{"id":12801,"date":"2011-12-09T13:40:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T18:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=12801"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:31:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:31:26","slug":"teach-your-mac-new-things-keep-your-software-up-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/12801-teach-your-mac-new-things-keep-your-software-up-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Teach your Mac New Things – Keep Your Software Up-To-Date."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Not everybody is running the \u201clatest and greatest\u201d versions of software. This is extra true when it\u2019s something like Adobe Creative Suite<\/a>, which can easily top a grand each time a new version comes out. While the extra features may be worth it to some (I absolutely love Photoshop CS5’s \u00a0“Content Aware Fill”), it may not be as useful for others, and $1000+ is nothing to sneeze at.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, though, all \u00a0you need is an incremental update to give you the features you need. OWC Customer Robert Scott<\/strong> wrote in to us to relay his story of just how true this is.<\/p>\n

Robert was running Adobe Photoshop CS4 (11.0.0) under Tiger (OSX 10.4.11) on his 2007 Mac Pro. Unfortunately, Photoshop would disable OpenGL rendering with the stock nVidia GeForce 7300GT video card, which was unsupported. He replaced the GeForce with a refurbished Radeon X1900 XT (purchased from OWC), which allowed Photoshop to enable OpenGL rendering.<\/p>\n

This worked great for several years until recently, when the Radeon started running extra hot, causing all sorts of striping on the screen, shutting down the displays at random, and causing hardware freezes.<\/p>\n

Apparently, Robert had had enough, and he replaced the X1900 XT with the original GeForce, while preparing to pick up a Radeon HD 5770<\/a> to replace it. To his surprise, though, he found that OpenGL was still enabled. Apparently, either the latest version of Photoshop CS4 (11.0.2), the fact he\u2019s now running OS X 10.6.8, or a combination of the two has now added support that was not there initially.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, everything is running great for Robert – OpenGL rendering with no striping, freezes or shutdowns – and it didn\u2019t involve any extra expenses.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the lesson we\u2019ve learned here? Keep up with your software updates for maximum compatibility and functionality; you may save yourself money down the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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