[OT] Slow performance under Yosemite

[John Miskimins]

I haven’t noticed any other issues with Yosemite as concerns LiveCode or any other app for that matter.  I have gone back and forth on some of the eye candy (turning on an off transparency and the like) but other than that, things are working well now that I have fixed the Spaces issue.

My machine has i5 processors/SSD and I have no idea if it will bog down on your Mac mini.  Wandering around the web, some people seem to be happy and others aren’t with your configuration and Yosemite. This is just a guess on my part so please take it for what it is worth, if you are running Mavericks Ok, my guess is it will run Yosemite Ok.  If your mini has a lot of “baggage" (cruft from years gone by), you may have to tune it up a bit (the activity monitor can be a great help).  All of that said, it is such a hassle to move to an older OS from a newer one, you might want to stay put.

As a side thought, can you boot the mini off an external drive?  If so, you can always try Yosemite before you commit.

My 2 cents,
John

 
> On Jan 11, 2015, at 1:36 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for this.  I'm thinking of "upgrading" to Yosemite on my mac mini..
> Are there any other gotchas I need to watch out for?  LC related
> especially, but any pointers are welcome.  I'm also wondering if I can get
> my 2nd mac to run Yosemite the roundabout way. (its a core 2 duo, white)
> has anyone managed to install it on a machine that old?
> 
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 2:29 PM, John Miskimins <John at onechip.com> wrote:
> 
>> This isn’t a LiveCode issue, but I thought it might effect others on the
>> list.  After updating my Mac to Yosemite,it slowed down noticeably and
>> became frustrating to use.  Granted my Mac is a bit long in the tooth (late
>> 2009 27 inch iMac - lots of RAM and SSD with a second 2560X1440 monitor),
>> but it has run really well up to now.  I tried everything I could find
>> online (repairing the HD, PRAM reset, etc.) to no avail.  As turn out, the
>> default in Yosemite is to treat the second monitor as a new “space”. This
>> was the issue.  Using the Mission Control panel in System Preferences, I
>> unticked “Displays have separate Spaces” and, after a restart for it to
>> take effect, my computer is once again snappy.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> John
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