I had such a mess with my computer last month when I did a "CleanMyMac" thing -- I've been afraid to update to Yosemite. Have you? Is it okay? Did it mess anything up?
Does anyone else use iMovie? I like the old version from Snow Leopard (or something like that) and it is on my laptop. I can't get the hang of it on OSX 10.9.5, but wonder if anyone else has used it on Yosemite.
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Ha, ha...I, too, thought you were talking about a show at Yosemite. I went there years ago, what a fantastic place! As for what you are actually talking about, I have no idea...sounds like gobble de gook to me, I'm sadly low tech but impressed by the rest of you.
Apple products are just as vulnerable to malware as Microsoft products. For a long time, the Apple user base was too small to interest the hackers, so it escaped their attention. Now, of course, that is changing.
There is lots of mythology about how to maintain a PC that harks back to the way things were in the bad old days. Clean installs have not been necessary for a long time, assuming you run antivirus software. I haven’t done one since 1997 when Windows 97 was released. Features to clean up temp files, etc. have long been built into Windows – no need to buy or download “cleaners” (which, more than likely contain malware, as almost all free downloads do).
I run with my security and privacy settings set fairly high, and always run Norton Antivirus. I have not had any malware in at least ten years on any of my PC’s (currently 4).
Bad news for you MAC users. The hackers have been working overtime to create exploits and find vulnerabilities with you MAC. So, patching and keeping your programs are now a requirement, unless you want to get hacked or have your identity stolen. Now, keep in mind I am not trying to scare you because it would be just bad lucked to be picked out of the million MAC users. It's just something to keep in mind. Also, like a PC, if you want your computer to work in it's pristine, like new, condition, you must do a clean install every couple of years. The good news is that the same great programs that I use to keep my PC clean also comes in a MAC version. And, the best ones are free. I would suggest downloading and running CCleaner. The C stands for crap. I use it regularly and it cleans out my temp files, etc. and my registry. I'm not sure if MACS have a registry. If it is as good as the PC version it will get rid of all the crap on your machine. Another thing I use is called Malwarbytes Anti Malware. There is a free version that you run manually. There is a Pro version that has a preventative feature. Don't pay full price, however. Newegg runs a special once a month that allows you to pay $11 instead of the $29 it usually costs.
Of course, you should all be doing backups of your data because hard drives fail. I do it once a month and deposit the backup on an external drive.
Jim, some of the worse viruses and malware come from respected sites like Yahoo and Google, when hackers hack advertising and attack your computer from there. That is the weak point of any web site.
I downloaded an app called patchmyPC, that was recommended on Lifehacker, a great web site that everyone could use. It automatically downloaded and installed every app that wasn't up to date, including the Windows 64 bit version of I-Tunes that for some reason did not let me do it manually from this computer. Previously, I had to download the latest version to my laptop and then transfer it my desktop to install it. Unfortunately, I-tunes is something I need because the I-Phone won't let me put audiobooks, music, and my custom ringtones without dumping it to my I-Tunes library and then installing it. It is the one feature that is better on an android phone.
Hey, I love this. Macs being complicated?!?! Macs having viruses?!?! I guess the hackers think Apple is the big blue meany on the block instead of Microsoft. I like what Jim did. It's so PC like creating an image, and then doing a clean install. I'm a PC person. The only Apple thing I have is an Iphone. I always create an image after a clean install, or, when I got my laptop. An image is just that, an image of everything on you computer. I bought a 2 gig external drive and created an image of my desktop and laptop that resides on that drive. I, also, back up my data in case of hard drive failure or a virus. I do that once a month. There are apps that automate the task. Of course, I don't have a lot to back up, like you guys. I use Norton on my desktop. I split the bill with 2 other people. It comes with 3 licenses. On my laptop I use AVG free. It's a little annoying because it asks me to buy the program, all the time. Maybe I'll start using Avast.
