[macvoiceover] Re: Busy busy busy in Mail
- From: Cheryl Homiak <cah4110@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 15:48:12 -0500
Okay, I'm going to copy your questions here broken up so I can try to address
everything at least to some extent. I apologize that the quote levels may look
mixed up and am not sure how to straighten that all out; just make sure that
voiceover reads everything or arrow down through this.
1. how do I tell what programs
are installed that would effect the operating system?
I would say pretty much anything can affect the operating system; there may be
some programs that could have a greater effect but that's one of the reasons to
do a clean install. You want nothing from your old system having any impact on
the new system at the beginning.
2. Do I need anew disk to do a clean install?
There are two ways to do this. Either (1) leave your current system intact and
do the clean install on another disk; or (2) backup your current install to
another disk and then erase the disk and do the clean install on that. What I
usually do is leave my current install alone, though I also always have both
Time Machine backups and Backblaze backup and a super duper made bootable of my
original anyway on another disk. Then I do the clean install on a new disk but
you can do this either way. But if you do a super duper bootable backup of your
current install and plan to erase the original, boot into the backup and make
sure you have it working right before erasing your original. Either way you do
need another disk; in my method I use two external disks. The exception would
be that you could partition one disk to have both but then if anything happens
to that disk you have lost everything so I personally don't recommend that
usually.
3. Aside from voiceover settings where would I go to see what is "installed"
which is different on a Mac then on Windows?
When doing the original clean install, what is installed on the old install
doesn't matter so much because you are not going to add any of that in right at
the beginning and you are going to be setting up your preferences and accounts
etc all over again. Some, of course, will come over from iCloud though I
usually run the system at least for a short time before even signing into
iCloud and doing that if I'm really concerned about problems. Your basic
applications will be installed on the new clean system anyway. But on your old
install, of course you have the Applications folder and you have your
Preferences mostly in ~/Library/Preferences or ~/Library/Application Support in
your home directory. You can also go to System Information in Utilities
(ctrl-option-u in finder) and see a list of your applications, versions, when
installed and where they were obtained. I would especially be careful about
checking to see if third-party applications yet support the new OS before
installing them. But you do know which applications you use most frequently and
those that are from Apple will be on your new system so your decision will just
be which of your third-party applications to install first once you get the new
install going. Probably the ones you notice missing and know you need would be
the first to install. Also it is certainly possible to copy preference files
over from the old system and/or to use Migration Assistant for some items but
if you really want a strictly clean install you would not do this or would
limit how much of this you do. You can totally reinstall third party
applications or copy them over; usually I completely download and reinstall but
this time I for instance did deliberately copy over the Kindle app and all the
preferences I could find for it and the Calibre application with its
preferences. if you are going to do a clean install and install third-party
applications over again, be sure to have all your usernames, passwords and
license information for those available. Again, if this seems too daunting you
can get help from somebody who has done it, do a modified clean install that
still allows you to use Migration Assistant for some things, or just do the
upgrade on top of your old system and then troubleshoot from there. But even if
you just upgrade the system, having a backup and preferably a backup you can go
back and boot into, is a very good idea.
I know that this looks complicated and depending on your system it can be,
especially the first time you do it. If I was actually working with somebody I
would probably give instructions step-by-step instead of explaining all of this
at once but I'm trying to give a somewhat definitive answer to your questions.
I am quite sure I am leaving things out so don't consider this anything like a
full explanation.
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
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