[R] [R-SIG-Mac] upgrade to Mavericks

[Franklin Bretschneider]

Dear Richard M. Heiberger,


Re:

> Apple has been popping an offer for a free upgrade to Mavericks.
> (I currently have OS X Lion10.7.5 on an 8GB MacBook Air).
> Other than this offer from Apple, I have no dissatisfaction with the Mac
> for my use pattern.
> 
> There has been much comment on this list about the difficulties of
> compiling R with Mac.
> I am not planning to compile R.
> 
> Are there any remaining issues with using R on the Mac that should make
> we want to not upgrade?  Or is Mavericks now stable enough that upgrading
> would make sense.
> 


Mavericks seems OK: I bought a MacBook Air last december, and immediately put Mavericks on it. 
Since then, I'm running R (3.0.x) without any problems (as far as I remember). 
So it seems safe to upgrade (as to R; other software, such as Filemaker pro, might be incompatible, so read the forums).

Best regards,


Frank
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Franklin Bretschneider
Dept of Biology
Utrecht University
bretschr at xs4all.nl