Before you Install Tiger....

[bankshot]

What is the best option to get Tiger up and running without loosing the work I have done in FC? Thanks!

Archive & Install. It shouldn't touch anything under your home folder, so you'll be left with a fresh Tiger installation with all of your personal stuff intact.

That said, if you want to be ultra paranoid and ultra safe, you might consider waiting until you finish that project before upgrading. OS upgrades, no matter how good, are a big deal and especially with the first release of a new major version, there are a lot of unknowns. No major company would (or should) do such an upgrade in the middle of a critical project, at least until they've had time to test it offline and/or get feedback from other users. If you feel your data is that critical, you might consider this.

At the same time, I know how tempting it is to jump in and upgrade. 😀 My copy should be arriving today, but I've been planning to hold off and read reports about any issues before taking the plunge myself. Like you, I have gigs and gigs of important data, and I don't want to lose it because of some obscure bug that never came up in Apple's testing. It's extremely unlikely but possible. For example some people with certain FireWire drives had them wiped out with Panther, and the iTunes 2 installer had a bug that could delete an entire disk partition if you had your disks setup in a particular way. 😱 Caution doesn't always hurt. 🙂

We'll see if I can even last the weekend before breaking down and installing, though. 😀 I'll be using Archive & Install whenever that happens.

 

[amac4me]

My FCP HD concerns with Tiger upgrade

Ok, this will be my first Mac upgrade (switched 7 months ago) and I'm trying to figure the best way to make this go smoothly. My main concern is a Final Cut project that consists of approximately 90 gigs of video. I have space to back up everything else important (pics, music, ect) that is on my iMac, but not all the video. What is the best option to get Tiger up and running without loosing the work I have done in FC? Thanks!

I too have concerns upgrading to Tiger. I'm using FCP HD and I can't seem to find any information about FCP and a Tiger upgrade. My concerns are centered around FCP HD's use of QT6 and Tiger's use of QT7. I'd hate to upgrade and then run into problems

 

[bankshot]

I'd hate to upgrade and then run into problems

I'd suggest reading MacInTouch over the next several days or even weeks. Of all the Mac sites I've seen, I think they're about the best at compiling user reports into a nice readable format. Currently they have a Tiger review, reader reports with Tiger, and lists of hardware or software that's reported to be compatible or incompatible with Tiger. Very valuable information!

 

[amac4me]

I'd suggest reading MacInTouch over the next several days or even weeks. Of all the Mac sites I've seen, I think they're about the best at compiling user reports into a nice readable format. Currently they have a Tiger review, reader reports with Tiger, and lists of hardware or software that's reported to be compatible or incompatible with Tiger. Very valuable information!

Thanks for the link. I'll keep my eye on it over the next few days and see if anything with FCP HD pop us. Thanks