#Os x yosemite app update#
#Os x yosemite app mac#

Peter: Unquestionably for me, the key improvement in Yosemite. It'll be even more so between Apple Watch, iPhone, and Mac. It's potent enough between iPhone and Mac. We've never been able to instantly tether or filedrop, make calls or send texts from any device as though it was our phone. We've been able to tether and transfer files, make voice calls and message, for a long time.

We've been able to sync data and content for a long time, but now that we can sync activity, what I'm using becomes less important than what I'm doing. Rene: Continuity is the beginning of something big. Unfortunately, OS X hadn't yet received the love iOS has gotten just yet. Sure there are bugs that need working out but I still believe it's the one amazing thing that ties both work flows together. I honestly can't imagine not having it at this point. In short: I like what Apple offers, wish more third-party apps would take advantage of the tools, and want the bugs gone.ДЄlly: I use Continuity calling and texting like crazy. Ren: I have sung the praises of Continuity's promise many a time, so I'll refrain from doing it at length here. Really want to see a couple of key apps make extensibility something worth caring about. I haven't used Markup in three months, and I thought I was going to love that feature.

I'm sure it'll evolve and come into its own, but so far, I'm not finding a lot of use for it. Even some of the hallmark ones, like Markup, which Apple showcases in Mail, really isn't something that grabs me. I haven't found a lot of use for the new extensibility functions in Yosemite.

#Os x yosemite app mac#

I may have to attribute some of this to the fact that I am a creature of habit when it comes to my Mac workflow and get anxiety about straying from it. While I love extensibility, I just haven't found very many use cases on OS X like I have on iOS. It could also be that Mac extensions will take some time before they come fully into their own - as a plugin architecture accessible to the masses.ДЄlly: I am with Rene here. That could be because the Mac has always been productive enough without them. I like the Yosemite extensions well enough, from markup to share to widgets, I just don't use them as much. It transformed interface from pull to push. Rene: Extensibility on iOS changed the way I use my iPhone and iPad. This new design is clearly optimized with Retina displays in mind - it's serviceable on the MacBook Air and older laptops, but looks positively brilliant on the Retina MacBook Air and other machines with the pixel-pushing power to really make it look good. Peter: Yosemite looks a lot more clean and up to date than Mavericks thanks to a redesign that emphasizes a flatter interface - buttons and user interfaces have been reworked with a more modern austerity that echoes the changes introduced in iOS 7 without parroting them enough to be called 'iOSified.' Yosemite made Mavericks look intolerably outdated. And it wasn't for any of the new features - I keep the podcast machine stripped down to the basics - it was for the interface. This year I took a hard look at those waves and updated to Yosemite almost immediately.

#Os x yosemite app update#

Last year I waited almost 9 months to update my podcast machine from Mountain Lion to Mavericks. Rene: I'm still loving the Yosemite design. I opened a friend's conputer recently that was still running Mavericks and it just felt 'old' At first I wasn't too sure but after only a few days, the whole experience just seemed more refined. I love the dark menu bar, but what about dark Safari, or dark Finder? Give me more!ДЄlly: I'm ecstatic that the design language on my Mac now matches more closely to iOS. I wish Dark mode was more fully-realized, though.