Sorry for a question that has probably been done before I want to upgrade to Leapord but save all my bookmarks, settings, dock items, passwords, apps etc. SHould I do a basic upgrade? I also just bought an external drive and have my entire current machine cloned via carboncopy cloner. I was wondering if I could do a clean install and then use migration assistant on the external drive ? Would that give me EVERYTHING I currently have or should I go ahead and do a basic upgrade. Thanks eV
Don't do an upgrade - can lead to all sorts of problems. Do an Archive+Install, which will replace the system directories completely, whilst not affecting your data, bookmarks etc.
Where would it archive to? I don't have enough room on my HD. Can I connect an external HD and use that as an archive location? Wouldn't it be just as effective to do a delete and install and then use migration assistant from my cloned drive? The main thing is I need my apps, prefs, bookmarks, dock items etc to look the same.