codyred Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 First time Mavericks is being offered on my 2012 MBP? From some of the feedback and glitches and all the workarounds some folks have to go through, it looks like I may want to stay with Mountain Lion (I think that's the system) currently on my machine. Link to comment
wwaldmanfan Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 First time Mavericks is being offered on my 2012 MBP? From some of the feedback and glitches and all the workarounds some folks have to go through, it looks like I may want to stay with Mountain Lion (I think that's the system) currently on my machine. The glitches descibed in other threads all seem to be DAC/driver compatibility issues. I have a non-Retina MBP upgraded to the latest Mavericks OSX 10.9.2, and have not had a moment's trouble, either with my previous MF V-LINK192/Peachtree DAC•iT, or my new NAD M51 DAC. Link to comment
Melvin Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 The glitches descibed in other threads all seem to be DAC/driver compatibility issues. I have a non-Retina MBP upgraded to the latest Mavericks OSX 10.9.2, and have not had a moment's trouble, either with my previous MF V-LINK192/Peachtree DAC•iT, or my new NAD M51 DAC. codyred .. I like Mavericks better than Mountain Lion. Just make sure you do your homework before upgrading. As mentioned here, there have been some USB driver issues. I think most DACs using drivers based on M2Tech's iteration had problems, including my Chord QuteHD DAC. Chord issued a fix shortly thereafter. I've had no other problems. Link to comment
Paul R Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 First time Mavericks is being offered on my 2012 MBP? From some of the feedback and glitches and all the workarounds some folks have to go through, it looks like I may want to stay with Mountain Lion (I think that's the system) currently on my machine. If you have a DAC that does not require drivers (most of them) then I think the jump to Mavericks is an all around improvement. Especially since Mavericks restores the "integer" mode capability many player programs can take advantage of. As always though, if you are very happy with your current setup, then install Mavericks on an external drive and test with it first, before jumping in with both feet. And, as others have mentioned, if your DAC has USB based upon the MTech line, it does require a driver that probably will not currently work under Mavericks. In that case, do not make the jump until either they write a driver to support Mavericks and beyond, or until you upgrade to use a compatible DAC. Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat DAC. Robert A. Heinlein Link to comment
codyred Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 If you have a DAC that does not require drivers (most of them) then I think the jump to Mavericks is an all around improvement. Especially since Mavericks restores the "integer" mode capability many player programs can take advantage of. As always though, if you are very happy with your current setup, then install Mavericks on an external drive and test with it first, before jumping in with both feet. And, as others have mentioned, if your DAC has USB based upon the MTech line, it does require a driver that probably will not currently work under Mavericks. In that case, do not make the jump until either they write a driver to support Mavericks and beyond, or until you upgrade to use a compatible DAC. You guys are great! Thanks. My external DAC is the Halide DAC HD Link to comment
codyred Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Sorry, my operating system is Lion 10.7.5 Link to comment
wgscott Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 The main glitch I ran into is the g++/clang++ API that Apple delights in changing every couple of years. Other than that, no reason not to upgrade. Link to comment
wgscott Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Sorry, my operating system is Lion 10.7.5 You are in for a nice surprise. Lion was Apple's Vista. Link to comment
wgscott Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 You guys are great! Thanks. My external DAC is the Halide DAC HD I'm almost positive it needs no driver. My Halide Bridge works fine on 10.9, fwiw. Link to comment
codyred Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 A nice surprise as in SQ improvement? Link to comment
wgscott Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I think they all sound the same, although I had stuttering on 10.7. It will be a nice surprise in terms of a well-functioning OS. Link to comment
gmgraves Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 You are in for a nice surprise. Lion was Apple's Vista. Nice thing about Apple. Usually, their OS upgrades are upgrades, not one-step-forward, two-steps-back affairs like Windows (Win8? Yechhhh!). George Link to comment
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