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Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS?

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In article <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-pCz0jIVK8EoL@localhost>, John Varela
<newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 13:47:00 UTC, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
> wrote:
> > On 2015-01-24, John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 03:01:19 UTC, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >> On 2015-01-23, John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> > >> >> 
> > >> >> Besides, anyone with more than half a brain also waits for the "0.1"
> > >> >> release of OS X (or any other new software for that matter) before
> > >> >> installing it on important computers, or at least retains the ability
> > >> >> to boot / use their computer with the previous version.
> > >> >
> > >> > I did that with Yosemite, and am now back on Mavericks. Waiting for 
> > >> > 10.10.2.
> > >> 
> > >> Why is that?
> > >  
> > > Number one is that I never did solve the slowness problem that we 
> > > discussed before. Twice I found things that ameliorated it and in 
> > > optimism I declared the problem solved, but then further use 
> > > revealed that it was not completely solved. After reverting to 
> > > Mavericks the machine is noticeably snappier and I can again run 
> > > Parallels Desktop and Eye TV in 1080 mode with perfectly smooth 
> > > animation. There were also some minor annoyances in Yosemite that I 
> > > can't even recall what they were.
> > >
> > > I did consider that maybe I had a bad download of Yosemite, but 
> > > concluded that was unlikely given that I couldn't duplicate the 
> > > slowness problem in the admin account on the same computer. I 
> > > considered opening a new account for myself and then copying all my 
> > > files from one account to the other, but decided that was more 
> > > trouble than I wanted to go to, given there was no guarantee that 
> > > the new account wouldn't be just as bad as the old one.
> > 
> > That's your best chance of solving the issue, since you have diagnosed
> > that the issue is something in that user account.
> > 
> > > Tired of fighting the machine instead of using it, I backleveled to 
> > > Mavericks. There was nothing in Yosemite that I miss.
> > >
> > > When 10.10.2 comes out I'll give it another try.  
> > 
> > Don't expect a difference outcome with that same user account, since
> > that's clearly where the problem lies. 
>  
> The alternatives would have been to go through my account removing 
> something and testing, removing something else and testing, until, 
> hopefully, the problem disappeared, or else create a new account and
> try adding things one at a time. The latter might leave some crud 
> attached to some apps at the system level. Better to start with a 
> clean install, including reinstalling all the apps, and then start 
> adding widgets and add-ons and plug-ins and whatever else that I've 
> accumulated over the years.

Yep, and then only add all that extra rubbish as and when you actually
need it ... you'll usuallyt find that most, if not all, of it never
gets re-installed.

That's why I always advise people to not use Migration Assistant, and
just retrieve what you need as you need it (and keep all the old stuff
on a backup drive in the extremely rare case that you do decide you
need it three years later). Much of the stuff people collect on their
hard drive is garbage that is rarely or never used again - it's even
easier to ignore stuff on a hard drive than it is unused rubbish shoved
into a closet or drawer.

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Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-22 17:24 +0000
  Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-22 17:35 +0000
    Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-22 17:58 +0000
      Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-22 18:07 +0000
      Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-23 08:45 +1300
        Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-01-23 00:27 +0000
          Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-23 03:01 +0000
            Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-01-24 03:42 +0000
              Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-24 13:47 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-01-25 00:33 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-25 13:42 +1300
        Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-22 18:57 -0700
      Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-01-23 16:20 +0000
        Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-23 16:22 +0000
          Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-01-24 21:16 +0000
            Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-24 21:28 +0000
              Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-01-25 17:00 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-25 17:04 +0000
              Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-26 01:26 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-26 01:53 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-26 11:13 +0000
        Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-26 01:24 +0000
  Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-01-22 12:55 -0500
    Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-22 12:22 -0700
      Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-23 01:06 +0000

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