I am planning to upgrade on a Unibody Macbook (2008) to Mavericks. Mountain Lion is already installed and I felt it to be a bit sluggish when I upgraded. I also would like to start anew and clear some files that have been on the machine for a few years. So I am wondering:
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Would you advise formatting on Mountain Lion, adding files and apps back then upgrade to Mavericks?
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Would you advise formatting on Mountain Lion upgrading to Mavericks and adding files and apps back to the Macbook?
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Would you advise upgrading to Mavericks then formatting and then format then add files back?
Best Answer
You could pick this route:
Why this way?
Easy, you won't have the old Mountain Lion files on your file system. This results in a clean new environment to start with.
The other methods you described will result in Mavericks on top of Mountain Lion.