Will you be doing a clean or upgrade install of OSX Mavericks?
Just curious. Generally, I know OSX is pretty good at staying quick after upgrade installs. However even after quadrupling my RAM (last unibody white macbook), 10.8 just feels a bit pudgy around the edges (and Windows 8.1 on the same hardware feels very fast), I wonder if a clean install may be the way to go this time, and 10.9 will be a good time to do it.
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Due to the number of idiotic applications I’ve had to install (and then uninstall) that don’t actually uninstall properly, I’ve probably lost gigabytes of space to crap I no longer use.
I’ll be clean installing and then…ugh… manually recopying my ~terabyte iTunes Library and reinstalling all applications. Should be a few days of work getting things back to normal, provided I even remember what normal was over that timeframe.
Also, how large is com.apple.iconservices supposed to be, anyway? Mine is 2GB and has 2,488 files. That seems wrong.
Longer method I know - but I can be sure that everything is squeaky clean and optimised.
I know many many people use the upgrade option with no problems.
IMNSHO - clean install always, on a wiped disc (zero'd out).
Longer method I know - but I can be sure that everything is squeaky clean and optimised.
I know many many people use the upgrade option with no problems.
Clean install is an idea, but what's the point of zeroing out the hard drive rather than a quick format, which from the computers perspective looks the exact same? Ignoring SSDs for now, of course.
Never, ever had an issue using this method. When time is money a few hard yards spent on a clean install on a fresh drive is worth it.
Try and sort a botched install after it screws up - nah.
You can if you want - I'm not going there.
I have been doing upgrade, or combo upgrade since Jaguar (10.2) I believe was the version. I have never had an issue doing this while going through 4 computers, using migration assistant to set them up.
I understand the need for some of the voo-doo we used to do, but that was then, a long time ago - and times are definately different now. YMMV
I have been doing upgrade, or combo upgrade since Jaguar (10.2) I believe was the version. I have never had an issue doing this while going through 4 computers, using migration assistant to set them up.
I understand the need for some of the voo-doo we used to do, but that was then, a long time ago - and times are definately different now. YMMV
Yeah, as I said, normally I'd just upgrade as OSX is pretty good at staying on its feet after them. However I just can't help but feel Mountain Lion is a lot pudgier than any other modern OS I've tried, and I wonder if the upgrade from SL was the cause.
yes I will be doing a clean install.
Ot is for me worth the hassle and fills up some free time.
Clean Install
I feel like there's way too much crud mucking things up. I want as fresh a copy of OS X as I can get.