Hello Tim, yes, you're right. I'd forgotten about the Upgrade option. The difference now is that the upgrade is the default action and a clean install requires more effort.
I come from a systems programming background, so I always did a clean install, just as I've always done a complete backup of my system before installing a new OS. Cheers, Anne (a senior citizen with lapses of memory!) On 28 Jul 2012, at 17:00, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > You are correct with respect to problems being carried over from one version > to another. Depending on the problem, some are eliminated due to the newer > components installed and some continue or are exacerbated. So, it is, in > many cases, an individual machine and personal experience that will determine > which process to proceed with. > > With respect to the upgrade of one OS to another as in Panther to Tiger, or > Lion to Mountain Lion, the upgrade process has been around as long as I can > remember. I performed upgrade installs back in the OS 7, 8, 9 days and also > used the upgrade process for my upgrade from Panther to Tiger when VO was > first introduced. > Maybe I shouldn't have opened this can of worms. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
