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Yosemite Install Not Working!!
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<blockquote data-quote="The Jeep" data-source="post: 1631678" data-attributes="member: 19981"><p>Hi - any help with this frustrating problem will be much appreciated. Here's what's up:</p><p></p><p>I have a 2010 Mac Pro (Model 5,1) 2.8GHz Quad-core Xeon with 10GB RAM and OSX 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) installed in my 1TB primary drive in Slot 1 of the machine. I want to upgrade to Yosemite on a newly purchased 2TB drive (all Western Digital Caviar drives).</p><p></p><p>I have downloaded the Yosemite OSX from App Store and run the application which then allows me to choose my destination drive for OSX 10.10 (in my case my new 2TB drive). The computer then restarts… and restarts… and restarts….. I've let this go on for at least 12 times and I'm sure this can't be right, even though an earlier message suggests that more than one restart <em>may</em> be necessary.</p><p></p><p>I've tried everything I can think of such as re-erasing my new drive, repairing disk permissions on my start-up drive, re-downloading the Yosemite App, but still get the same result. I can't find any comments online about the process needing, say, 20 restarts - this would seem highly unlikely anyway. </p><p></p><p>So what can the problem be? I've checked that the Yosemite upgrade is compatible with my current OSX and my computer - there should be no problem there.</p><p></p><p>Am I trying to do the wrong thing by attempting a 'Clean Install' of Yosemite on a brand new drive? Is this not what this particular download is for? Is it only an upgrade? I don't think so, but perhaps I am mistaken.</p><p></p><p>Very frustrating - someone must have the answer!</p><p></p><p>Cheers, John.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Jeep, post: 1631678, member: 19981"] Hi - any help with this frustrating problem will be much appreciated. Here's what's up: I have a 2010 Mac Pro (Model 5,1) 2.8GHz Quad-core Xeon with 10GB RAM and OSX 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) installed in my 1TB primary drive in Slot 1 of the machine. I want to upgrade to Yosemite on a newly purchased 2TB drive (all Western Digital Caviar drives). I have downloaded the Yosemite OSX from App Store and run the application which then allows me to choose my destination drive for OSX 10.10 (in my case my new 2TB drive). The computer then restarts… and restarts… and restarts….. I've let this go on for at least 12 times and I'm sure this can't be right, even though an earlier message suggests that more than one restart [I]may[/I] be necessary. I've tried everything I can think of such as re-erasing my new drive, repairing disk permissions on my start-up drive, re-downloading the Yosemite App, but still get the same result. I can't find any comments online about the process needing, say, 20 restarts - this would seem highly unlikely anyway. So what can the problem be? I've checked that the Yosemite upgrade is compatible with my current OSX and my computer - there should be no problem there. Am I trying to do the wrong thing by attempting a 'Clean Install' of Yosemite on a brand new drive? Is this not what this particular download is for? Is it only an upgrade? I don't think so, but perhaps I am mistaken. Very frustrating - someone must have the answer! Cheers, John. [/QUOTE]
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