So, Ray mentioned something that gave me pause.
I'd love to hear pros and cons for both approaches as I'm fairly new to this
operating system and came in with Mavericks already installed.
What is the difference, besides the process of course, of updating to 10.10 and
doing a fresh install?
The difference between doing a update and a fresh install is that if you update
you can take all of you're apps documents and important things with you doing
the upgrade process. A clean install would mean you would have to reinstall
every thing including apps.
isaac
isaac.heb...@gmail.com
Skyp
Generally, a clean install is not required. Only if your Mac starts doing odd
things or not working properly should you do this. Some people do a clean
install for every major upgrade, but I say if you don't *need* to go through
the hassle, don't bother. In other words, try a regular upgrade fir
Thanks, this makes sense and is what my husband does when installing on our
Windows machines.
Jenine Stanley
dragonwalke...@gmail.com
On Jun 10, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Generally, a clean install is not required. Only if your Mac starts doing odd
> things or not working proper
I can't recall the last time I did a clean install. Then again, I've not
had much trouble with my Macs. I just checked my preferences folder and
I files in there going back to 2007, which is probably the last time I
did a clean install. Guess I should delete some of that cruft some time
but dis
