
If not, that could change everything…įound this article interesting? Follow Graham Cluley on Twitter or Mastodon to read more of the exclusive content we post. Questions are being asked as to whether Mountain Lion will receive any more security updates. But at least I can feel comfortable that my computer will be working tomorrow, and I can get to bed at a decent time tonight. Instead, they would test it, see what third parties report regarding any potential issues, and make sure that it’s not going to cause them headaches.

What I am sure of is that when I do finally decide to upgrade my Mac, I’ll make a full backup of my entire hard disk before hand – and test that I can restore it safely should the walls come tumbling around me.Īfter all, no sensible business would roll out an entirely new version of an operating system onto its computers on the day that it is launched. Who knows what third party apps I have installed on my Macs which might conflict with Mavericks?Īnd are there really any compelling new features and functionality in Mavericks that I can’t live without which necessitate me rushing in to installing it straight away? I would much rather bide my time, and wait a few weeks until the dust has settled. Oh dear – a combination of Mavericks and Keynote 6 has screwed up my deck for next week Time to get it fixed ASAP! That’s the fate that seems to have befallen one of my fellow infosec bloggers, Thom Langford:

David McClelland 🔌 🚙 October 22, 2013Īnd if my MacBook Air got screwed up and couldn’t use essential tools like Keynote which I use for public presentations, I’d be up sh*t creek without a paddle. I don’t want to be a day one casualty like tech broadcaster David McClelland:

I need to feel confident that it’s going to be able to run the software I need to do my day-to-day work without a hitch.

After all, my desktop computer is my workhorse.
