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Before you Install Tiger....
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pdpfilms said:
I dunno...DellRumors is a pretty sweet site!
Also, note, if it is like Panther Archive and Install, apparently there will be an option to transport the home directory over, or to retain preferences, and if you select it, then you will keep your account and all preferences. If you don't, then your account files will be in a directory in the saved system folder, and you'll have to move the ones you want over to your new account folder.
mkrishnan said:I dunno...DellRumors is a pretty sweet site!
Also, note, if it is like Panther Archive and Install, apparently there will be an option to transport the home directory over, or to retain preferences, and if you select it, then you will keep your account and all preferences. If you don't, then your account files will be in a directory in the saved system folder, and you'll have to move the ones you want over to your new account folder.
"Axim shuffle" what the hell, i hope that is fake link They stoll the slogen and the shuffle arrows
pdpfilms said:
It's almost a tribute site to MacRumors...someone here put it up, and there was a thread about it a while back.
Puckhead, of course it's a spoof. Did you *see* the iPod made out of a brick?
pdpfilms said:
Shoot, now you have me thinking it would have been more fun to play this out for a while.
Yes, ummm, I have my Axim Shuffle on pre-order. At least Dell didn't go out of business five years ago like Apple did!
mkrishnan said:
That's the funniest thing I've seen in a while. Nice job whoever created it.
Also nice job on this thread. I have always simply upgraded without wiping the HD and have had great success. I think I'll continue that tradition with Tiger. ~Josh
Just chiming in with another vote for the "Don't bother reformatting" camp.
After many many many OSX installs (daily, ha ha), I have never had an issue with NOT reformatting the drive. Archive and Install is a great way to get up and running with your new OS is basically no time flat. One of my favorite features of OSX actually. I would however suggest repairing permissions and checking your hard drive before you throw that 10.4 disk in, just to be sure that everything's kosher.
So fear not, enlightened switchers! Your road to a clean Tiger install shall be a smooth one.
And now, we wait...
After many many many OSX installs (daily, ha ha), I have never had an issue with NOT reformatting the drive. Archive and Install is a great way to get up and running with your new OS is basically no time flat. One of my favorite features of OSX actually. I would however suggest repairing permissions and checking your hard drive before you throw that 10.4 disk in, just to be sure that everything's kosher.
So fear not, enlightened switchers! Your road to a clean Tiger install shall be a smooth one.
And now, we wait...
bostonwhaler1 said:
And I don't know all the technical features, but one reason not to bother with a reformat and clean install is because if you're just going to do that and move those preferences back over to your newly installed OS, you may bring any problems back with you to your new system. There's no point if you're going to just move settings over to Tiger.
Maybe I'm wrong though. So if you don't mind doing a fresh install and reinstalling all apps and redoing all screen/LCD calibrations, system preferences, and all app preferences, then cool. Otherwise, what's the point?
QUESTION: If someone were to wipe their drive and do a full reformat and all....hell, even zero their entire drive, and they were to install OSX Tiger on their system clean and fresh, what version of iLife would they have on their system? Same as their previous version?
Or maybe they would need their old system disks, or their copy of iLife 04 or 05, to reinstall iLife? 
other question : (i don't want to open a new thread fo that because it has to do with OS X installing)
a friend from university is pulling the trigger on mac mini in may but he is buying it in the US (because it's cheaper there and he is there at that time anyways) so the question is: is it possible to isntall the OS in a different Language with the same disk ? (he wants the OS in german)
or do i have do lend him my (german?) 10.3.7 install disk and he updates then to Tiger with his disks ?
i'm rather clueless about this whole thing because i've never reisntalled so far
a friend from university is pulling the trigger on mac mini in may but he is buying it in the US (because it's cheaper there and he is there at that time anyways) so the question is: is it possible to isntall the OS in a different Language with the same disk ? (he wants the OS in german)
or do i have do lend him my (german?) 10.3.7 install disk and he updates then to Tiger with his disks ?
i'm rather clueless about this whole thing because i've never reisntalled so far
Dunno. I suggest switching all your settings to German to see if all the menu's of OSX Panther change.
Platform said:Just got a bit unsure now
if you choose upgrade: that updates your OS and keeps your files, home directory etc.
That's exactly the difference between Upgrade and Archive & Install: Upgrade overwrites the old system files, A&I archives them in a folder called "Previous System". Your home directory and settings are kept intact in both cases (using A&I you can choose not to keep them, but why would you).
takao said:
The OS X system disk were always multilingual, i.e. you can choose during installation which is your prefered language. Tiger will surely be the same.
thx everybody
i wasn't sure if the dvds/cds were multilingual (which normally hardly any software company does) we simply gonna try it out
(i found the thing for switching the language but i didn't get to test it ou completly ...thanks for the tip)
i wasn't sure if the dvds/cds were multilingual (which normally hardly any software company does) we simply gonna try it out
(i found the thing for switching the language but i didn't get to test it ou completly ...thanks for the tip)
pdpfilms said:
The people on the SysOpt Forums have been pretty helpful with PC questions I've had. (MacRumors is still better, but...
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Easy, they'd have no version of iLife: Tiger doesn't come w/ iLife.Abstract said:QUESTION: If someone were to wipe their drive and do a full reformat and all....hell, even zero their entire drive, and they were to install OSX Tiger on their system clean and fresh, what version of iLife would they have on their system? Same as their previous version?
I think the days before a known major operating system release that you intend to upgrade to are great days to sort through all the stuff you've accumulated and only keep what you truly need. Here's how I do it:
Anything that I definitely need now or soon I keep.
Anything that I don't need now, but probably will need in the future I archive. The archival method I use depends on how often I expect to use the data I'm archiving.
The remainder consists of stuff that's out of date or never gets used - this stuff gets deleted.
Anything that I definitely need now or soon I keep.
Anything that I don't need now, but probably will need in the future I archive. The archival method I use depends on how often I expect to use the data I'm archiving.
The remainder consists of stuff that's out of date or never gets used - this stuff gets deleted.
Dumb question
This is a naive question which is a "hangover" from my PC days. Once, when I reformatted on of my old Windows PCs, I deleted the drivers for the CD drive and could then not reinstall Windows. I assume from CubaTBird's comment that if I boot to the Tiger CD and format my hard drive once booted to the CD, I won't have this problem? I'll be able to continue with the Tiger installation?
This is probably the route I'd like to take. Though as most people said, it's probably more psychological than necessary.
-bb
CubaTBird said:
This is a naive question which is a "hangover" from my PC days. Once, when I reformatted on of my old Windows PCs, I deleted the drivers for the CD drive and could then not reinstall Windows. I assume from CubaTBird's comment that if I boot to the Tiger CD and format my hard drive once booted to the CD, I won't have this problem? I'll be able to continue with the Tiger installation?
This is probably the route I'd like to take. Though as most people said, it's probably more psychological than necessary.
-bb