Best way to upgrade from Tiger to Leopard on a G5 Tower ?

[fab5freddy]

I am running a G5 Tower 2.5 Ghz Dual with 6 GB of RAM
and with Tiger 10.4.11.

I would like to upgrade to Leopard.
What is the best way to do this ?

Should i use Migration Assistant or get all my apps over
or should i re-format the Drive Completely ?

thanks!

 

[HLdan]

Backup your stuff or clone your drive with Carbon Copy Cloner first. Then, yes, it's best to reformat the drive. Completely erase your HDD first in Disk Utility, then install Leopard. This way will assure that you will have a smooth transition.

 

[Amdahl]

I can tell you the easiest way: Just put the disc in and install it.

Don't thank me. Thank "John from the Apple store."

 

[IJ Reilly]

I can tell you the easiest way: Just put the disc in and install it.

Don't thank me. Thank "John from the Apple store."

Yup, just click "upgrade." Backup first, but that's always a good idea.

 

[fab5freddy]

ok, so when you do the upgrade option,
are you Migrating the Data using Migration Assistant ?

 

[IJ Reilly]

No need to migrate when using either the Upgrade or Archive and Install options.

 

[NoNameBrand]

Yeah, don't bother with any of the more complicated install methods if 'upgrade' works (do backup first!).

Just install it via 'Upgrade', and then run Software Update.