Re: Mavericks Discussion
If you have a Time Machine backup from just before you do the upgrade you can always go back by reformatting your hard drive and restoring the Time Machine backup.
My advice would be to backup, upgrade, then play with the system for a while without adding anything to your iTunes or iPhoto and don't check for emails or change any files that you care about. That way you can simply restore the Time Machine backup and you won't lose anything.
It is possible to export everything in your iPhoto and iTunes databases as files and that as well as your emails can be saved independently and reimported after you restore your disk to the way it way before the upgrade. However, that process won't be as easy as simply restoring from a Time Machine backup of your disk.
Confession: I haven't upgraded from Mountain Lion to Mavericks yet. There just aren't enough new features that I want in Mavericks to make putting up with the potential downsides worthwhile for me yet.
If you have a Time Machine backup from just before you do the upgrade you can always go back by reformatting your hard drive and restoring the Time Machine backup.
My advice would be to backup, upgrade, then play with the system for a while without adding anything to your iTunes or iPhoto and don't check for emails or change any files that you care about. That way you can simply restore the Time Machine backup and you won't lose anything.
It is possible to export everything in your iPhoto and iTunes databases as files and that as well as your emails can be saved independently and reimported after you restore your disk to the way it way before the upgrade. However, that process won't be as easy as simply restoring from a Time Machine backup of your disk.
Confession: I haven't upgraded from Mountain Lion to Mavericks yet. There just aren't enough new features that I want in Mavericks to make putting up with the potential downsides worthwhile for me yet.
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