Yosemite; does it fix the Mavericks issues?

I made a big jump from 10.5 (Quad G5) to Mavericks on a new Mac Mini. Mavericks introduced a number of challenges:

• No PPC emulation; easy enough to fix with software upgrades (in and of itself a huge and expensive undertaking, buying new versions of Photoshop, Expression Media Pro, etc).


• One of my key tools, Expression Media Pro, is not supported in Mavericks, so now have to use an older, unsupported version


• No more displays in the menubar


• No more firewire (well, it was time to get with the times)


• Mavericks has a number of bugs, the most recent that i have noticed being How to fix the Finder name column width bug in OSX Mavericks - Christian Varga


• My trusty monitor calibrator, Spyder2 pro no longer works -- need to upgrade!

Bugs not withstanding, they are a minor annoyance; the ability to use newer tech (Thunderbolt, SATA, generally faster machine, etc). was worth the upgrade.





Yosemite is now on the next point release. Other than a fancier new GUI, are there any real functional reasons to upgrade? Does it fix many of the annoying bugs in Mavericks? My concerns stem from posts such as

• Apple and OS X Yosemite Need Another Snow Leopard


• The Worst Bugs in OS X Yosemite and How to Fix Them

(I've read through Do I want Yosemite? but other than a threadjack on providers, a debate on upgrading, and "try it out", I could not identify substantial comments)





For reference (compatibility, usability, etc).

• Mac Mini (2.3GHz i7, 10GB RAM)


• No iCloud (I use Dropbox) -- I understand the "continuity" may not work without iCloud, that's fine


• The only other Apple product is a iPad Mini (first gen)

Key apps I use:

• Mail


• Firefox


• Photoshop (CS6)


• Expression Media (Version 2; Version 3 is too buggy and not supported under Mavericks)


• PhotoMechanic


• Eclipse (c++)


• Parallels (Win7)

Comments, welcome, thanks!

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