Installing/updating:
The download was about 5.6gb, downloaded pretty quickly. however the initial install froze with 22 minutes remaining and stayed that way for the better part of half and hour. Eventually it continued on with the progress bar, but as it installed, my screen showed weird block lines until it went black 20 minutes later and reappeared with a white-grey screen with the Apple logo. Another 20 minutes of that, then back to a "running final updates" screen much like the installer screen for about 10 minutes. Then it started the typical "sign in with iCloud/choose your options/send crash reports/etc" run-through.
The look:
Right off the bat I knew that I didn't like most of the new look and feel of Yosemite. Much like iOS7 & iOS8, which use vector display formatting and bright colors, it immediately looks less professional than Mavericks does (which for some people might be a good thing that it now matches your phone).
Things that have stuck out to me already:
- The font of the top bar is different, or bolder, or a different size, but I don't like it as much.
- The colors are brighter to match those of iOS7 & 8.
- Everything has a vector appearance, much more akin to iOS8 than anything else.
- The notifications pop-out pane has been re-branded to look exactly like it does in iOS8, including having separate "Today" and "Notifications" tabs.
- The close/minimize/expand (red, yellow, green buttons at top left of panes) changed slightly.
- Icons, both within native programs and for the programs themselves have been redesigned to look more like iOS8 icons. Some that were previously not square are now squares.
- Then entire icon set for Finder has been updated. Still not sure if I like it.
- Dashboard now uses a blurred version of your desktop background instead of the weird grey dot wallpaper from previous OS X versions.
- The finder icon changed and now looks extra creepy.
- Custom folder icons that you may have been using did not update their look (Google Drive, looking at you).
- The side pane of Finder is now a blurred grey overlay of whatever part of your background wallpaper is behind it.
- iTunes now has a red/white icon. And it looks pretty different. I would assume that iPhoto/iMovie are the same since they also updated.
Software/functionality changes:
- Immediately it wanted me to upgrade to Java 8u20, and Java's website says that Java 7 isn't supported on Yosemite (you can download it here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html)
- Safari is completely redesigned. Haven't tried to use it much.
- Firefox has lost the functionality to go full-screen as a new desktop (expand button from top-right of pane is gone). Unsure if this is true for all programs that could do that in Mavericks.
- Okay it appears that the green button in the top left now makes a pane go full-screen instead of snapping to just fit the whole screen.
- You can now upgrade your iCloud to use "iCloud Drive" for documents; haven't messed around with this, so I don't know if it's trying to replace dropbox or just let you share documents between apps/programs on devices easier through the cloud.
- System Preferences now has an "Extensions" page to change settings for things like the Finder/Dropbox app integration.
- Adobe Flash requires an update to work with Yosemite.
- iCloud drive have a default location tab in Finder.
- McAfee is having troubles reporting that all 4 of it's features are enabled at that same time. The most I can get is 3/4.
- The calendar widget on the Notifications pop-out bar doesn't show all-day events.
That's all I have for now, gotta run to class. I'll post some updates as I get more into the thick of it, but for now it's gonna take some getting used to since I did like the color scheme/icon scheme/general looks of Mavericks better. There might be a revert in my near future.
Update 10/20/2014:
A few more things to add:
- McAfee Endpoint Protection was pretty much shot so I had to uninstall it.
- The green snap button now either snap a program onthe main desktop or expand it to full screen, depending on the program. I've found that regularly updated and native Apple programs go full screen while older Microsoft Office programs still snap. The icon that is displayed withing the green button will tell you what action it is going to take by hovering over it.
- Some programs that ran just fine before now require a legacy Java 6 to run (since Yosemite requires Java 8).
- Mail is having some issues verifying certain exchange servers.
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