OSX El Capitan - Issues, fonts, yada yada yada

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  • bklyndroobeki0

    Installed El Capitan on an older MacBook (2011) I knew It would be trouble.

    It says that it cannot install (errors in a .txt) but I just keep going thru the loop of installs-- anyway to easily abort this? It won't allow me to do much else.

    • https://discussions.…Gnash
    • I have a feeling I'm about to lose everything. Will try this but I suck at this kind of stuff. Wish me luck. Tx Gnash :|bklyndroobeki
    • take it slow. do you have a time machine b/u?Gnash
    • No, no Timemachine- I've even mainly using Dropbox to backup but Not thorough. do you think my HD will have to be re formatted?bklyndroobeki
    • reformatting is a good idea but not mandatory -- you lose all your data, though. Try and save what you can first.Gnash
    • there were a few strategies for doing that in the thread i linkedGnash
    • if the data isn't that critical then reformatting is a good idea.Gnash
    • keep in mind that some legacy software can't be installed onto ElCap, like versions lower than Creative Suite CS6Gnash
    • I'd so prefer not to loose my work-- getting an error though. Going to search a bit more though this link is really useful http://imgur.com/ZNn…bklyndroobeki
    • sucks! don't give up though. ya, lots more resources on line. It may be worth taking it somewhere to grab the data.Gnash
    • I gave up. Overwhelmed mostly. Going to put the computer to rest & take a walk... You help was gold; going to come back to it in a couple daysbklyndroobeki
    • good idea :)Gnash
    • you gotta be zen to navigate this stuff (or give it to someone else to do)Gnash
    • Newer versions of OSX install a recovery disk partition with tools to help you recover data etc. Get hold of an older install dvd and run the tools from that?face_melter
    • Or, take the drive out, place in a caddy and get your data that way. If it's a 2011, the drive should be easy to remove.face_melter
    • No luck. In fact managed to make things worse.bklyndroobeki
    • does anything come up when you do a 'safe start'?Gnash
    • Gnash, I almost bashed it in yesterday... I was close and held myself back. I guess that could happen when in terminal for 10+ hoursbklyndroobeki
    • I took it to the G.bar today. They did miracle work. I wiped my machine yesterday after giving up. Lesson learned, actually happy to have a clean slate.bklyndroobeki
    • peace be with you, brother. and hook up that Time Machine!Gnash
    • LOL I'm on it tonight. man thanks for keeping me zen.bklyndroobeki

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