Upgrade from Mavericks to Yosemite

[Hofstede]

Hi, all! As I'm considering to do a direct upgrade for my mac from Mavericks to Yosemite, I'd like to ask if this direct upgrade slows down our mac.

Some of my friends suggest me of doing a clean install indeed. What's your opinion on this issue?

 

[simonsi]

Experiences seem mixed, personally I updated 4 machines (2x iMacs, 1x MBP, 1x MBA), and had no performance issues on any of them.

 

[F1Mac]

I've upgraded my 2 macs + the MacPro 5,1 I use at work (they were running on 10.9.5 before) and I didn't didn't notice any performance slowdown. It's up to you I'd say you're good to go.

 

[leman]

It shouldn't affect your peformance in any way, but there are reported cases where the update went astray. An update is always a very invasive procedure and can potentially mess your computer up — no matter what OS or which version we are talking about. Make sure that you have up-to-date backups. You can always try clean install afterwards if something goes wrong.

 

[grahamperrin]

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