Next I made a dedicated clone of my boot drive before I did anything else. I ran de-installers where possible so that they would hopefully take out all the stuff relating to an application rather than just the app itself. I then went through my applications folder and had a prune, of apps that I hadn’t used for ages or I knew would be an issue with Yosemite like Final Cut Pro 7. I used the Apple Update and ran everything except for the OS related stuff because I knew that would be a waste of time. I had held back on a number of upgrades because they related to Mavericks or Yosemite. The first thing I did was to upgrade all my existing applications. I decided that I would go for an ‘over the top’ install to save time reinstalling everything and setting up all my settings and preferences for a myriad of applications. Because I use my studio Mac Pro for everything, not just Pro Tools, I need a stable reliable system for a broad range of activities. I chose to avoid going to Mavericks because of all the issues, mainly to do with Mac OS rather than Pro Tools that I had heard about, as well as Russ’ experiences with him having to revert to Mountain Lion to get a reliable computer. I have been running PT 11.1.2 HD on my cheese grater Mac Pro Tower with my HDX1 system for a long time now. At the beginning of this year, now that Avid have released an approved version of Pro Tools for use with Apple’s Yosemite, I decided to take the plunge and do the deed.
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