Found out how to change the search in itunes back to the old style... so much better!  Why didn't I look into this before???

 

http://www.cultofmac.com/204115/change-the-itunes-11-search-feature-back-to-the-older-functionality-os-x-tips/

 

The Twiggy Mac Lives! The Quest To Resurrect The World’s Oldest Macintosh

 

Shoehorned in 8GB of RAM into my newly-resurrected MacBook Pro.  Everything is just a tad more zippy, particularly the oinking RAM hogs known as Chrome, FFX and Photoshop.

 

If only fixing and upgrading cars and houses was as easy as computers.

I still think that Apple doesn't put enough RAM in the baseline Macs to do them justice, and only 4GB is just silly.  I'm amazed at how often I see our 16GB iMac or Macbook Pro Retina using up 8-12GB of RAM after running multiple apps over a few days.  

 

Sure the OS can "function" with only 4GB but it's clearly slowed down when you have insufficient RAM and more than 1-2 apps loaded.  These Macs have always had 16GB so I can't attest to the improvement there from the extra RAM, I just got 16GB to make them a little more "future proof".  

 

But I've seen a big improvement in my son's late 2008 Macbook Pro by increasing it from 4GB to 8GB early last year (the max).  That RAM plus an Hybrid HD make it run about as quick as our daughter's 8GB 2012 Macbook Pro with std HD - at least in every day tasks. The newer models still convert audio and video files 2x as fast, or zip files faster.  But responsiveness and launch times on the old Mac improved noticeably with both more RAM and with a hybrid HD.  In an effort to avoid using an external drive for their iTunes library the kids agreed to a slower 750GB HD over a smaller SSD.  But with iTunes in the cloud and iTunes Match I'd be okay with a smaller SSD for the additional speed.

I do ok with 4gb on my laptop, but I'm obviously a newb

That's because you do everything remotely, newb. How much memory does it take to run a terminal emulator anyway (unless its emacs)  

Holy crap, 1Password 4.0 is out.  It's a major change from 3.X.  I am ...unsure what I think of it thus far.

Holy crap, 1Password 4.0 is out.  It's a major change from 3.X.  I am ...unsure what I think of it thus far.

Indeed.  I like the menu bar utility.

 

Free upgrade for 1Password 3 owners who bought this year; $25 for people who bought before 2013

$40 for now for new users; price going up to $50 later I think.  Good security changes: http://learn.agilebits.com/1Password4/Security/1P4-security-changes.html

The upgrade is also free if you bought it through the App Store.

For a second there, I'd thought Mavericks had been released to the general public.

In any case, does it just not run as well on your MBP?

Reks, does the Golden Master version of Mavericks perform slower than ML on your MBP?  

I guess the Spotlight index has become more of a CPU hog?

 

That would be a bummer.

Bummer, but only an issue for the first few hours after initial installation, correct?

I'd guess spotlight is a memory and io hog, which manifests as feeling slower.

Reks, do you use Outlook? I assume not, but Outlook uses Spotlight and this causes all kinds of perf issues.

New Firmware update for MacBook Air June 2012-2013 might work, or it might tell you to replace your 64GB or 128GB hard drive. Replacement is free in the first three years of ownership.

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/10/apple-warns-of-ssd-failures-in-macbook-air/?utm_source=mainrss

OSX Mavericks is available today for free!

^ Where?

App Store

 

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/10/22/os-x-109-mavericks-launches-today-is-a-free-upgrade

Mac App Store, from the articles that I've read.

cupertino

Stand in center with arms raised. It will float down. 
 

iPad mini with retina.

iPad air. 

I like free.

Man raises bar on hating on Apple