I agree with this completely. I remember when I got lion and had a few weird issues. I tried a clean install after backing up my upgraded install first. Long story short: things were a lot worse with the clean install, so I restored my updated install and just muddled through until Wednesday when ML came on the seen. More importantly, Apple seems to recommend just updating to the new OS, so it only makes sense to do what apple recommends. For me, the Mountain Lion update couldn't have gone more smoothly, and as Tim has just said, unless you have other circumstances involved, a clean install seems like a tremendous waste of time and energy. But, to each his/her own.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 7:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: clean install? Hi, Just my opinion of course but I'll pipe in here with a further comment. I do hear a lot of folks on this list speaking of using Clean Installs. I'm guessing that they may be coming from a Windows background where clean installs seem to be needed more often due to corrupt files. For the most part though, in the MacOS, this is unnecessary unless you are experiencing very erratic behaviour. 99 times out of 100 I've been able to fix the issue by repairing disk permissions or removing and reinstalling an offending app. People should do what they are most comfortable doing although I'm one who doesn't care spending a huge amount of time fiddling with things when I could be enjoying them instead. Have a good one all. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-07-27, at 3:41 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: I agree with you for the most part, Tim. However, after having my Mac Mini for two years without doing a clean install, VO began muting itself spontaneously, and a sys diagnose file began appearing without warning in a finder window. I decided to use a clean install to clear these things up. Believe me, I do think the upgrades are much, much easier, and I will use them as long as my machine isn't acting up. Teresa On Jul 27, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, In my opinion, the clean install would be totally unnecessary. I've done 100s or even 1000s of upgrade installs in my career and have only experienced one problem. The upgrade process is tested quite rigorously and, really, for the most part, is no different than a clean install and migration. As long as you have either a Time Machine backup or some other backup of your important data, I'd just go with the upgrade install. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-07-27, at 2:47 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: Hello all, I'm finally home, and plan to do the upgrade later today (here's hoping I don't run into the installation or "semper busy" problems reported). So, before I do: should I do a clean install or an upgrade over Lion (My mini came with Lion)? If clean, I know I'd have to put ML on a thumb drive, but aside from that, what do I do? Is the whole process accessible? Thanks. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
