[macvoiceover] Re: Yosemite after two weeks

  • From: Suzanne Erb <suzerb1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:56:33 -0400

Thank you so much.  I was beginning to think it was me.  I guess I’ll make Skim 
my default.

        Suzanne
> On Oct 30, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <tusciafalconer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> I struggle with pdf files, I don't like them and I don't think they are all 
> formatted in the same way as, like yourself, some open easily and others 
> don't and this is frustrating, so I may save them as a .txt or .doc file then 
> see if I can read them.
> I use Skim as my pdf reader.
> 
> TF
> 
> On 31/10/2014, at 7:31 am, Suzanne Erb <suzerb1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I’ve found the same.  However, I have had a few problems opening some .pdf 
> files.  Some are opening fine, some are not.  Has anyone else experienced 
> this?  I have been working around this by opening them i other programs; but 
> I used to like Preview, and I’d like to like it, again.
> Suzanne
>> On Oct 30, 2014, at 2:25 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <tusciafalconer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:In general, I have found the same thing; however, I am having a 
>> problem with opening some files in
>> 
>> 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 minimum. 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 
>> larger  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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