The crazy thing I did to fix Yosemite performance
Gustavo Seabra
gustavo.seabra at gmail.com
Tue Nov 4 06:11:24 PST 2014
That’s reassuring, thanks!
Gustavo Seabra
Em 04/11/2014, à(s) 08:28, Dominik Reichardt <domiman at gmail.com> escreveu:
> 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.
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> Dom
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> Am 04.11.2014 um 12:08 schrieb Gustavo Seabra <gustavo.seabra at gmail.com>:
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> Thanks a lot!
>> Gustavo Seabra.
>>
>> Em 02/11/2014 15:07, "Jeff Singleton" <gvibe06 at gmail.com> escreveu:
>> Hi,
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> So...
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>> 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.
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>> On to MacPorts...
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>> - Broken link checks
>> - Binary database updates
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>> Both go within seconds, except for the binary database initial creation, which took a couple of minutes. After which, everything is running like new.
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>> 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.
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>> I hope this gives some insight on a sure fire way of resolving Yosemite performance issues.
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>> Good Luck,
>> Jeff
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