Who will upgrade to Sierra on day 1?

[Ritsuka]

The "Update" and "Download" buttons do exactly the same things: they downloads the same Sierra installer.

 

[SoYoung]

Just download the installer and update that way.

 

[bbasra]

Downloaded and installed yesterday evening.

Unfortunately my Mid 2012 rMPB is now showing its age as some of the cool updates won't work on it :-(

 

[Irishman]

Just download the installer and update that way.

Hmmmm, you've done a non-clean (over the top) install that way??

I need to be sure.

 

[SteveJobzniak]

@Irishman: You are supposed to go to the featured page (or the store and search for "Sierra") and download it there, exactly like you discovered. That installer updates the OS. There is actually no way to do a clean install except by rebooting with Cmd+R and using the internet recovery mode (or a USB stick), so don't worry.

It may later appear in the "updates" page like past OS updates, but right now Apple isn't pushing everyone to get it.

 

[m4v3r1ck]

@Irishman: There is actually no way to do a clean install except by rebooting with Cmd+R and using the internet recovery mode (or a USB stick), so don't worry.

Why can't we do a clean install of macOS?

I always do clean install - using installer that is in my Applications Folder! - and then in the install process use Migration Assistant to install users, preferences and all apps and documents, using my CCC bootable clone.

Good luck installing macOS!

Cheers

 

[Irishman]

Thanks everyone.

Getting it now!!

 

[F1Mac]

Why can't we do a clean install of macOS?

Maybe he was implying that when you have a single HD, you can't clean install unless you erase first? Just speculating...

 

[ipos]

mac mini 2014 but doesn't show mac sierra available for download

 

[grahamperrin]

… App Store … does nothing.

1. Perform a safe boot
2. restart normally
3. retry App Store.

 

[ZivaD]

nearly 24 hours later the dock has started freezing, aps close hang and nothing responds, iPhone and iPad disconnect and reconnect rapidly when syncing, looks like another great roll out apple, well done.

 

[pwhitehead]

Normally if I can't wait, I'll make a 300GB partition on my drive and install it there to use and test.

 

[SteveJobzniak]

nearly 24 hours later the dock has started freezing, aps close hang and nothing responds, iPhone and iPad disconnect and reconnect rapidly when syncing, looks like another great roll out apple, well done.

Sorry to hear that but I have none of those issues. My computer is rock solid. Maybe some of your 3rd party software isn't Sierra ready yet.

 

[262Runnr]

Normally if I can't wait, I'll make a 300GB partition on my drive and install it there to use and test.

I installed it a couple of hours ago. I don't see any issues so far. I'm also running Vmware 8.5 and it's working as it always does.
Siri on the desktop is pretty cool...

 

[ZivaD]

Sorry to hear that but I have none of those issues. My computer is rock solid. Maybe some of your 3rd party software isn't Sierra ready yet.

Contacted apple, why not its still in apple care cover and ended up doing a reinstall, no issues since then

 

[oldtime]

Installed and now have an extra 20GB of very much needed space on my 2012 MBA. Thanks Sierra!

 

[ZivaD]

Contacted apple, why not its still in apple care cover and ended up doing a reinstall, no issues since then

Spoke too soon, erase and install from time machine from last night, taking four hours......

 

[SteveJobzniak]

Spoke too soon, erase and install from time machine from last night, taking four hours......

Poor guy :/ No problems here whatsoever. Sierra is rock solid and I love Safari's "picture in picture mode". Maybe you've got a 3rd party software issue or a hardware issue?

Everything is great except the dedicated GPU needlessly activating in 3 apps, which I've now made a separate thread for:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...h-affect-all-macbook-pro-2010-models.2000559/