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When Mavericks is released: Upgrade or fresh install?

This is my first time owning a Mac so I'm not sure what I should do.

For iOS, I always do a fresh restore not because I'm OCD about making it new, but its a good way to clean my device as I usually have way to many apps and stuff.
 
irDigital0l said:
For iOS, I always do a fresh restore not because I'm OCD about making it new, but its a good way to clean my device as I usually have way to many apps and stuff.
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You do know you can uninstall those apps individually. :)

And I disagree. People that wipe/nuke their system when it's working just fine are indeed OCD. (Fixing things that ain't broke certainly earns that label IMO.)
 
Krazy Bill said:
You do know you can uninstall those apps individually. :)

And I disagree. People that wipe/nuke their system when it's working just fine are indeed OCD. (Fixing things that ain't broke certainly earns that label IMO.)
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Yes but I'm talking about like 100 apps that stuff. I've had my iPhone for like 2 1/2 years now.
 
Download GM and create a USB Install Disk. Format and start installing.

Since I have more Macs to update this time around I may do a NetInstall from OS X Server.

I always do a fresh install at a major release just because I want to experience that clean OS and not any Gremlins that may have spawned somewhere between the ML - Mav upgrade process.
 
My 2009 iMac came with Snow Leopard on it, and I have upgraded to each OS as it came out. The only time it has had a clean install was when it got the HD replaced under the recall recently, and at that point I restored from time machine, with all the old cruft and all. I've never had a problem with it, and will be upgrading to Maverics on top of Mountain Lion on top of Lion on top of Snow Leopard.
 
Upgrade.

My system is basically an upgraded Snow Leopard that came with a '10 MBP.
I now run it on a '11 17" MBP and never did a clean install.

After Lion and Mountain Lion, it still upgraded to Mavericks just fine.

Apple OS X upgrade system is nothing short of amazing.
 
In store product

Out of curiosity, what do the Apple stores do with all the computers they had in stock before the release date that now need to be upgraded?

Are they upgraded in store via fresh install or upgrade?

Or is it up to the customer who buys it to upgrade it when they get it home? (for free from what I hear on here)


Thx
 
J.Spicoli said:
Out of curiosity, what do the Apple stores do with all the computers they had in stock before the release date that now need to be upgraded?

Are they upgraded in store via fresh install or upgrade?

Or is it up to the customer who buys it to upgrade it when they get it home? (for free from what I hear on here)


Thx
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Before the App Store, they would put upgrade disks in the boxes. Not sure if now you have to go through the up to date program as though you bought it a month ago, or if they actually slip in redeem codes in the box. Think it's the former.
 
J.Spicoli said:
Out of curiosity, what do the Apple stores do with all the computers they had in stock before the release date that now need to be upgraded?

Are they upgraded in store via fresh install or upgrade?

Or is it up to the customer who buys it to upgrade it when they get it home? (for free from what I hear on here)


Thx
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Don't know about the boxed ones but my local Apple has an area to bring in your mac and hook it up to the wifi/network to download OS updates/upgrades.
 
I've been thinking about this question since I got my 2013 Macbook Air. When it came to upgrading iOS 7 on my Phone it ran so much better after a clean install rather than a upgrade. The phone was faster and more responsive. Possibly the same would hold true for OSX? Aren't the built on the same code? I've been a computer tech for 17 years and in the windows world, clean installs were and still are the way to go. What makes OSX than windows in terms of upgrading the OS over the old one? Clearly I would do a clean install of Mavericks if I knew it would run better overall. The Mac guy at best buy told me that he upgraded his last 4 OS in a row and hasn't had any issues at all. If this is true, then it's a nice benefit over a PC. Has anyone done a upgrade, and then decided to do a clean install and find the system to run better or like new again? Thanks for the info guys.
 
How exactly do you do a clean install? What about your existing data? Do you wipe the HDD then install the new OS and then re-download all the apps and files or just transfer everything from Time Machine backup?

Till date all I have done is download the OS from App Store, run the app it downloads, and then let it do its thing. When it is all done, I see everything the way it was before with the new OS changes so I assume that's just an upgrade.
 
will upgrade first time

Will do upgrades for the first time on both my iMac and MBP, have usually done fresh installs to date.
 
I'll do an upgrade. A clean install is a waste of time IMO.

I even did an upgrade install of Win7 to Win8 before and that works perfectly too. MS have got their act together in that regard.

The days of needing to do a regular clean OS install are pretty much gone. I used to do it every 6 months or so back in the days of XP but no longer bother.
 
How Can I perform a clean install, and get parts of the old data from Time Machine??
I have a timecapsule, I wish i could put on my fresh install only the itunes data. In order to not loss my ringtones (and avoid having to call apple and they authorize the redownload process)

Can I do that?

or do you suggest to me only making a simple backup of the itunes folder?

It is the only feature i want in my fresh install!


thank you!
 
appleisking said:
This ain't windows boy, upgrade ;)
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Yes, totally. I've been a Mac user for almost 10 years but I've been so conditioned by Windows in the past to always do a clean install that I've only just realized this simple revelation with Mountain Lion last year; the first time in which I decided to upgrade and not do a clean install.

Now, I will only upgrade every future release of OS X. I have zero problems because the OS is just so much more efficient than Windows. And with my Time Machine backup, everything transitions perfectly and painlessly.
 
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