Yosemite - wait for the .1 revision

[clasqm]

I've bee around since Tiger, and this is really the most pathetic upgrade sequence I've ever seen from Apple. First I got stuck at "two minutes left" for hours - twice. Booting into Safe Mode finally cleared that, but now it has been "looking for applications and documents to transfer" from my Time Machine volume - for several hours.

Whatever happened to Quality Control at Apple?

 

[Looney]

I upgraded both my Mac mini and MacBook Air. No issues at all.

 

[vinodh]

I upgraded two MacBook Airs, a MacBook Pro and a Mac Mini. Two from the beta and two from Mavericks. No issues at all.

 

[skimread]

Upgraded my Macbook Pro. Also no issues

 

[bwana]

Upgraded my MBP from Mavericks to Yosemite without a hitch. My MBA is (still?) running the beta - also no problems.

@OP - I take it you're doing a clean install?

 

[skimread]

Do you have lots of stuff in your /usr/local folder?

https://jimlindley.com/blog/yosemite-upgrade-homebrew-tips/

 

[D tj]

Went to Digicape with an 8gig flash drive, left and later on Friday did the update: no issues so far. 13" MBA
Will do iMac and Mac mini later.

 

[Gambit]

Performed a clean install on my MacBook Pro Retina and upgraded my wifes MacBook Air without any issues.

 

[clasqm]

@bwana: no, never needed to do that on a Mac before. This is why I left Windows. Right now my Ubuntu box wins the "most effortless upgrade" award.

@skimread: No macports, no Fink, no Homebrew, so ... No, I don't think so.

Finally got it working, in Safe Mode by ignoring the iunstructions to copy data from the TM volume. It ignored the 2 users on the disc and insisted on creating a new account. Got into the OS, deleted the excess user account. Hmm, it is not recognising my TM backup. Reboot into normal mode and ... we are reinstalling the OS again! FIND Startup Disk can't find ANY volumes. So, we have "about 22 minutes" to go (and have since the last 15 minutes).

Five minutes later: 21 minutes to go! I'll get back to you tomorrow.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Sorry mate but an isolated incident does not indicate a lack of quality control.

I've upgraded 12 MacBooks of varying ages in our offices on Friday without any drama at all.

 

[bwana]

@bwana: no, never needed to do that on a Mac before. This is why I left Windows. Right now my Ubuntu box wins the "most effortless upgrade" award.

Then why is it even looking for data on your Time Machine volume?

 

[Cassady]

Upgraded from Mavericks - no issues.

 

[Darko]

Went from Mavericks, to the Public Beta, to the App Store version, and no issues at all.

 

[skimread]

Apart from the dock that should have been transparent I have no gripes

 

[clasqm]

Sorry mate but an isolated incident does not indicate a lack of quality control.

I've upgraded 12 MacBooks of varying ages in our offices on Friday without any drama at all.

Isolated, huh?

http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/17/os-x-yosemite-installation-stuck/
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1784761
https://jimlindley.com/blog/yosemite-upgrade-homebrew-tips/

 

[clasqm]

Ok managed to point the installer to a different, empty disk. It installed, rebooted ... And promptly ran the installer again. Time to take this machine in. It's bricked. Thanks, everybody.

 

[bwana]

WRT Mail.app - I used to be able to right click and select save as for attachments - has that disappeared for everyone?