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A small vertical beam enables you to reduce or eliminate the amount of space given to the application name. Long-time Mac users may find this annoying, but it’s beneficial to less sophisticated Mac users, who often have trouble figuring out which application is in the foreground if it lacks open windows. Apple is also touting improved network performance, which is generally true, but the greatest benefits are seen between systems running Mac OS 8.5 on high-speed 100Base-T Ethernet networks.Īpplication Switcher - After installing Mac OS 8.5, you’ll notice the Application menu on the far right of the menubar sports the name of the current application along with the application’s icon. Scripts I tested typically run more than twice as fast as they did under Mac OS 8.1. Mac OS 8.5 also includes a new PowerPC-native version of AppleScript, which Apple claims can be as much as five times faster than earlier versions. Areas of the operating system that see the most benefit include QuickDraw and QuickDraw Text (the Mac OS’s fundamental graphics and text rendering tools) routines that handle menus, controls, icons, lists, windows, and dialogs and internal event management. One advantage of developing Mac OS 8.5 only for PowerPC-based Macs is that Apple was able to rewrite major portions of the core operating system using PowerPC-native code. Performance - The first thing many Mac OS 8.5 users will notice is that it’s faster than previous versions of the Mac OS – sometimes much faster. This has nothing to do with Mac OS 8.5: it’s just common sense. If you aren’t reliably and consistently backing up your data, you must.
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The Mac OS 8.5 installer permits customization of packages before installation begins and can add and remove selected software once Mac OS 8.5 is installed.Īs always, make a full backup of your Mac before installing new system software. If you’re using Open Transport, you can export your settings, then import them after installation. You should also write down your TCP/IP and dial-up settings before installing Mac OS 8.5.
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Do let the installer update any Apple disk drivers.
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If you’re using third-party hard disk drivers, make sure they’re compatible with Mac OS 8.5 before you install and make sure the Mac OS 8.5 installer doesn’t replace them with Apple’s disk drivers. Installing Mac OS 8.5 - For most users, installing Mac OS 8.5 will be simple – the installer application is straightforward and had no problems with clean installations or installing over existing system folders in my testing.
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If you recently bought a Mac without Mac OS 8.5, you may be able to upgrade for $20 via Apple’s Mac OS Up-to-Date program.
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If you bought Mac OS 8.1 after 14-Sep-98 you can upgrade to Mac OS 8.5 for $20 using an upgrade coupon available in PDF format. Mac OS 8.5 is available on CD-ROM for $99 from the Apple Store and for lower prices from Apple dealers and TidBITS sponsors Cyberian Outpost and Small Dog Electronics. A bare-bones installation requires about 50 MB of disk space recommended and optional components boost that to 150 MB and higher. Unlike previous releases, Mac OS 8.5 does not support 68040-based Macs, or 68K-based machines upgraded to PowerPC processors. Just the Facts - Mac OS 8.5 requires a PowerPC-based Macintosh with at least 16 MB of RAM (Apple recommends 24 MB I recommend even more). The good news is that these claims are all true, and although Mac OS 8.5 isn’t an ideal upgrade for all Macintosh owners or everything Mac owners dreamed about, it is a solid leap forward, with significant new capabilities and under-the-hood transformations. The wait is over: with considerable fanfare, Apple last week released Mac OS 8.5, billing it as a smarter, faster version of the Mac OS with enhanced Internet integration and a raft of new features. #1603: Replacing a 27-inch iMac, Luna Display turns a 27-inch iMac into a 5K display, OWC's affordable Thunderbolt 4 cables.#1604: Universal Control how-to, show proxy icons in Monterey, Eat Your Books cookbook index.#1605: OS updates with security and bug fixes, April Fools article retrospective, Audio Hijack 4, 5G home Internet.#1606: Apple's self-sabotaging App Store policies, edit Slack messages easily, WWDC 2022 dates.

