Export Help - Before I throw my computer against the wall!

John Richard · October 9th, 2015, 11:58 AM

How are you folks upgrading to Mavericks or Yosemite?
Once the flawed El Capitan went live, there is no way to upgrade tp Mavericks or Yosemite that I could find other than making an appt at an Apple Store and having them do it.
Apple removes all versions but their current OS from their site.

Jim Andrada · October 12th, 2015, 08:31 PM

I've had a local 3d party repair shop install back level versions for me so I could revive an old MacBook. In my case much older than Yosemite or Mavericks. Just a thought. My desktop systems are all Windows, notebooks are Macs, so I'm not much of an expert.

John Richard · October 13th, 2015, 08:43 AM

Thanks Jim. Was hoping there was a online location for these past OS installations versus having to disconnect raids, monitors, etc and hauling the MacPro to a vendor.

I've followed the rule of don't fix something that isn't broken and thus have remained with a stable OS. But that rule recently failed when CC 2015 did not work any longer with Mountain Lion. I had read there were problems with various drivers and software with Yosemite so I went with Mavericks which was reported as stable. Now I am back in the same boat; El Capitan is reported as currently problematic with CC 2015 and Adobe is recommending to stay with Yosemite for now.

This is just one of the many reasons our next machines will be Windows based; for whatever reasons, Apple does not seem to play nice with nVidia Cuda and Adobe for some time now.

October 9th, 2015, 11:58 AM	#16
John Richard Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Incline Village, Nevada Posts: 604	Re: Export Help - Before I throw my computer against the wall! How are you folks upgrading to Mavericks or Yosemite? Once the flawed El Capitan went live, there is no way to upgrade tp Mavericks or Yosemite that I could find other than making an appt at an Apple Store and having them do it. Apple removes all versions but their current OS from their site.

October 12th, 2015, 08:31 PM	#17
Jim Andrada Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tucson AZ Posts: 2,211	Re: Export Help - Before I throw my computer against the wall! I've had a local 3d party repair shop install back level versions for me so I could revive an old MacBook. In my case much older than Yosemite or Mavericks. Just a thought. My desktop systems are all Windows, notebooks are Macs, so I'm not much of an expert.

October 13th, 2015, 08:43 AM	#18
John Richard Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Incline Village, Nevada Posts: 604	Re: Export Help - Before I throw my computer against the wall! Thanks Jim. Was hoping there was a online location for these past OS installations versus having to disconnect raids, monitors, etc and hauling the MacPro to a vendor. I've followed the rule of don't fix something that isn't broken and thus have remained with a stable OS. But that rule recently failed when CC 2015 did not work any longer with Mountain Lion. I had read there were problems with various drivers and software with Yosemite so I went with Mavericks which was reported as stable. Now I am back in the same boat; El Capitan is reported as currently problematic with CC 2015 and Adobe is recommending to stay with Yosemite for now. This is just one of the many reasons our next machines will be Windows based; for whatever reasons, Apple does not seem to play nice with nVidia Cuda and Adobe for some time now.