#HighSierra

Definitely a refinement. The system seemed to be running faster and the only problem we had was having to update the apps still incompatible with this new Mac OS.

The upgrading process was straightforward although it may depend with your internet bandwidth. Once the software were downloaded installation would take another 30 minutes and a couple of boot up after which everything should be up and running.

So far, I have yet to come across any major glitches. The apps, including my EVE Online game seemed to be running great. The old Aperture - which was rendered obsolete - was OK as well.

I have managed to get all the computers upgraded yesterday except for Anita's Mac Book. That may come later then. So far, so good.

Update Time

As Apple was gearing up to their next iteration of the iOS, the iOS 11, the 10.3.3 update came out. I didn't waste much time doing the update and the process seemed to be straightforward enough. No hiccups.

Let's hope that it brought some improvements ...

Update Day

A week has passed since the iOS update and now Sierra was released. I decided to fresh boot my Mac Pro and started from scratch. It was not as painful as I thought it was going to be. The only problem was the driver for my Razer keyboard was not yet updated, so I was back with the Apple keyboard. No big deal but I have to cut down on the gaming a bit.

All the other programs seemed OK. Even the Aperture - which is no longer natively supported by Apple seemed to working fine.

And then came Nougat ....On the same morning, I also got a message that my Nexus had Nougat ready for download! Off we go!

iOS Update

So, this would be the first of series software updates to tag along the launch if both the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2. First the iOS 10, next would be the Watch OS 3 and next week, the new Mac OS Sierra.

The download was bigger than I expected. 1.1 Gb. Luckily it was a doddle with my bandwidth but I would imagine that it would've taken ages on my old speed.

The update process was smooth. It did render my Squarespace app useless. From now on in would have to update the blog only from the computer. No more mobile upload, at least for my main blog. Harisrahman.com was still running the legacy Squarespace version 5 engine and I liked to leave it that way. They were more predictable and stable.

My phones, I pads and watch had had their update. Time to wait for the Sierra.

El Capitan!

Apple makes major update to their main Operating System every year, and for the past few years, it came as a free update. It didn't use to be so before.

When Leopard was introduced, I remembered having a meet-up at an Apple shop in Great Eastern Mall when it was released. Since it was released at midnight an San Francisco, the shop were only able to hand the disc - yes, disc - to us at around 3 pm Malaysia time. And there was a group of about 20 of us turned up, having a quick drink and snack which the shop provided.

It used to be a big thing since Apple and Mac was not mainstream back then. That didn't stop me from staying up to watch the Apple keynote, something that Anita was wondering about until years later she learned who Steve Jobs was.

Time have moved on. Even the shop at Great Eastern Mall has since closed - although a new dealer came in recently. Nowadays, the OS is free and one just downloaded it through broadband.

6Gb was the size of the file and since today was the first day of the release of El Capitan, the server had been really slow. I left the download on when I left for work this morning and when I reached home, only 1.2 Gb was on my disc. It would probably be tomorrow morning before I would be ready for the install. Hopefully it would be worth the wait!

And we are good!