If you have some corrupted system files or preferences somewhere, these might get copied over in the normal upgrade process. If, however, you do a clean install, you'll have a clean, pristine operating system free from those corrupted files. This might resolve problems you were previously experiencing. So long as your system is running well before upgrading, therefore, there's little benefit to a clean install. In fact, it's an inconvenience. If you've got plenty of time to set up a new OS, though, a clean install might also help you reduce clutter as you could only install apps that you actually use. I'm sure like most of us you have apps and things you once installed but which you never really use.=
On 24/10/2013, at 12:35 PM, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote: What's the advantage of needing to do that as opposed to simply doing an upgrade? On Oct 22, 2013, at 11:45 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote: > Hi > A clean install is OSX with nothing. Only Maverick for example. All the > settings have to be done again. Like VO settings. Then you probably can do a > restore from backup of different apps. Not sure if it works on a clean > install. Music, photos, documents should not be a problem to > restore from a backup on a clean install. > > Take care > > 23. okt. 2013 kl. 03:09 skrev Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com>: > >> 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. -- 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.
