Hi Tim, > On Aug 1, 2016, at 9:24 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > > When you look at the contents of the Home folder in your backup location, is > the Library folder present? It usually isn't that large, but it's possible. > Yes, Library is accounted for. Actually I have hidden folderes completely > revealed for some hacky reason that partially escapes me now. I think it had > something to do with my rockboxed scandisk mp3 player. Anyhow, my library > folder is about 5 gig wich strikes me as somewhat high. I'm guessing a lot > of mail is stored offline there. Still, nothing that could account for a 50 > gig discrepancy. Funnily enough, if I look at my hard drive in finder it > shows the correct available and free spaces. IE, when I view my ssd dinfo it > shows 250 gb total, 150 gb used and 100 gb free. Then when I go and view my > home folder it says the size of that folder is 195 gb.
> It is relatively simple to do the clean install of Yosemite, if that's what > you'd prefer. As long as Yosemite is the system currently running on your > machine, you'd start up from the Recovery HD, erase the Macintosh HD using > Disk Utility, then quit out of the Disk Utility and select Re-Install MacOS > X. This will usually install the version of MacOS that you currently have on > your Mac. Of course, you need to make sure that your backup is good first, > but after installation is complete, you're able to use the Set-up Assistant > to bring that Home folder back over. > > That's interesting. My research showed that you had to have a system flash > drive for the OS you want to install. I was assuming it would only do a > clean install of the very latest OS if I used the onboard tools, but if it > will restore the current version, that would be exactly what I need. > A Time Machine backup would be a safer solution, but if you're really set on > the clean install, then Time Machine kind of defeats the purpose of that. > I've done more or less the same as you. That is, simply installing one new > system over the previous with no ill effects. I don't believe that it's an > issue to proceed through MacOS versions in this manner. Apple expects that > this is one of the stable methods to accomplish system upgrades. True, but like all operating systems, it clearly gets it's share of bloat and bugs over time. I'll grant you, it takes far and away longer on mac OS, but still, seven years is enough by any standard I'd think. Appreciate the advice. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Aug 1, 2016, at 18:05, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com > <mailto:e...@erik-burggraaf.com>> wrote: > > Hi all, I have a couple of questions. > > I just rsynced my home folder off to another drive. The trackpad and > keyboard are going in this mackbook aftern nearly five years and I'm leaning > towards mobile for everything. First question. After Rsync, the backup > home folder was just over 100 gig while the original was about 195 gig. I > have checked, and based on the sizes, documents, downloads, music, and all of > the other folders I regularly use copied in tact. I combed through pretty > carefully, but was unable to determine where the space discrepancy occurred. > On the other hand, my home folder is reporting 195 gb in size, my free disk > space seems to be around 100 gb, and my apps and other system files haven't > been taken into account. So, Either something is wrong with my file system, > or my 250 gb ssd has been visited by the space fairy. Disk utility says the > disk is OK though there were over 1100 permission errors which I am now > fixing. Should I be worried about this? ...especially in lite of my second > question. > > I am pretty terrified of elcap, but if this system is on it's way out, I want > to scrub this ssd clean and install a brand new instalation of elcap. I > don't want to use the latest and greatest myself, but I don't want my > personal data going out with the computer. Does apple let ordinary people do > such a thing? My current instalation is 5 or 7 years old. No word of a lie. > It started at snow leopard I thinkg. That was the last instalation disk I > got from apple ever, and since then I've siply installed any upgrades I > wanted right over top of the old stuff. I've even transfered this install > between several macs that I owned at various times. Since I'm preparing for > the worst, it would be worth it to me to scrub this system if I can do that > and keep yosemity. > > I'm hoping there's some option in recovery manager or somewhere that will let > me whipe everything and make a clean install. > > Thanks for any info and suggestions. > > > Erik Burggraaf > Freelance jack of many trades! 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