Generally, a clean install is not required. Only if your Mac starts doing odd things or not working properly should you do this. Some people do a clean install for every major upgrade, but I say if you don't *need* to go through the hassle, don't bother. In other words, try a regular upgrade first. If weird things start happening, and no one else is having the same problems, and regular troubleshooting (permissions repair, PRAM reset, etc) don't fix it, only then do a clean install. On Jun 10, 2014, at 10:34 AM, isaac <isaac.heb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The difference between doing a update and a fresh install is that if you > update you can take all of you're apps documents and important things with > you doing the upgrade process. A clean install would mean you would have to > reinstall every thing including apps. > isaac > isaac.heb...@gmail.com > Skype gold_wildcat > > On Jun 10, 2014, at 9:20 AM, Jenine Stanley <dragonwalke...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So, Ray mentioned something that gave me pause. >> >> I'd love to hear pros and cons for both approaches as I'm fairly new to this >> operating system and came in with Mavericks already installed. >> >> What is the difference, besides the process of course, of updating to 10.10 >> and doing a fresh install? >> >> I know one would backup the files and such to someplace like DropBox or an >> external drive but from an operations standpoint, what do I gain or lose >> from each method? >> >> I'll be very interested to follow this one. >> Jenine Stanley >> dragonwalke...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
