Should I update to el capitan?

mid 2010 15' macbook, still on mavericks because of the bad things about people with my laptop on yosemite post about. Hearing that in general even older macbooks are doing well on the new update but usually have more ram (8 instead of 4) and an ssd. Figured If I'm updating my window 8's to 10 might as well do the same to the mac, any thoughts?

 

Speaking only from personal experience, El Capitan is the best OS X release since Snow Leopard. It's feature-rich, and lightning fast, even on my 4-year-old non-Retina MBP. I've only had problems with one application (invoicing software) that I don't use very often. It might have some garbage in it from when I cloned my old SSD to the one I'm currently using. I need to troubleshoot it a bit more, but if it still ends up being problematic, there are literally a dozen other alternative apps I can use in its place, so not a huge deal.

Overall, I would say it is absolutely worth the upgrade, especially if you're on Retina hardware.

 

TBH, just clone your whole disk to another HDD using Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper and then upgrade. If you don't like it then clone the whole disk straight back. Being able to clone and then restore disks is by far my favorite part of OSX - you can even boot from the external clone either by USB in a HDD caddy.

I like it, with the exception that the Disk Utility has become harder to read and use but otherwise it's all good.

 

Didn't have a spare hdd so I just went ahead, I like it, hopefully it will get me to use thee ol' macbook more.

As a side note, my touchpad is stuck up in both the top right and left corners by a drop from the previous owner. Doesn't bother me much but should probably change it eventually. How do I filter a good replacement on ebay?

 

Try to have it cleaned as compared to having it replaced. You can youtube videos on how to get it cleaned, but I recommend this before having it replaced.

 

I'm still on Yosemite as I'm worried that some of the layered software that I use at work hasn't been updated yet but I haven't heard of problems with El Capitan (there were problems with Yosemite when it was launched). My old system (2008 MacBook Pro) runs Yosemite just fine but I haven't upgraded it (hardly use it these days as I have a 2014 MBP). I would like some of the new features in El Capitan but don't want to interrupt my workflow.

 

Just do a time machine backup before doing any upgrade.

Worse case, do a restore and you are back to working order on your current system settings/OS.

 

The only problem Ive noticed on El Capitan is MBPr early 2015 13" wireless signal problems - have to reset the wireless adapter now and then in order for it to work properly.

 

Just a quick thread necro post.

I'm fairly indifferent about the upgrade to El Capitan but I did miss the Yosemite Disk Utility which I feel is hugely better to the one in El Capitan.

I found a method to get the Yosemite Disk Utility back in El Capitan and thought I would share it:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/180578-restore-yosemite-disk-utility-el-capitan.html

The Easy Way replaces the El Capitan one with the Yosemite Utility - easier but not awesome, I felt. I used the manual mode and t wasn't too tricky. I felt it was better since you are left with the El Capitan Utility incase you need it and have a seperate Yosemite utility.

If you don't have a Yosemite backup then the Utility can be extracted easily from a Yosemite combo update PKG, as shown in the instructions.

Certainly made my day, so hopefully it helps others.

 

nice find bennni

 

I did a fresh install on my 2011 17" mac pro and it runs great. I wouldn't hesitate to install if I were you.