good to know. (What were you running previously? After hearing grauwulf complain bitterly about the thing that came on his new laptop, I am not looking forward to my next enforced update.)

[jazzfish]

I was on Snow Leopard (10.6.8) before. I resisted upgrading to Lion because I'd just learned how to use OSX and didn't want to change a dozen minor things.

Also, I turned off 'Natural Scrolling,' because while it's understandable with a trackpad it makes no sense with a scrollwheel.

Also also, it seems that a number of my problems were directly due to having an outdated version of the keyboard hack I use installed. Kind of irritating that it didn't offer to automatically upgrade, but, eh.