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Mojave - functional changes vs ElCapitan?
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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1833108" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>Thanks for the feedback</p><p></p><p>As to 1. - I had already erased and formatted the partition (I then installed Mojave on) to APFS before I started the installation, and yes, that erase and formatting took a lot longer than what I normally expect, but then the installation of Mojave on that already APFS formatted partition also took much longer than what I was used to from previous OSs</p><p>I just booted back into Mojave to check out your reply to item 2.</p><p>To start with, I can't select the Mojave start up disk in Preferences which I suppose makes sense as ElCapitan can't "see" the APFS partition.</p><p>So I shut down the Mac and started it again holding down the option key.</p><p>Normally the available boot drives show up in about 15 seconds (I actually just timed that).</p><p>This time it took just over a minute before the boot drives appeared on the monitor - I was just about to give up.</p><p>The strangely enough, only two of the HFS+ partitions showed plus the Mojave one.</p><p>When I select the Mojave partition, the cursor freezes for maybe 20 seconds, then the apple logo comes up but no progress bar.</p><p>The progress bar only starts several minutes later and I eventually boot into Mojave.</p><p></p><p>I assume that all is normal for Mojave, just not what I expect based on previous experience.</p><p>Next I select Disk Utility, and it takes a long time doing the search for the connected drives and volumes - much longer than on ElCapitan.</p><p>But you're right, "Show only Volumes" was selected. That's the way migration set it up - I just did a straight migration from the ElCapitan data.</p><p>I then tried Firefox and also launched Apple Mail. Both of those opened noticeably quicker than on ElCapitan.</p><p>That's where I'm right now.</p><p></p><p>As to potential "headaches" - I was just fishing on what other users may have noticed after they upgraded to Mojave.</p><p>I want to upgrade all the Macs in the family and I don't really know what applications or features everyone is using.</p><p>I'll try the most common ones, but other than me struggling with a clean install, everything looks great so far.</p><p>I suppose having both HFS+ and APFS on the same external drive may not help things either - it's not something that would normally happen.</p><p></p><p>BTW - Disk Utility "saw" all of the boot drives including the one that didn't come up when I started the Mac holding down the option key.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1833108, member: 67742"] Thanks for the feedback As to 1. - I had already erased and formatted the partition (I then installed Mojave on) to APFS before I started the installation, and yes, that erase and formatting took a lot longer than what I normally expect, but then the installation of Mojave on that already APFS formatted partition also took much longer than what I was used to from previous OSs I just booted back into Mojave to check out your reply to item 2. To start with, I can't select the Mojave start up disk in Preferences which I suppose makes sense as ElCapitan can't "see" the APFS partition. So I shut down the Mac and started it again holding down the option key. Normally the available boot drives show up in about 15 seconds (I actually just timed that). This time it took just over a minute before the boot drives appeared on the monitor - I was just about to give up. The strangely enough, only two of the HFS+ partitions showed plus the Mojave one. When I select the Mojave partition, the cursor freezes for maybe 20 seconds, then the apple logo comes up but no progress bar. The progress bar only starts several minutes later and I eventually boot into Mojave. I assume that all is normal for Mojave, just not what I expect based on previous experience. Next I select Disk Utility, and it takes a long time doing the search for the connected drives and volumes - much longer than on ElCapitan. But you're right, "Show only Volumes" was selected. That's the way migration set it up - I just did a straight migration from the ElCapitan data. I then tried Firefox and also launched Apple Mail. Both of those opened noticeably quicker than on ElCapitan. That's where I'm right now. As to potential "headaches" - I was just fishing on what other users may have noticed after they upgraded to Mojave. I want to upgrade all the Macs in the family and I don't really know what applications or features everyone is using. I'll try the most common ones, but other than me struggling with a clean install, everything looks great so far. I suppose having both HFS+ and APFS on the same external drive may not help things either - it's not something that would normally happen. BTW - Disk Utility "saw" all of the boot drives including the one that didn't come up when I started the Mac holding down the option key. [/QUOTE]
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