But doesn't installing a new version of an OS basically wipe the old one clean, then install the new one, just leaving the settings and all?
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2015, at 11:59 AM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1, very well said and I totally agree. This is almost always the best way > to go. > >> On Oct 14, 2015, at 12:46 PM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >> >> Hello Eileen, >> >> I expect a heap of criticism for what I’m about to say. >> I always recommend installing a new OS from a USB key and wiping the hard >> drive before doing the installation. You can then restore your data and >> settings from a Time Machine backup. >> I’m so tired of seeing unpredictable behaviour when people just do an >> upgrade on top of the existing OS. >> My husband is currently on a long phone call with a client who tried to >> install El Capitán on top of Yosemite, and her machine will no longer boot. >> >> Once the machine is in a bad way, the best thing to do is a clean install >> from a USB key and not copy everything from Time Machine, but reconfigure >> the machine from scratch and only copy back your data from Time Machine. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >>> On 14 Oct 2015, at 18:05, Eileen Scrivani <etscriv...@verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>> Traci, >>> >>> On Sunday, I called Apple tech support with what I thought would be a >>> simple question and fix to problems I experienced while using IBooks.I did >>> the upgrade to El Cap from Yosemite. >>> >>> Apple tech shared viewing my computer and observed the behavior. I >>> literally spent about 3 hours on the phone with them. The exact problem >>> you describe with VO just stop working – no sound – kept happening across >>> the board. I kept having to use command F5 to turn it back on (I never >>> turned it off to begin with). Finally the tech rep suggested restoring the >>> install of El Capitan. The system would not even allow me to >>> restore/reinstall the software. Bottom line is I have an appointment set >>> up on Friday morning to bring the Mac book into them and let them work on >>> it in the Apple store. I’m very disgusted with the computer at this point. >> >> >> -- >> 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.
