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Post by novisnick on Nov 14, 2015 20:13:43 GMT -5
Will i have to reinstall all of my programs if I update to La Capitan? I have JRiver and would hate to have to bo through that! Is there anything I should be aware of before I update!  If ya scared, say so!,,,,,,,,yep, Im scared,,,,just dont want to mess up a good thing. Any advice would be appreciated!! |
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Post by routlaw on Nov 14, 2015 20:35:37 GMT -5
I can't answer your question specifically, but have heard of no problems with El Capitan. Here's what I would do if you are really concerned. First make a bootable back up drive of your existing complete system using Carbon Copy Cloner, once that is done test the new bootable drive to make sure all is well with your existing current OS and complete system. and if all goes well then install the new OS (Capitan). If it doesn't work then do a fresh reinstall from the bootable HD back to square one.
If you've never done any of this before its way easier than it might sound initially.
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Post by creimes on Nov 14, 2015 22:11:12 GMT -5
Will i have to reinstall all of my programs if I update to La Capitan? I have JRiver and would hate to have to bo through that! Is there anything I should be aware of before I update! If ya scared, say so!,,,,,,,,yep, Im scared,,,,just dont want to mess up a good thing. Any advice would be appreciated!! Just make sure you have a recent time machine backup for safety sakes, but other than that no just do the free update  |
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Post by novisnick on Nov 14, 2015 23:32:34 GMT -5
Will i have to reinstall all of my programs if I update to La Capitan? I have JRiver and would hate to have to bo through that! Is there anything I should be aware of before I update! If ya scared, say so!,,,,,,,,yep, Im scared,,,,just dont want to mess up a good thing. Any advice would be appreciated!! Just make sure you have a recent time machine backup for safety sakes, but other than that no just do the free update Time Machine? Back up? The heck with that! Full speed ahead!! |
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Post by plm on Nov 15, 2015 1:15:25 GMT -5
Only problem I've had with El Capitan is my USB audio interface is no longer recognised, so I'm stuck with no audio until I either revert back or they get a new driver out.
On the whole it's been a breeze though.
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Post by audiobill on Nov 15, 2015 6:57:41 GMT -5
All - I installed El Capitan w/ no issues on my Mac Mini.....
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Post by brubacca on Nov 15, 2015 7:31:09 GMT -5
I have never owned a Mac, but....
My general rule of thumb is to not update unless or until I have a compelling reason to do so. If it works why change it? I don't load the new OS version on computers, phones or Tablets until a program i want doesn't work anymore.
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Post by Boomzilla on Nov 15, 2015 9:47:34 GMT -5
I updated from Yosemite to El Capitan on two laptops without any hitch at all. Even my VM-Ware Fusion Windows 7 machines still operate perfectly. Go ahead & update, Nick. I did use both my online backup AND Time Machine before I made the updates, but needed them not at all.
Boom
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Post by creimes on Nov 15, 2015 11:22:57 GMT -5
If I was smart I would have never updated my 2010 Mac Mini as every time I have installed the latest greatest new OS it has just gotten slower each time, to open anything on my Mac is a nightmare and I usually leave to do something else for a few minutes haha, funny in that my old desktop I built 8 years ago that started with Windows XP and finished with Windows 7 before I retired it this year actually ran better with newer OS's but the Mac not so much.
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Post by Gary Cook on Nov 15, 2015 15:05:01 GMT -5
I'm been running a 2012 model MacMini on The Captain since the day the update became available without any issues. It's a tiny, but noticeable, bit faster as have all of the updates on the MacMini, keeping in mind that I have 16gb of ram installed. I don't run JRiver so I can't comment there.
