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Undo

1:01 AM

10.11 is noticably faster, me likes

@IanC. Ooooh, finally cmd-# switching? Dang, I might have to go back.

Ian C.

1:15 AM

@Undo yea, everything is a little snappier on my old '07 iMac here. Happy with the decision to upgrade so far. And Cmd-# tab switch in Safari rights a previously horrific wrong.

Undo

Wow

Pretty impressive that an '07 iMac is even still usable on a brand new OS

Oooh it has a new Disk Utility

2 hours later…

vihan

3:26 AM

I'm thinking of completely reformatting my mac. I have a time machine backup, any other recommended precautions I should take?

13 hours later…

bmike

4:03 PM

@vihan Yes - lots of recommendations.

Ask Different Blog: Back up then step your Mac up to El Capitan

bmike on September 30, 2015

I’d like to help everyone to a smooth, prepared and successful upgrade.

When was the last time you performed a Time Machine backup?

Do you make bootable backups?

Have you ever used a backup to restore my system?

Do you have a list on paper of the apps you consider deal breakers? (i.e. If Microsoft Word and Evernote and Dropbox do not work and work well, I will erase my Mac and reinstall the older OS until those programs get updates or I can find an alternative.)

How much storage space does your Mac use today and how much space is available on your backup drive? …

@Undo it's so flat now :-)

Undo

@bmike And somewhat more confusing, if you ask me

Also, anyone know how to reclaim space from a beta El Cap partition? The options look bad so far but I can't imagine I'm the only one having this problem.

bmike

@Undo Are you booted to the beta OS? What build?

Undo

@bmike No, booted to my main partition.