Sierra (MacOS 12) and iOS 10 first impressions - 07/08/16 09:28 PM
Sierra (MacOS 12)
iOS 10
[b]Watch OS[/b]
- First jump out of the box Sierra broke my SoftRAID RAID 5 array. In fact the install would not complete with it connected to the system and if it is plugged in while the system is booted it causes a hard crash. After several chat sessions with OWC and SoftRAID, SoftRAID revealed that some change in the second non-public bata broke it and they are looking for a workaround. (I can't really complain, that is the chance you take with beta software) ðŸ˜
- The only software incompatibility discovered so far is SpamSieve ðŸ˜
- I haven't tried all of the various utilities so far but several open with a warning they are not approved with this version of the OS and refuse to run. ðŸ‘
- I know it is the same monitor and resolution, but somehow everything seems just a touch sharoer and crisper 🙂
- Siri on the desktop is wonderful. You have to trigger her (hold command space) to listen but that is probably a really good thing, particularly in an environment with lots of conversations going on 😃
- Applications may be a touch slower launching but this is the first public beta after all ðŸ˜
- All in all everything has remarkably uneventful for a first beta release. 😃😃
iOS 10
- Obviously Apple's download servers wwere slanmmed so the download was slow but the installl was completely straightforward 😃
- The major new thing I noticed is the new Homekit icon and I am eagerly awaiting a new door lock so I can try Homekit out ðŸ˜
- I have found the Health app a useful tool for keeping all sorts of medical information and records. At my age that gets a bit tedious at times. But in the iOS 10 version of Health much of the data entry has been relegated to third party apps almost all of which have free versions and very low priced ($1 - $2) upgrades. Overall better information, but perhaps not quite as convenient. 🙂
- Several UI tweeks and so far all strike me as improvements. 😃
- It is difficult t make a side by side comparison of my iPhone 6 Plus running iOS 10 and my wife's iPhone 6 (no plus) running iOS 9 becausse of the difference in the screen sizes but to my eye iOS 10 is crisper and sharper. 😃
- I have encountered a couple of older games that have presented me with a warning they are not 64 bit and may slow the overall system while running but they do still run. 🙂
- I have yet to encounter any actual incompatibility😄
[b]Watch OS[/b]
- 😡😖😩 I am doing something wrong and so far I have been unable to get the new Watch OS to install 😡😖😩