El Capitan and Adobe Apps

[David Roth weiss]

Hey Steve, why don’t you clone your working boot drive and update to El Capitan, then you can text safely and tell us of your results.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[Steve Connor]

[David Roth Weiss] “Hey Steve, why don’t you clone your working boot drive and update to El Capitan, then you can text safely and tell us of your results.”

When the good people at Adobe say I can 🙂

[Andrew Kimery]

On Twitter I’ve seen some people say the update fixes some problems with PPro but I haven’t heard anything from Adobe.

[Kevin Monahan]

Don’t update yet is still the word.

Kevin Monahan
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[David Roth weiss]

Thanks for keeping us posted with the latest news Kevin. I’ll bet those folks on the other “A” forums wish their manufacturers rep would keep tabs on their welfare. 🙂

BTW, while I’m certainly no expert on the “underpinnings” of OS X , El Capitan doesn’t seem like such a huge update to me. So, anyone willing to risk their business by upgrading without making a protection clone first, is not making very wise business decision.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[Steve Connor]

[Kevin Monahan] “Don’t update yet is still the word.
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Any more detail on that please, if you are still saying that after the first point update to El Cap then there must be a real problem!

[David Roth weiss]

[Steve Connor] “Any more detail on that please, if you are still saying that after the first point update to El Cap then there must be a real problem!
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The big question is why would a professional editor sucessfuily editing away on a perfectly running Mac need to update to El Capitan?

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[Steve Connor]

[David Roth Weiss] “The big question is why would a professional editor sucessfuily editing away on a perfectly running Mac need to update to El Capitan?”

Because, despite the bugs, it seems to be noticeably faster in operation than Yosemite. I’ve got it on a test partition and so far it’s very good.

[David Roth weiss]

It certainly boots faster Steve… I’ll grant you that.

However, the question I raised is based upon “cost-benefit analysis,” which is really the basis of many, if not most, of my posts here on The Cow.

In this case, whatever the advantage may be of updating the OS, if it is known that it can potentially put an editor’s fundamental source of revenue at risk, any user considering the upgrade/update, especially without making a protection clone first, is clearly NOT weighing the costs vs the benefits. And, a mistake can be a sure way to lose clients, and in some cases, potentially a career.

Since managing post-production is every bit as important for professional editors as performing their craft, and since I see that often overlooked here, I raise the question about the importance of upgrading the OS to get people thinking as if they’re managing a real business, because most are. And, because good and bad habits tend to follow editors throughout their careers, learning to think like a business/facility manager or a post-supervisor, and at least knowing (and hopefully adopting) “best practices,” is something of enormous value for editors at every level. I suspect you most likely agree with me, but by all means, please respond if you don’t.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[Steve Connor]

[David Roth Weiss] “In this case, whatever the advantage may be of updating the OS, if it is known that it can potentially put an editor’s fundamental source of revenue at risk, any user considering the upgrade/update, especially without making a protection clone first, is clearly NOT weighing the costs vs the benefits. And, a mistake can be a sure way to lose clients, and in some cases, potentially a career.

Since managing post-production is every bit as important for professional editors as performing their craft, and since I see that often overlooked here, I raise the question about the importance of upgrading the OS to get people thinking as if they’re managing a real business, because most are. And, because good and bad habits tend to follow editors throughout their careers, learning to think like a business/facility manager or a post-supervisor, and at least knowing (and hopefully adopting) “best practices,” is something of enormous value for editors at every level. I suspect you most likely agree with me, but by all means, please respond if you don’t.
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I agree with all of this, of course. I just want to know when I can make the Professional decision to upgrade to an OS that will potentially, when it’s stable, improve my daily working experience.

I’ve only ever been bitten by a Mac OS upgrade once and I don’t plan to do it again.