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That's weird. Mojave has been rock solid for me, way better than High Sierra. But I guess mileages vary.

I'm not updating to Catalina either, I plan to stick around on Mojave until they release something that actually makes me want to upgrade. (maybe when Catalyst matures)

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Mojave was a frustrating experience for me until I bit the bullet and did a clean install and remigrated my stuff. I doubt I'll do another in place upgrade again.

> did a clean install

How do you do a clean install? Is this available from the recovery menu?

Yes, just go into Disk Utility in recovery and erase your disk. Then go back to recovery tools and install as usual.

You write a bootable usb drive and format your hard-drive.

This hasn’t been necessary for many years as long as you haven’t had to replace the drive or lack an internet connection: just hold Command-R down at boot.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314

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