Cheers
Gary
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Post by sahmen on Nov 15, 2015 18:07:04 GMT -5
If I was smart I would have never updated my 2010 Mac Mini as every time I have installed the latest greatest new OS it has just gotten slower each time, to open anything on my Mac is a nightmare and I usually leave to do something else for a few minutes haha, funny in that my old desktop I built 8 years ago that started with Windows XP and finished with Windows 7 before I retired it this year actually ran better with newer OS's but the Mac not so much. Gary makes a great suggestion... It might help if you upgrade the RAM memory if you only have say, 4gb of it, currently |
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Post by creimes on Nov 15, 2015 18:56:50 GMT -5
If I was smart I would have never updated my 2010 Mac Mini as every time I have installed the latest greatest new OS it has just gotten slower each time, to open anything on my Mac is a nightmare and I usually leave to do something else for a few minutes haha, funny in that my old desktop I built 8 years ago that started with Windows XP and finished with Windows 7 before I retired it this year actually ran better with newer OS's but the Mac not so much. Gary makes a great suggestion... It might help if you upgrade the RAM memory if you only have say, 4gb of it, currently I run 8gb of ram which is plenty, it's slowed down so much it's pathetic and I would only have one program open and running, I should take it to the Apple store and be like WTF dudes  |
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Post by audiobill on Nov 15, 2015 19:13:37 GMT -5
Do you have lots of apps open?
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Post by AudioHTIT on Nov 15, 2015 19:29:22 GMT -5
I've updated 2 Mac minis, 1 iMac, and a MacBook to El Capitan without issue, it has performed better on all machines. However, if you don't know what Time Machine is you should probably learn (hint: It's OS X's built in backup software and it's very easy to use, you'll find it in System Preferences).
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Post by AudioHTIT on Nov 15, 2015 19:36:26 GMT -5
Gary makes a great suggestion... It might help if you upgrade the RAM memory if you only have say, 4gb of it, currently I run 8gb of ram which is plenty, it's slowed down so much it's pathetic and I would only have one program open and running, I should take it to the Apple store and be like WTF dudes I would consider backing up your data, and doing a clean install of El Capitan. You won't have any remnants of the older OS X's and you can usually re-install most of your paid apps from the App store quite easily. You'll have to copy your data back to the right places, or have Time Machine do it, but it will use less space and perform better if you do this. I agree 8GB is plenty for decent performance. |
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Post by creimes on Nov 15, 2015 19:49:47 GMT -5
I run 8gb of ram which is plenty, it's slowed down so much it's pathetic and I would only have one program open and running, I should take it to the Apple store and be like WTF dudes I would consider backing up your data, and doing a clean install of El Capitan. You won't have any remnants of the older OS X's and you can usually re-install most of your paid apps from the App store quite easily. You'll have to copy your data back to the right places, or have Time Machine do it, but it will use less space and perform better if you do this. I agree 8GB is plenty for decent performance. How do you do a clean install on a Mac haha, I've done it many times on my PC's but never a Mac |
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Post by creimes on Nov 15, 2015 19:50:32 GMT -5
Do you have lots of apps open? Nope, I will do a restart and open just iTunes for example |
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Post by sahmen on Nov 15, 2015 19:53:44 GMT -5
I would consider backing up your data, and doing a clean install of El Capitan. You won't have any remnants of the older OS X's and you can usually re-install most of your paid apps from the App store quite easily. You'll have to copy your data back to the right places, or have Time Machine do it, but it will use less space and perform better if you do this. I agree 8GB is plenty for decent performance. How do you do a clean install on a Mac haha, I've done it many times on my PC's but never a Mac |
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Post by AudioHTIT on Nov 15, 2015 19:55:40 GMT -5
I would consider backing up your data, and doing a clean install of El Capitan. You won't have any remnants of the older OS X's and you can usually re-install most of your paid apps from the App store quite easily. You'll have to copy your data back to the right places, or have Time Machine do it, but it will use less space and perform better if you do this. I agree 8GB is plenty for decent performance. How do you do a clean install on a Mac haha, I've done it many times on my PC's but never a Mac I took a USB 3 Flash Drive and let the Mac format it with OS X Extended (Journaled). You then make it bootable, which requires a command in terminal. Then download El Capitan but don't install it, copy it to the Flash Drive and then boot from it. I've done this a few times with different machines and OS X versions. I'll look for the instructions I followed the first time I did it. |
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Post by AudioHTIT on Nov 15, 2015 19:59:50 GMT -5
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