Warning: whiny rant ahead. I made the mistake of reinstalling Snow Leopard on one of my older machines that supported it. I also learned that my desktop iMac originally came with it, and that although difficult, I could choose to use it. This would still be preferable to going back to Windows.
I say "Mistake" because using Snow Leopard again, even for a short while, made me realise just how stupid and pointless all subsequent releases of OS X have been. I mean, really, it's just gimmicks and iOS envy. The small number of worthwhile features that came with newer OS releases could easily have been foregone or substituted if it meant getting back what I most liked about a clean, stable, functional OS like Snow Leopard. How could I have upgraded three OS releases and not noticed that? I guess the "Magic" of Apple is really that they can convince people to accept unwelcome change, even for some trifling little benefit which they will sell as a "Feature" to justify an entire OS upgrade. So, to answer your question, the reason to install ML over Mavericks is that newer is not always better, but that ML is a good bit more stable and comes from a better cut. However, I do recommend it in this instance, because Apple has abandoned accessibility support for ML, and you won't get system software updates that address any accessibility issues. I know; I asked. There are a couple of minor changes in Mavericks besides that make it worth having, like invisible Time Machine backups, and multi-process Safari. However, you'll have to learn how to work the new iBooks, if you need it, and there are definite stability issues. /me wonders if he should install Snow Leopard on my primary desktop, and live forever in a better time ... No, probably not. I would only hurt myself in the long run. Yes, I saw the latest Yosemite, in case anyone's wondering. I'm not telling you what to expect, but you can sign up for the beta for free. Cheers, Sabahattin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
