[R-SIG-Mac] upgrade to Mavericks

[John Fox]

Dear Rich,

Unless there's been some change, there is a potential issue using tcltk
because of Mavericks's more aggressive power-saving, which may cause your
Mac to go into "nap" mode when the R.app window isn't visible. There are a
couple of ways to get around this problem -- see the Rcmdr installation
notes for Mac OS X at
<http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-notes.html>
-- and it shouldn't prevent you from using Mavericks.

I hope this helps,
 John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-sig-mac-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-sig-mac-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Richard M. Heiberger
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 10:54 AM
> To: r-sig-mac at r-project.org
> Subject: [R-SIG-Mac] upgrade to Mavericks
> 
> 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.
> 
> Thanks
> Rich
> 
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