Hi Tim, I agree with your comments. Apple recommended installing over top of Lion, and I don't see any performance hits. I also ran Disk Permissions Repair. I also have a program called MacKeeper and it cleaned up a lot of files that were wasting space, over 1300 to be exact.
Les On Jul 27, 2012, at 7:00 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> 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 <kilbur...@gmail.com> 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 <mehg...@gmail.com> 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) >>>> mehg...@gmail.com; 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 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
