A clean install sounds like a daunting task. I would need to Google step by step directions. :) Not to mention recovering all my data & files from Time Machine.
My Mac’s Apple Care expired last year. Traci > On Oct 14, 2015, at 2:18 PM, Devin Prater <d.pra...@me.com> wrote: > > But doesn't installing a new version of an OS basically wipe the old one > clean, then install the new one, just leaving the settings and all? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 14, 2015, at 11:59 AM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com > <mailto:scott.grana...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> +1, very well said and I totally agree. This is almost always the best way >> to go. >> >>> On Oct 14, 2015, at 12:46 PM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk >>> <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Eileen, >>> >>> I expect a heap of criticism for what I’m about to say. >>> I always recommend installing a new OS from a USB key and wiping the hard >>> drive before doing the installation. You can then restore your data and >>> settings from a Time Machine backup. >>> I’m so tired of seeing unpredictable behaviour when people just do an >>> upgrade on top of the existing OS. >>> My husband is currently on a long phone call with a client who tried to >>> install El Capitán on top of Yosemite, and her machine will no longer boot. >>> >>> Once the machine is in a bad way, the best thing to do is a clean install >>> from a USB key and not copy everything from Time Machine, but reconfigure >>> the machine from scratch and only copy back your data from Time Machine. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>>> On 14 Oct 2015, at 18:05, Eileen Scrivani <etscriv...@verizon.net >>>> <mailto:etscriv...@verizon.net>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Traci, >>>> >>>> On Sunday, I called Apple tech support with what I thought would be a >>>> simple question and fix to problems I experienced while using IBooks.I did >>>> the upgrade to El Cap from Yosemite. >>>> >>>> Apple tech shared viewing my computer and observed the behavior. I >>>> literally spent about 3 hours on the phone with them. The exact problem >>>> you describe with VO just stop working – no sound – kept happening across >>>> the board. I kept having to use command F5 to turn it back on (I never >>>> turned it off to begin with). Finally the tech rep suggested restoring >>>> the install of El Capitan. The system would not even allow me to >>>> restore/reinstall the software. Bottom line is I have an appointment set >>>> up on Friday morning to bring the Mac book into them and let them work on >>>> it in the Apple store. I’m very disgusted with the computer at this point. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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/d/optout.
