From 10.6. to 10.7. some suggestions ?

[lito]

Hi,
I'm interested on the NI Complete 9 ( now 50% sommersale) but it's running till from 10.7. and I must update from 10.6. My mac is from 2006 version 1.1. and it's not possible for my system to jump on 10.8. or 10.9. O.K. that's fact. In this forum I have often red that 10.7. would be not so solid as 10.6. 10.8. or 10.9. Of course backups are a must to do, but what is the experience or suggestions from other users here ?

Greets Lito

[MIDI Life Crisis]

That's OS Lion which many felt was a dog. I would stay on 10.6 if you can't make it to 10.8 or better. Many bugs in Lion just didn't get fixed AFAIK.

[lito]

That's OS Lion which many felt was a dog. I would stay on 10.6 if you can't make it to 10.8 or better. Many bugs in Lion just didn't get fixed AFAIK.

the first response and negative suggestion I know why I like my 10.6. so much

[MIDI Life Crisis]

Not negative, just that facts, m'am. Just the facts.

[James Steele]

That's OS Lion which many felt was a dog. I would stay on 10.6 if you can't make it to 10.8 or better. Many bugs in Lion just didn't get fixed AFAIK.

I subscribe to that point of view. I have Lion on an office computer just so I could have share calendars with my other devices via iCloud, etc., but for DAW stuff... stay with Snow Leopard or go to Mountain Lion.

[stubbsonic]

Are you sure that NI Complete won't run on a 10.6.8 system? I suppose you wouldn't want to kick down the cash unless you were fairly certain it would even install.

[lito]

puhhh, this is a clear position, what a shame, my old system don't allow 10.8.
O.K. 10.6. rules
Thanks a lot boys !

[doodles]

weird. NI komplete 9 worked fine on 10.6.8 here, before I upgraded OS. maybe it's just not supported officially.

[lito]

Are you sure that NI Complete won't run on a 10.6.8 system? I suppose you wouldn't want to kick down the cash unless you were fairly certain it would even install.

the NI Complete 9 is really till from 10.7. but is not a "must have" for me. Next example: I have the Alchemist V2 plug. I would update to the new V3 version but the same, till 10.7. I'm angry

[lito]

weird. NI komplete 9 worked fine on 10.6.8 here, before I upgraded OS. maybe it's just not supported officially.

Really, I'm surprised,thanks ! o.k. I will grab more information on the NI support.

[bayswater]

I know some people had a bad experience with 10.7. But I didn't. When running DP 7.24 under OS X 10.7.4, my system was stable. I don't find audio stuff I have working any better under 10.8.5, nor was it noticeably better under 10.6.8. I have found 10.9 a bit clunky, while others think it's great.

If it looks like 10.7 might be necessary to run Kontakt, you can always set up a test partition or drive and try it out and decide. It is still available for $29, so not a huge investment.

[billf]

I know some people had a bad experience with 10.7. But I didn't. When running DP 7.24 under OS X 10.7.4, my system was stable. I don't find audio stuff I have working any better under 10.8.5, nor was it noticeably better under 10.6.8. I have found 10.9 a bit clunky, while others think it's great.

Add me to the list of those who found Lion to work fine. I'm currently on 10.8.5 and have not had issues with it either.

[Armageddon]

I'm still on Snow Leopard and DP 7.24, for the moment. I'm waiting until I get a new internal drive and go through the terrible agony of cloning my old drive, installing the new drive and the days-long process of re-authorizing all the software that will lose authorizations once I do all that before upgrading to Lion (which, by the way, nothing posted in this topic is easing my tensions over). HOWEVER, once I upgrade to Lion, I'm sorely tempted to undergo the "hack" to install Mountain Lion and, yes, possibly even Mavericks. Look up "MLPostLoader", which is free software that will allow you to install Mountain Lion on an older, unqualified machine like mine. Apparently, the main problem with installing Mountain Lion on an older machine has to do with the graphics card, which, in these cases, can't deal with the 64-bit address functionality Mountain Lion (and Mavericks) demands. It seems like something Apple could have worked out, especially since older machines like my MacBook are 64-bit machines with adequate processors and RAM to run the newer operating systems, but I suspect they didn't to force the average consumer to buy newer computers.

They keep revising and refining "MLPostLoader", but some of the bugs listed, like Disk Utility not working in Mountain Lion (which they seemed to have fixed) or the loss of your iSight camera's functionality, are still kind of troubling. There doesn't seem to be a "hack" program for Mavericks, but I've read things along the lines of, once you have Mountain Lion working on your machine, you can then upgrade to Mavericks without any hassle (not sure if that's true) and there are actually detailed instructions on how to hack Lion via Terminal to allow you to install Mavericks. All of these require that both Lion already be installed and legit installers of Mountain Lion (twenty bucks at the App Store, but you may have to buy a USB installer, like I did, because the App Store will immediately tell you that it can't run on your computer and won't allow you to download it) and/or Mavericks (FREE!). At least, in "MLPostLoader"'s case, they strongly recommend that you create a partition for Mountain Lion and clean install into that, so you can see if it works or not on your machine without totally screwing up your other software.

For the moment, I'm perfectly happy with Snow Leopard and my older, apparently completely outdated software. I hate to give up my black MacBook, though I suppose it's inevitable. I may just break down and buy something more modern, even if it's just a Mac Mini, to do audio on.

I subscribe to that point of view. I have Lion on an office computer just so I could have share calendars with my other devices via iCloud, etc., but for DAW stuff... stay with Snow Leopard or go to Mountain Lion.

I just got an iPod Touch 2G (in keeping with the theme of me owning only outdated hardware) and I've been able to sync my calendar and address book just fine using iTunes. Granted, it runs iOS 4.2.1, my MacBook runs Snow Leopard and I know about as much about iCloud as I do about mixing great-sounding music, but it seems to be working (for the moment).

[mikehalloran]

Not enough information. What else do you do?

OS 10.7 broke a number of things that weren't fixed till 10.8.2 or 10.9 depending on what it was. Perhaps you don't need any of that functionionality. If your needs include certain scan, print, networking, sharing and Cloud abilities, those weren't fixed till 10.8.2 and later.

DP 5.13 & 7.24 ran quite well for me in 10.7. That's was not the problem.

I'd better qualify that. You can't install any version of DP older than 7.24 on OS 10.7 or later. DP 5.13 and 6.03 will run if installed on OS 10.6.8 with Rosetta and then the OS is updated.

[lito]

Thanks a lot for your responses. Now I think to keep one's hands off from 10.7. and work as long as possible with 10.6.8.
To make music and good tracks I'm sure that 10.6.8. is good enough for some time