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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Upgrading Snow Leopard to Yosemite: Gotchas? Risks?
Date: 5 Apr 2015 13:47:05 GMT
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On 2015-04-05, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
> You then need to spend time in System Preferences to disable a bunch of
> UI aspects

Not if you aren't an uptight dingbat who refuses to accept progress.

> force enable the scroll bars

I've one that for mouse-only systems. For track pads it makes little
sense to do it.

> "accessibility" to enable geriatric mode to disable translucensy,

Meh. I can go either way with that. It's just not as big a deal as you
make it out to be.

> increase contrast etc to make screen readable.

I've flipped that on and off.

> However, generally, the upgrade works well. Remember that scrolling is
> reversed.

Reversed seems more natural to a lot of us.

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