[macvoiceover] Re: Yosemite after two weeks
- From: Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:42:08 -0400
I'm afraid that if I do that everything I write would be illegible. Is that
even a word? LOL
Nicole
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 30, 2014, at 4:35 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <tusciafalconer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> I have disabled spell-checking as I type, this may have improved speed.
>
> TF
>
> On 31/10/2014, at 9:05 am, Tuscia-Falconer <tusciafalconer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Typing is perfect, no delay, however, scrolling through a text using left or
> right arrows seems to have slight hesitation, sometimes, not always. Right
> now as I type this in Mail, scrolling is as fast as I can go and similarly
> with typing, clear as a bell. I have noticed some difference when in textedit
> or Pages, but this is not consistent and seems to be improving all the time,
> like there never was a problem !
> My primary initial reason to do the upgrade was to have dictation not crash
> Mail, and this has been successful. Plus I had lost the use of the j,k, and l
> keys to pause videos in Youtube. This has been corrected.
> I am intrigued with how Yo may be using RAM, it is almost like an Artificial
> Intelligence in that it is learning how I use the machine and adjusting its'
> memory to comply with my preferences, and seems to get more stable all the
> time.
> There are numerable fine details included and I would suggest one goes
> through the preferences for each App to check for any modifications.
> No third party Apps, such as Amadeus Pro, have given problems.
> I don't use an iPhone or iPad so have nothing to offer there.
>
> TF
>
> On 31/10/2014, at 8:21 am, Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 2 questions,
> 1. Is the typing feedback slower than in Mavericks?
> 2. What did you find that made the upgrade worth while?
> kr
> We are Braille Bible printers,
> http://biblesfortheblind.org
> Keith Reedy
> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>
>> On Oct 30, 2014, at 2:25 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <tusciafalconer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> A warning to Keith, you may not want to read this !
>>
>> After two weeks of Yosemite on my 2008 iMac with 4Gb RAM I have no issues
>> that I would complain about.
>> The system feels rock solid, no bugs or lock ups with busy busy.
>> I would definitely suggest that 4Gb RAM may be a minumum. This is because
>> Yosemite uses RAM differently to earlier OS issues, though apparently
>> Mavericks was similar.
>> Because RAM has the fastest processing speed in the computer, the OS is
>> taking advantage of this and fills the RAM ready for use, this is why a
>> larfger capacity is more beneficial.
>> With less RAM there is a longer delay when shifting between Applications as
>> as more data is being swapped, particularly if several larger Apps are open
>> at the same time.
>> So my bottom line is that I get a short delay when moving between Apps but
>> once there it is solid.
>> Yosemite leaves memory in RAM if there is space so that when you open an App
>> again it opens faster.
>> Yosemite has also been designed to accept all third party applications that
>> Mavericks accepted so you should not have any issues there.
>> Other than that it seems most of this upgrade is to do with its look which
>> doesn't apply to most of us, and it aligns the different Mac platforms
>> together so you can work on your iphone, ipad or imac at the same time.
>> This is through the Cloud. You are prompted to add this when Yosemite runs
>> for the first time.
>> You can also make phone calls through your desk or laptop so long as your
>> iphone is within bluetooth reach.
>>
>> TF
>>
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