Yosemite rubbish for anyone else?

ChrisD. · 31 Oct 2014 at 17:55

I've had a fair few problems since my Mac upgraded to Yosemite:

iTunes crashing/not starting/not playing/reminds me of iTunes of old
Wifi dropping out on the Mac only
Can't wake up Apple TV via airplay anymore
Airplay playback stuttering
Synology Diskstation dropping off finder
Caffeine not running properly
Not waking up from sleep

To name a few. For me, it's been a pretty rubbish upgrade, Maveriks has been better in most ways I use my Mac.

Anyone else had similar? Would a fresh install cure any of this?

shiver · 31 Oct 2014 at 18:04

Apart from synology (have alternatives that work fine) I've not experienced any of those issues.

Caffeine should get an update but a good alternative that is definitely Yosemite compatible is KeepingYouAwake. Same functionality.

Skyboat · 31 Oct 2014 at 18:19

Yeah Bluetooth pairing/connectivity/performance issues. Namely Apple's Wireless Keyboard not connecting and Magic Mouse randomly lagging.

What is even more annoying is the level of inconsistency this happens at. It can be 100% one day but next day all manner of problems, then the day after it automatically fixed itself.

Peg · 31 Oct 2014 at 19:13

I had quite a few minor niggles after upgrading to Yosemite so I eventually created a boot disk and did a fresh install on both my Macs. I now only have 1 problem and it seems quite a common one that connecting to wifi when waking up from sleep is hit and miss. Switching wifi on and off sorts it out but hopefully Apple have an update that makes it work properly.

NickK · 31 Oct 2014 at 20:05

I found that the USB development I do for some astro camera drivers didn't work.. 10.9 they work.. 10.10 they don't..

I think that the USB sub system has been prodded.. or at least the timing..

Billies Bangers · 31 Oct 2014 at 20:10

MilanoChris said:
I've had a fair few problems since my Mac upgraded to Yosemite:

iTunes crashing/not starting/not playing/reminds me of iTunes of old

Wifi dropping out on the Mac only

Can't wake up Apple TV via airplay anymore

Airplay playback stuttering

Synology Diskstation dropping off finder

Caffeine not running properly

Not waking up from sleep

To name a few. For me, it's been a pretty rubbish upgrade, Maveriks has been better in most ways I use my Mac.

Anyone else had similar? Would a fresh install cure any of this?

Yosemite is fine, I've found that iOS8 has really messed up AirPlay from iPad though. Has to be Apples worst release in years.

D.P. · 31 Oct 2014 at 20:34

10.9 gave so many new issues, many still unresolved I dare not upgrade to 10.10.

InfiniteNoise · 31 Oct 2014 at 23:03

Apart from Privoxy not working, haven't had any issues since upgrading to Yosemite.

Terminal_Boy · 31 Oct 2014 at 23:21

Can't stand the new flat and very bland look of it. Alas, it's a work machine and I can't flip back to 10.9.

InfiniteNoise · 31 Oct 2014 at 23:49

Took me a bit to get used to the new look, but it's not so bad with dark mode.

Billies Bangers · 1 Nov 2014 at 08:16

Idartalis said:
Took me a bit to get used to the new look, but it's not so bad with dark mode.

What's 'dark mode'?

InfiniteNoise · 1 Nov 2014 at 13:01

It turns the menu bar and the dock background black/darker.

V F · 1 Nov 2014 at 15:50

D.P. said:
10.9 gave so many new issues, many still unresolved I dare not upgrade to 10.10.

Now that they've locked out TRIM with kext signing. You're fine with Apple branded SSD's.

http://www.cindori.org/trim-enabler-and-yosemite/

ChrisD. · 2 Nov 2014 at 09:54

I've tried dark mode and it still looks bland.

Tempted to go back to Mavericks.

AbsenceJam · 2 Nov 2014 at 18:08

I haven't had any problems really. Caffeine (lasted updated in early 2010) hasn't worked properly for a long time, not since Mountain Lion made changes and introduced new commands.

ChrisD. · 3 Nov 2014 at 22:46

shiver said:
Caffeine should get an update but a good alternative that is definitely Yosemite compatible is KeepingYouAwake. Same functionality.

Got a link?

shiver · 3 Nov 2014 at 22:52

S2KIP said:
Got a link?

https://github.com/newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake

ChrisD. · 3 Nov 2014 at 23:03

Thanks. Wasn't prominent in my first search on google, found it shortly after.

slinxy · 4 Nov 2014 at 09:23

my machine seems to be leaking memory... it just gets slower and slower until I reboot the thing.

DannyDrama · 4 Nov 2014 at 15:16

Mine keeps freezing and needs a reboot. I first installed over the beta, no clean install. Had this issue so I wiped and clean installed, problem still exists. MBP out of warranty (not by much) so what's my next step?