Bill, I, too have a leader dog. That said, thank you for asking this question. I am most certainly holding off on upgrading to the new system for now.
Kindly, Vaughn On 11/12/15, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: > I always do a clean install of a new operating system. While I do copy > things from a backup after the install such as my itunes library, I > install all of my applications from scratch and customize all of them > to my liking in the new operating system. It takes a lot more time to > do things this way, but it's the most reliable and that's what really > counts. > Original message: >> Hello Bill, > >> I’ve been teaching Mac with VoiceOver here in France for several years >> and in my experience, a clean install is the safer option. Some people >> manage to do an upgrade with no problems, but the majority end up with >> anomalies that drive them to do a clean install in the end. This seems >> particularly true for El Capitán. Actually, if I didn’t have to teach >> it, I wouldn’t have bothered installing El Capitán for myself. > >> As for what constitutes a clean install, there are several variations >> on this theme. What I do is to make a bootable USB drive and make sure >> I have a Time Machine backup. I also clone my existing system using >> CarBon Copy Cloner (other utilities exist for this). I then shut down >> my computer and plug in the USB drive and install from that. I think >> it’s the second screen that offers the Utilities and I use Disk Utility >> to erase my HD. I then continue with the installation and retrieve my >> data from the Time Machine backup when the system asks if I have >> another computer or Time Machine backup. > >> This has always worked for me, but if problems persist, you can always >> install an absolutely clean system then copy your data to it from Time >> Machine, but you lose all your favourite settings this way. > >> Cheers, > >> Anne > > >>> On 12 Nov 2015, at 13:57, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@icloud.com> wrote: > >>> I’ve been keeping my mind open to various discussions concerning >>> installation of El Capitan and do have a question that may initiate >>> additional such discussion. I wonder if installing El Capitan as an >>> upgrade or as a “clean install” might prove the better approach! > >>> And then, there’s the question as how to perform a “clean install?" >>> -———— >>> Bill & Leader Dog Holland > >>> wfgal...@icloud.com > > > > >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. > >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >>> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >>> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list >>> itself. > >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is >>> Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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. > >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. > >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is >> Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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. > -- Vaughn Brown Berklee College of Music Graduate, Bachelor in Music, Drummer, educator 504-202-8492 http://www.vaughnbrown.net -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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