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Before upgrade to 10.11.6, how not to lose Mail, bookmarks, make dumb mistakes?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sparky61" data-source="post: 1746812" data-attributes="member: 376025"><p>Update: Tried working around creating a new account (a mistake made earlier before I was warned about it) by formatting the USB containing El Cap and downloading El Cap again. But on retry with a fresh copy of El Cap, it put me right back into setting up a new account all over again, and would not let me skip by any method, even powering down. If I had to do it again, I'd boot from my CCC clone, format my internal SSD, then shut down again and reboot from the El Cap USB and proceed. That would ensure a clean install, I believe (given my limited knowledge base).</p><p></p><p>As things stand I'm guessing that despite my best efforts, my install of El Cap was overtop my old 10.6.8 install. I did not have to use Migration Assistant. But my MBP is snappy and stable running 10.11.6, with all Mail, bookmarks, data, etc., intact and fully functioning. I've tested most applications and all seems good. Woo-hoo! </p><p></p><p>On to browser issues: I downloaded and installed Firefox 51.0.0 released 01/26/2017. It's my browser of choice at the moment. Someone said to avoid Chrome altogether (IIRC). I have nothing against Safari. I moved to Firefox because it was recommended to me as superior in terms of privacy and security. I'm aware of Tor, haven't gone there ... yet. I use Duckduckgo as my search engine and avoid Google because of intrusive tracking. Please let me know your thoughts! And to those who contributed their expertise regarding my OS upgrade, thank you again!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sparky61, post: 1746812, member: 376025"] Update: Tried working around creating a new account (a mistake made earlier before I was warned about it) by formatting the USB containing El Cap and downloading El Cap again. But on retry with a fresh copy of El Cap, it put me right back into setting up a new account all over again, and would not let me skip by any method, even powering down. If I had to do it again, I'd boot from my CCC clone, format my internal SSD, then shut down again and reboot from the El Cap USB and proceed. That would ensure a clean install, I believe (given my limited knowledge base). As things stand I'm guessing that despite my best efforts, my install of El Cap was overtop my old 10.6.8 install. I did not have to use Migration Assistant. But my MBP is snappy and stable running 10.11.6, with all Mail, bookmarks, data, etc., intact and fully functioning. I've tested most applications and all seems good. Woo-hoo! On to browser issues: I downloaded and installed Firefox 51.0.0 released 01/26/2017. It's my browser of choice at the moment. Someone said to avoid Chrome altogether (IIRC). I have nothing against Safari. I moved to Firefox because it was recommended to me as superior in terms of privacy and security. I'm aware of Tor, haven't gone there ... yet. I use Duckduckgo as my search engine and avoid Google because of intrusive tracking. Please let me know your thoughts! And to those who contributed their expertise regarding my OS upgrade, thank you again! [/QUOTE]
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