Okay, thanks all. I'll just do the normal upgrade then. Oh boy, here goes! Here kitty kitty... On 27 Jul 2012, at 19:13, Les Kriegler wrote:
> 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. 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