Uh oh.
:<

Don't install OSX version Whatever because anything that worked on version Whatever -1 will not work.

That isn't even half true, the majority of applications will still work. Apple may not be big into backwards compatibility, but they don't change things that much every time.

Never change a running system. That's why I never upgraded to Windows 8 and why I hated going to Windows 7 from Windows XP.

Also, never install an Apple OS. Because screw Apple :V

I don't agree. The "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality works well with many things, but from a security standpoint OS upgrades do help quite a bit. I do, however, strongly agree with the recommendation to not be an "early adopter". Wait a couple years for everyone else to find the bugs before upgrading. Usually by service pack 1 the next version of Windows is ready to go. Macintosh has a similar logic to it, so at least waiting a yearish from launch helps greatly.

Windows XP was horrendously insecure and unreliable when Microsoft first released it. It took until service pack 2 for the OS to become stable tho from a security standpoint it's still not hard to compromise compared to 7 and 8.

Hopefully evil art nazi had a backup of the painter installation media. You can always reinstall the older OS if needed. Never forget to backup backup backup! Backblaze.com is great in that for $5 a month your entire computer will be backedup with no storage limit. Just an idea.

Best of luck!

Up to a certain time an OS still gets all the important updates but if you keep it beyond its lifecycle that really is risky.

Haven't had problems around here, everyone I know who installed it is having no trouble. However, no one I know has Painter. Perhaps they'll update it?

Also, network problems. Been dealing with that at work.

Never day 0 upgrade a live work machine for any reason yo

No problems with me on my 2012 MacBook Pro. I wish I could update my dear old 2006 Mac Pro but she's too old to run Mavericks.

Huh, well that's quite unfortunate then...

>Installing mac software
>2013
>Laughingpenguins.avi

Thanks for your warning.

As someone who works in the Geek Squad, I can assure you that it is apt to eat much more than that, quite arbitrarily.