How do I mutate safely to 10.10

[Weaselboy]

I am not sure if he is still getting input from my keyboard. I do not see an arrow for my magic mouse either

I would take it as a good sign you are hearing disk activity though. It helps to drink a beer while waiting.

 

[grandM]

I would take it as a good sign you are hearing disk activity though. It helps to drink a beer while waiting.

I got in. I decided to stop waiting and just reboot. Then everything worked fine. Safari bit slow though. To be honest Apple just gave me a good scare. An upgrade should work finely without any problems. Even more concerning was I couldn't see what was happening. Apparantly using an external keyboard did not allow any intervening. One thing is for sure: next time I'll add another external disk and make sure my pictures and documents are on that too. Apple just made a bad impression on me. I am grateful though that so many macrumors members gave good advice. Hence my thanks.

 

[fhall1]

I take it you meant "wireless" keyboard not "external"? Every keyboard is external for a Mac Mini. In the future, it's best to find a USB wired keyboard when doing major system upgrades.

 

[ctyhntr]

Here are the steps I took when I upgraded my 2009 Mac Book Pro.

1. Buy new Hard Drive. I used this opportunity to upgrade from a 320GB to 1 TB hard drive.
2. Clone HD. Carbon Copy trial version is what people recommend.
3. Swap cloned HD
4. Power up, go to app store and download Yosemite
5. 1-2 hours later, Yosemite is installed and SMC reports my machine is running 10 degrees cooler.

steps that I didn't need to take
6. If the upgrade went horribly wrong, I would've swapped back my original harddrive.

 

[grandM]

I take it you meant "wireless" keyboard not "external"? Every keyboard is external for a Mac Mini. In the future, it's best to find a USB wired keyboard when doing major system upgrades.

No keyboard is an old logitech keyboard connected through USB. It is not wireless.

 

[fhall1]

OK....well then, saying it's "external" is not necessary when referring to a Mac Mini.