I dumped Acrobat a long time ago. It's 100 times bigger than it should be. In fact, the whole Adobe CC suite is elephantine. I'm sure that didn't help. You Photoshop guys have no choice.
May I suggest VLC media player for MAC as a movie and video viewer. I use the PC version. It's the best media player out there and it is free. Here's the link:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
Thanks for the link, Mr. B. Yes, the clean install is no longer exclusively owned by Windows users. Mac viruses are very rare, and if you have a firewall and are careful about your sources of software, viruses aren't a huge issue for Mac owners.
Unfortunately,I use Acrobat quite a bit for various things. Its ability to create fillable, distributable forms is quite useful, and slick. Easy to use once you understand the basics. Filling out state tax forms is a good example of that functionality. No more printing out the document, handwriting in the fields, and faxing it. There are probably other tools that can do this, too. I haven't had time to investigate them. I'd agree that the Adobe Cloud can be gargantuan. But it did give me license to try some software that I wouldn't have otherwise, specifically the new versions of Adobe's pro video/audio software and their alternative web coding software (which I haven't looked at yet). You can download as much or as little as you need.
Connie, if you already have iMovie, and can learn the new interface, stick with it.
You might try Adobe Premiere Elements. $70 until January 4. A more extensive feature set than iMovie. More expensive, too. If you just need to edit a couple of clips and export to YouTube, iMovie works fine for that. A good comparison of the two tools, on MacWorld UK.
Quicktime Pro 7 is a very good little clip player and is capable of trimming and re-rendering clips. It is NOT the player version that ships with current the Mac OS. It requires a $29 payment to enable the pro features, but is probably worth the money if you just need a quick and dirty editor and transcoder.
The problem if you do not update the software and other programs do not work well and with mac you open yourself to problems (BIG )
I moved my MacBook Pro to Yosemite a couple of weeks ago. I did a clean install because Mavericks had been installed on top of the last OS, and things were running slow. I did a Time Machine backup, and also cloned the drive with all its data to a new external drive using Carbon Copy Cloner.
Yosemite was unable to migrate my data after 12 hours -- it kept hanging. I moved my home folder manually, and reinstalled all of the apps one at a time. Several apps needed updating. I reinstalled the Adobe CC 14 apps; the Mavericks install had been running the original CC apps, and that was a good opportunity to do that. I did some significant housekeeping as well, getting rid of apps I no longer needed or used.
Acrobat Pro gave me a headache. The Adobe installer said it was up to date, but it wouldn't run. It took about a day and a half hour with an Adobe tech taking control of my machine remotely to uninstall ALL of the CC14 apps and reinstall Acrobat. He deleted a number of folders and files within the Library folder. Then I had to re-download and re-install the other cloud apps.
All in all, it took me about ten days to get my Mac back in working order. The good news is that it runs much more smoothly than it did before, and I have more disk space. Essentially what I did was "clean my Mac" by hand.
I don't use iMovie. Never cared for it much. I use Final Cut on an old desktop machine, and Premiere Pro on the new machine. Will probably go to FCP X when I upgrade the old hardware.
Just convinced me, Jim, I'm never updating anything ever again. I don't want to do any of that. My degrees are in English and psychology, not engineering or technology and there is a resin for that.
Connie,
Pros and cons upgrading to Yosemite. Upgraded the new mac mini to it and a 4 year old macbook and had few problems. Have not upgraded the i7 iMac yet because I do not like the icloud pop ups every morning (I don't use iCloud) or the fact that the reset feature in Safari has been removed. It is much more difficult to reset Safari now than before.
You do need an anti virus program especially if you are running parallels and windows on the mac (most cad/cam programs require this). I use both Kaspersky and ClamXav, mainly because my wife on occasion has downloaded by accident viruses from friends FORWARDING her stuff.
Have spent time this morning and last night getting rid of Go To Meeting that was downloaded to do a webinar. It was interfering with Mail.
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