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Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS?

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On 2015-01-24, John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 03:01:19 UTC, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-01-23, John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> Besides, anyone with more than half a brain also waits for the "0.1"
>> >> release of OS X (or any other new software for that matter) before
>> >> installing it on important computers, or at least retains the ability
>> >> to boot / use their computer with the previous version.
>> >
>> > I did that with Yosemite, and am now back on Mavericks. Waiting for 
>> > 10.10.2.
>> 
>> Why is that?
>  
> Number one is that I never did solve the slowness problem that we 
> discussed before. Twice I found things that ameliorated it and in 
> optimism I declared the problem solved, but then further use 
> revealed that it was not completely solved. After reverting to 
> Mavericks the machine is noticeably snappier and I can again run 
> Parallels Desktop and Eye TV in 1080 mode with perfectly smooth 
> animation. There were also some minor annoyances in Yosemite that I 
> can't even recall what they were.
>
> I did consider that maybe I had a bad download of Yosemite, but 
> concluded that was unlikely given that I couldn't duplicate the 
> slowness problem in the admin account on the same computer. I 
> considered opening a new account for myself and then copying all my 
> files from one account to the other, but decided that was more 
> trouble than I wanted to go to, given there was no guarantee that 
> the new account wouldn't be just as bad as the old one.

That's your best chance of solving the issue, since you have diagnosed
that the issue is something in that user account.

> Tired of 
> fighting the machine instead of using it, I backleveled to 
> Mavericks. There was nothing in Yosemite that I miss.
>
> When 10.10.2 comes out I'll give it another try.  

Don't expect a difference outcome with that same user account, since
that's clearly where the problem lies. 

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JR

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Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-22 17:24 +0000
  Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-22 17:35 +0000
    Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-22 17:58 +0000
      Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-22 18:07 +0000
      Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-23 08:45 +1300
        Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-01-23 00:27 +0000
          Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-23 03:01 +0000
            Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-01-24 03:42 +0000
              Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-24 13:47 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-01-25 00:33 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-25 13:42 +1300
        Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-22 18:57 -0700
      Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-01-23 16:20 +0000
        Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-23 16:22 +0000
          Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-01-24 21:16 +0000
            Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-24 21:28 +0000
              Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-01-25 17:00 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-25 17:04 +0000
              Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-26 01:26 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-26 01:53 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-26 11:13 +0000
        Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-26 01:24 +0000
  Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-01-22 12:55 -0500
    Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-22 12:22 -0700
      Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-23 01:06 +0000

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