Clean Install Vs. Update
Hello everyone,
I always do a clean install of Mac OS X when a new version comes out. I would like to know from everyone's experience if updating to a new OS version without (fresh install) deleting the hard drive will slow down your system.
In other words, Clean Install Vs. Updating which one is better for your system in terms of speed and system errors?
I would like to know, because at every new release I do a complete "Clean" install by deleting my hard drive and starting over.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
I had some problems to update my iMac (Mid 2011) from 10.09 to 10.10. The updating process was easy. After it finished, the System had massiv performance problems and stood still. I decided to install it clean and it was a good choice, now the system's back on and very fast. At work I just updated another iMac from 2011 and there were no problems after the process.
I think Apple did a good job with 10.10. I like it.
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