Update OS on older Mac Pro effect on CC

Has anyone updates their older Mac Pro (2009) to OS 10.10? I'm wondering if CC works well and might be faster.

I don't do Mac, but I have some saved links to read
Yosemite sometimes has problems, often related to "default" permissions needing to be changed
-one person's solution https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1689788
-and a Java update https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1507936
-http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/creative-cloud-and-yosemite/
-https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/mac-os-yosemite-compatability.html

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