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Re: Can I go straight from 10.7.5 to 10.9.3?

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In article <1lm01dn.uiy7vw19qzzxwN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>, David Empson
<dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

> Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> wrote:
> 
> > Never did bother to go to 10.8 so any issues I should be aware of
> > jumping from 10.7.5 to 10.9.3? I do have a bootable clone of my current
> > HD on an external drive done with CCC.
> 
> Answering the question in the subject: yes, assuming your Mac is
> supported by 10.9. Some Macs able to run 10.7 can't upgrade any further:
> Late 2006 iMac and MacBook Pro, Mid 2007 Mac Mini, original (early 2008)
> MacBook Air, polycarbonate MacBook models prior to early 2009, Mac Pro
> prior to early 2008, Xserve prior to early 2009.
> 
> It is possible to upgrade directly to 10.9 from any of 10.6.8, 10.7.x or
> 10.8.x.
> 
> You will already have the minimum amount of memory required (2 GB) since
> that requirement didn't change between 10.7 and 10.9. In theory, 10.9
> should perform somewhat better than 10.7 in low memory conditions, due
> to using in-memory compression before it resorts to swapping memory to
> disk. Despite this, I recommending 4 GB as a more reasonable minimum
> amount of memory for 10.9, and those running memory heavy software (e.g.
> Photoshop, virtual machines) will almost certainly need more than that.
> 
> As you are already on 10.7, you are past the point where most of the
> application compatibility problems occur (PowerPC applications and lack
> of Rosetta in 10.7 or later).
> 
> There are some obscure system components removed in 10.9, notably Open
> Transport networking, which stopped MT-Newswatcher working, but very few
> other applications were affected by that one.
> 
> In general terms, some applications have needed updates to fix issues
> running on 10.9, so you should make sure you've installed any free
> updates, and check with the developer for any important apps you use
> which may need a paid upgrade to officially support 10.9.
> 
> http://roaringapps.com may be a helpful resource, with user-supplied
> comments about application compatibility with each of 10.7 and later.
> 
> 10.9.3 reinstates iTunes direct syncing of contacts/calendars with iOS
> devices, which was one of the annoyances for some people with 10.9 to
> 10.9.2. It hasn't restored copying of contacts and calendars to non-iOS
> iPods.
> 
> If you have non-Apple devices which currently sync using something like
> Missing Sync, they probably still can't sync in 10.9.3.
> 
> I haven't seen enough information yet about exactly what Apple restored
> in 10.9.3 to get iTunes sync with iOS devices working again, but the
> reason it stopped working in 10.9 to 10.9.2 was that Apple had dropped
> Sync Services, which other applications like Missing Sync were using to
> access the contacts and calendars.
> 
> Mark/Space haven't updated their incompatibility warning since 10.9.3
> was released, or said anything about it on their blog, but perhaps they
> just haven't finshed testing yet, or perhaps Sync Services has only been
> partly restored (only working with iTunes).

Thank you. I should've made my post a little more complete. I have a
mid-2011 Mac Book Air with 4GB  memory. I use the current version of
Thoth (paid) and I know that is compatible. The reason I hadn't
upgraded before was the inability to sync iOS devices via USB, but
that's been reinstated with this version. I've already upgraded iTunes
so that's good to go.

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Can I go straight from 10.7.5 to 10.9.3? Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2014-05-20 17:41 -0700
  Re: Can I go straight from 10.7.5 to 10.9.3? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-05-21 14:17 +1200
    Re: Can I go straight from 10.7.5 to 10.9.3? Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2014-05-20 19:51 -0700

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