Thank you, Mark, for your compliments. Actually, the reboot I performed was more of an act of desperation than it was calculated strategy, so I don't think the praise is entirely deserved, but I am appreciative of the encouragement because so often, over the past few months, I have considered returning to Windows as I ascend Mount Mac. (smile)
The only issues I have found with El Capitan so far are the "Safari busy" problem and the disappearance of the "new mail" sound when new messages are received. Both, I believe, have been documented on this list. I'll keep everyone informed as to new discoveries. Craig On Sunday, October 4, 2015, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > Hello Craig, > > As a new Mac user, you should be extremely proud of yourself. It takes a > lot of guts to install a new OS, especially after so short of a time at the > helm. > > Just think about it, both you and I came up with the exact same solution > and I've been doing this for over 7 years; I don't know if that says more > about you or about me (big, big smile). My point is that, in my opinion, > you did the correct thing in powering down the computer and rebooting. > > As for how the OS was successfully installed, suffice me to say that all > of the proverbial heavy-lifting was already done by the time the setup > assistant was launched. This is just a guess but I suspect that the > problem for both of us was simply some kind of a video display glitch. > Generally speaking, the setup assistant assesses what passwords and such > need to be entered by the user before proceeding. However, all of the > mission-crucial tasks have already been completed. > > After my reboot, I received a couple of password prompts that I would > probably have received during the setup process, nothing more. > > Finally, as for the issues you are encountering, if you feel up to it, I > would appreciate it if you would begin a new thread detailing them so we > can all compare notes, as it were. > > Craig, well done on your installation and, if I have not expressed the > sentiment earlier, welcome to the family. > > Mark > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <javascript:;> [mailto: > macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Craig Werner > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 7:02 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <javascript:;> > Subject: Re: Two Interesting Things That Occurred During My Installation > of El Capitan > > Mark, the installer progress bar lingered for me as well. I did the same > thing as you did: turn off the machine and then turn it back on. I don't > know know how El Capitan installed itself, but it did. This odd behavior > is especially disturbing to me as a new Mac user of two months. I am > wondering if some of the problems I am having with El Capitan are due to > the way it was installed--a process I rather bumbled my way through. I'm > not at all proud of my achievement and am now thinking of reverting back to > Yosemite. > > Craig > > > On Saturday, October 3, 2015, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu <javascript:;>> > wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I cannot recall if this has been covered, on-list, but thought I would > share > two issues of some note, that occurred during my installation of El > Capitan. > > 1. > Upon successful download of El Capitan from the App Store, the installer > did > not automatically launch. This did not bother me as I always cancel the > installer until I make a USB install key. > > 2. > Rather than wiping my hard drive clean and installing El Capitan, fresh, > which I intend to do in a couple of weeks, I elected to install the OS over > the current install of Yosemite. Upon restarting, and after the setup > assistant had launched, the install progress screen refused to disappear. > I > could enable/disable VoiceOver, I could use several of the VoiceOver > commands but the installation progress window, containing the Apple logo > and > a completed progress bar remained. After about an hour of waiting, I > powered down the computer and restarted. All has been well ever since. > > Just a quick note to say that I never experienced this behavior during the > beta cycle. > > Mark > > -- > 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 <javascript:;>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <javascript:;>. > 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 <javascript:;>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <javascript:;>. > 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 <javascript:;>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <javascript:;>. > 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. 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