For those that have been around the block with the Previews to GM in previous OS X releases...are you able to upgrade from the Preview straight to the GM when it is released?
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Going from Developers Preview to GM
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It says on the support we site that you can't... I'm pretty sure I read... Somewhere...
You could make a backup with time machine and restore that to your 'new' Mavericks OS when its released but this requires a system wipe...
You could make a backup with time machine and restore that to your 'new' Mavericks OS when its released but this requires a system wipe...
Yes, contrarily to what Apple says in the seed notes, I have never had a problem upgrading from a preview to the GM and beyond.
This. I've ran the "developer preview" version of the GM of Lion for months after the release.
Indeed this is true.
But I can see why apple would say that. Upgrading from DPs to GM and beyond may leave some bugs from the DPs behind.
I had this problem from mountain lion DPs updated to GM and beyond. Occasionally I had kernel panics and tried to clean it up with disk utility, techtool pro and disk warrior, but ultimately the only way that worked which would preserve my data was a full restore from a lion backup with time machine and then an upgrade with the mountain lion GM. I haven't had a kernel panic since.
Were you seriously that cheap that you held off paying $30 for an OS to run a Mac that costs well over $1000?
Were you seriously that cheap that you held off paying $30 for an OS to run a Mac that costs well over $1000?
I did apple a favor by testing their software, they owe it to me
Usually I remember the GM update just installing over the last build release and had no problems. However I do not recall if I got further OS updates using the GM.
I remember getting updates as usual after having the GM installed.
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I agree they should re-word it. I'm sure they say it so no incompatible code is left around, but I think most of us do a clean install just to be safe.
apple have responded to this issue with the following comment:
"It turns out that comment in the document no longer applies (and we'll change it in another rev). If you install the developer preview you should be able to install the final release just fine. Always keep backups of important data, of course."
"It turns out that comment in the document no longer applies (and we'll change it in another rev). If you install the developer preview you should be able to install the final release just fine. Always keep backups of important data, of course."
Yes, exactly. It won't be an issue. Apple is just mentioning that for support reasons...
Apple even states that you cannot go back from iOS 7 beta to iOS 6..but we all know this isn't true..
