The crazy thing I did to fix Yosemite performance

[Dominik Reichardt]

Just run the installer. After the installation ran through you only need to fix MacPorts (migration guide).
Don't worry about edge cases and you don't necessarily need to do a "clean" install if you have no problems.

Dom


> Am 04.11.2014 um 12:08 schrieb Gustavo Seabra <gustavo.seabra at gmail.com>:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been following this thread with great interest, and have learned a lot here!
> 
> However, I noticed that the whole process of installing Yosemite seems a bit convoluted, maybe even scary,  for someone who is not as versed in the peculiarities of MacOS / BSD.
> 
> So, how would you advice a person who has Mavericks installed with everything in its default location and who has just basic knowledge of the system to go about the upgrade to Yosemite?
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> Gustavo Seabra.
> 
> Em 02/11/2014 15:07, "Jeff Singleton" <gvibe06 at gmail.com> escreveu:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> So after much frustration, much stress, and of course, I broke my Mac in the process. Backed up my user folder from single-user mode (since my mac would not boot all the way). Then I wiped and reinstalled Mavericks, upgraded to Yosemite, and then restored my user folder.
>> 
>> Back story: In an attempt to figure out why the services mds and mdworker were running away with my CPU. Nothing I did resolved this, including putting every single folder except /Applications in the exception list for Spotlight. This is where I started editing LaunchDaemons and LaunchAgents and where breakage occurred.
>> 
>> So...
>> 
>> This literally resolved all of the performance issues I saw reported from many others besides myself about the performance of Yosemite via the standard upgrade path.
>> 
>> On to MacPorts...
>> 
>> - Broken link checks
>> - Binary database updates
>> 
>> Both go within seconds, except for the binary database initial creation, which took a couple of minutes. After which, everything is running like new.
>> 
>> I know it is and was a pain in the rear to have to do all of this, but if there is one thing Apple has done correct it is that restoring a backed up user folder to a fresh install, puts all configurations, accounts, and other customizations right back to where they were with no hassle.
>> 
>> I hope this gives some insight on a sure fire way of resolving Yosemite performance issues.
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> Jeff
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