Re: High Sierra install question

2017-10-26 Thread E.T.
ionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Friday, 27 October 2017 3:19 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: High Sierra install question Hi, We severed our relationship for obvious reasons. Enough said. Later... Tim Kilburn For

RE: High Sierra install question

2017-10-26 Thread Simon Fogarty
groups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Friday, 27 October 2017 3:19 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: High Sierra install question Hi, We severed our relationship for obvious reasons. Enough said. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada

Re: High Sierra install question

2017-10-26 Thread Tim Kilburn
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Thursday, 26 October 2017 7:23 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: High Sierra install question It is, is, is, is. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 25,

RE: High Sierra install question

2017-10-25 Thread Simon Fogarty
aries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: High Sierra install question It is, is, is, is. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 25, 2017, at 12:17, E.T. wrote: Yes! Scary ain't it? :) >From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysterie

RE: High Sierra install question

2017-10-25 Thread Simon Fogarty
legroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Thursday, 26 October 2017 7:18 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: High Sierra install question Yes! Scary ain't it? :) From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the wor

RE: High Sierra install question

2017-10-25 Thread Simon Fogarty
High sierra does the hard work for you. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, 26 October 2017 7:11 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: High Sierra install question Hello, If

Re: High Sierra install question

2017-10-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
If you have a solid state drive it will automatically be converted to the new system. Regular hard drives will remain as they are, whether you reformat makes no difference. Having said that, I always prefer to reformat and do a clean install of any new major operating system release. Original m

Re: High Sierra install question

2017-10-25 Thread Tim Kilburn
It is, is, is, is. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 25, 2017, at 12:17, E.T. wrote: Yes! Scary ain't it? :) >From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your min

Re: High Sierra install question

2017-10-25 Thread E.T.
Yes! Scary ain't it? :) From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 10/25/2017 11:16 AM, Tim

Re: High Sierra install question

2017-10-25 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi ET, There appears to be an echo on this list :). Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 25, 2017, at 12:14, E.T. wrote: If your drive is an SSD, its automatic. Spinning and Fusion drives will not get APFS. >From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away a

Re: High Sierra install question

2017-10-25 Thread E.T.
If your drive is an SSD, its automatic. Spinning and Fusion drives will not get APFS. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan

Re: High Sierra install question

2017-10-25 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If your Mac has the correct hardware to accept the new APFS, then it will be done automatically by the installer. Otherwise, you're file system will be left alone. Your Mac must have an SSD, not a spinner or a Fusion drive, just an SSD at this point. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray,

High Sierra install question

2017-10-25 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, If I upgrade my mac to high sierra, will I get the new apple filesystem? Or, do I need to reformat the drive with the new filesystem before doing the install. Thanks Chris -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions