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alexis0070

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Hi, new member here, got my i5/8/128 haswell MBA today. The Blackmagic disk test shows 306-317 Write and 717 Read. Is the write speed low? However the macbook seems to be ultra fast, with 16+ hours battery life by the virgin boot! No choppiness at all, may be a little on huge facebook scrollings :). The question is:
Let's say I would like to install Mavericks soon. But I want to install software on here (Mountain Lion). Is there a way to move the software from MLion to Mavericks during the installation?
Thanks, sorry for my English.
 
alexis0070 said:
Hi, new member here, got my i5/8/128 haswell MBA today. The Blackmagic disk test shows 306-317 Write and 717 Read. Is the write speed low? However the macbook seems to be ultra fast, with 16+ hours battery life by the virgin boot! No choppiness at all, may be a little on huge facebook scrollings :). The question is:
Let's say I would like to install Mavericks soon. But I want to install software on here (Mountain Lion). Is there a way to move the software from MLion to Mavericks during the installation?
Thanks, sorry for my English.
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Unless you do a "erase and install", all of your (compatible) software will transfer to Mavericks...you don't have to do anything.
 
Ronnoco said:
Unless you do a "erase and install", all of your (compatible) software will transfer to Mavericks...you don't have to do anything.
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Is it better to do erase and install? Or just the same? Suggestions?
 
I don't think there will be any compatibility issues upgrading to Mavericks and you dont need to manually move any files. Everything is automatic, all your files will be untouched.

I actually recommend you to avoid erase and install method. All it would do is wear the SSD.

I got my iMac since Leopard (10.5) and made 3 OS upgrades to Mountain Lion and never lost a single file.
 
yliu said:
I don't think there will be any compatibility issues upgrading to Mavericks and you dont need to manually move any files. Everything is automatic, all your files will be untouched.

I actually recommend you to avoid erase and install method. All it would do is wear the SSD.

I got my iMac since Leopard (10.5) and made 3 OS upgrades to Mountain Lion and never lost a single file.
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i agree with your advice but i don't think that wearing the ssd is a legitimate concern or should play into the decision on whether or not to do a fresh instal vs upgrade.
 
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