At 12:47 PM 11/12/2015, you 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
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