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I've come to the realisation that I don't trust Apple software much these days. I used to upgrade to the latest version of both phone and computer OS quickly, but these days I'll hold on as long as I can - I'm still on 10.9, and waiting for the inevitable software upgrade that will make me have to pull the trigger.

I miss the Snow Leopard days.

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Yosemite is very solid for me as long as it doesn't have to do with iOS integration. iOS 8 is shit-pure-shit, to the point where even my non-technical mother in law and wife have asked about downgrading. Seriously, random non-technical people I meet talk about how bad iOS 8 is and how they won't upgrade. I haven't seen anything like it since the Windows 9x era.

Yosemite's Finder is a continuous source of errors (move a lot of files and watch it crash, never mind the reversion in Applescript). It also has some problems with connecting to drives on a server.

I don't know anyone who doesn't have a paus alternative such as Forklift installed. Finder is probably the worst app Apple ever released.

Well, buying a couple 100 copies of Finder replacements is not seen as a good use of money. Plus, training is an issue.

iOS 8 has had problems in early point releases but it's apprently now on 67% of iOS devices. I've found it a bit more stable and usable than iOS 7 but I am on a 5S and 6.

Well, Snow Leopard had is problems as well: "Data losses in Snow Leopard bug" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8304229.stm

I'm going in the other direction. Used to always wait one or two versions before upgrading and always doing a clean install. I installed bot Mavericks and Yosemite over the older versions early on without any problems.

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