I recommend just doing the standard backup unless you are experiencing problems with your system as it is. Either way, however, I recommend you create a backup duplicate of your entire drive before upgrading. This way if anything goes wrong, or you decide you hate Mavericks, you can restore to your system before the upgrade. YOu can use the trial version of SuperDuper to create a backup duplicate on an external disc once it is formatted correctly.
On 24/10/2013, at 1:11 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks. I figured it was something like that, but wasn't sure. Mostly I wondered about apps, because I really hate having to reset all my preferences and settings. Still, if something goes crazy, it will be my only option I guess. Anyway, I'll try a regular install first since I did that with 10.8 and had no problems. My full Time Machine backup is now in place, though, which is a good feeling. On Oct 23, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: > Doing a clean install erases the hard drive and installs the operating system > from scratch. After that, you can restore your applications and data, though > I prefer to install them manually. It takes longer but that way everything > has a fresh start in the new version. Of course, any content, such as what is > in itunes can be copied from a backup. > Original message: >> Hi all, >> What is this about a clean install? I have a 320gb external drive doing >> nothing and have never used Time Machine. Should I do a backup onto that >> first, given that I also have Crashplan? Ho, exactly, does one do a clean >> install without losing all installed apps (and more importantly, non-App >> Store activations, app preferences, system settings, and so on)? Id did not >> do a clean install going from 10.7 to 10.8, so should I worry about doing so >> now? Any information would be great. Thank you. > > >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.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/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
