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When installing a major OS update it's often worthwhile to do a clean install. As a shameless plug of some free software I made, Install Disk Creator will make

by feelix 9y ago

When installing a major OS update it's often worthwhile to do a clean install. As a shameless plug of some free software I made, Install Disk Creator will make you a bootable USB installer out of any USB disk you have laying around made from the macOS installer that you download from Apple.

pyrophane 9y ago
Now all I need is a type-c usb drive :(
- akulbe 9y ago
  Or a USB_A-to-USB_C adapter. It looks like the USB-C sticks already exist. https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=usb+c+stick https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias...
JamesFM 9y ago
While I think Disk Creator is awesome for certain I’ve never found that a fresh install is needed for macOS upgrades. They have maybe the best upgrade process in the biz right now.
- gecko 9y ago
  Honestly, I haven’t even bothered doing that with Windows in a pretty long time—maybe since the 7 to 8 transition, after which they’ve had a pretty robust upgrade path. About the only place I do do that regular is on Linux, but that’s because it’s stupidly easy to do so due to the packet managers, not because I actually have to.
- asah 9y ago
  A friend's said the same thing, but like other responders, I haven't bothered in a long time. What's the benefit?
  - karmajunkie 9y ago
    While I’ve not felt any particular pain from updating, other than perhaps some binaries from homebrew that needed to be recompiled, i've got an enormous ~/Library folder along with a few hundred GBs of other cruft accumulated through several upgrades of OS X over the last four or five years. Most of it is applications not related to the OS, so not blaming Apple here, but the opportunity to rebuild from a clean slate is welcome for sure.
Terretta 9y ago
Thank you! Used this last week, worked a charm. Perfect tool is a SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive with USB and USB-C.
AHTERIX5000 9y ago
I'm curious about recommending clean installations. What kind of issues people usually encounter with macOS upgrades?
- jtth 9y ago
  It used to be a thing but really isn't anymore. It's only an opportunity to re-evaluate what autoruns at startup and what you want running in the background. This means people feel faster once they delete all of those things. You'd do just as well by removing them yourself.
rsync 9y ago
"Install Disk Creator will make you a bootable USB installer out of any USB disk you have laying around made from the macOS installer that you download from Apple." Wow - thank you! I have a half-page of self-written documentation about turning an apple installer into a bootable USB that I hope to never have to use again ...
dawnerd 9y ago
Since when have you needed a usb installer for macOS (besides hackintosh)?
- cuckcuckspruce 9y ago
  If you have more than one Mac you might want to create a USB install stick so that you only need to download the installer once, on a Mac that you'll upgrade later.

by feelix 9y ago

pyrophane 9y ago

Now all I need is a type-c usb drive :(

akulbe 9y ago
Or a USB_A-to-USB_C adapter. It looks like the USB-C sticks already exist. https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=usb+c+stick https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias...

JamesFM 9y ago

While I think Disk Creator is awesome for certain I’ve never found that a fresh install is needed for macOS upgrades. They have maybe the best upgrade process in the biz right now.

gecko 9y ago
Honestly, I haven’t even bothered doing that with Windows in a pretty long time—maybe since the 7 to 8 transition, after which they’ve had a pretty robust upgrade path. About the only place I do do that regular is on Linux, but that’s because it’s stupidly easy to do so due to the packet managers, not because I actually have to.
asah 9y ago
A friend's said the same thing, but like other responders, I haven't bothered in a long time. What's the benefit?
- karmajunkie 9y ago
  While I’ve not felt any particular pain from updating, other than perhaps some binaries from homebrew that needed to be recompiled, i've got an enormous ~/Library folder along with a few hundred GBs of other cruft accumulated through several upgrades of OS X over the last four or five years. Most of it is applications not related to the OS, so not blaming Apple here, but the opportunity to rebuild from a clean slate is welcome for sure.

Terretta 9y ago

Thank you! Used this last week, worked a charm. Perfect tool is a SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive with USB and USB-C.

AHTERIX5000 9y ago

I'm curious about recommending clean installations. What kind of issues people usually encounter with macOS upgrades?

jtth 9y ago
It used to be a thing but really isn't anymore. It's only an opportunity to re-evaluate what autoruns at startup and what you want running in the background. This means people feel faster once they delete all of those things. You'd do just as well by removing them yourself.

rsync 9y ago

"Install Disk Creator will make you a bootable USB installer out of any USB disk you have laying around made from the macOS installer that you download from Apple." Wow - thank you! I have a half-page of self-written documentation about turning an apple installer into a bootable USB that I hope to never have to use again ...

dawnerd 9y ago

Since when have you needed a usb installer for macOS (besides hackintosh)?

cuckcuckspruce 9y ago
If you have more than one Mac you might want to create a USB install stick so that you only need to download the installer once, on a Mac that you'll upgrade later.