This old G5 of mine will be getting its first-ever OS reinstall in the next week or so, and it will be somewhat uncharted territory for me. I am finally going to take the plunge with Leopard, but I want to keep Tiger just in case the new cat and I don't get along.
My main concern is how to best allot drive space for the two OSes*. Putting OS X and OS 9 on the same machine was easy, since OS 9 took up a fairly small and predictable amount of space. Given that Leopard and Tiger apparently need separate versions of many apps and utes, however, I do not feel comfortable putting one or the other on a small partition and crossing fingers that I never run out of room.
On the other hand, I do not want to wind up with lots of wasted, difficult-to-use space, and I want to avoid cumulative file redundancy wherever possible. I don't really use OS X's built-in folders to store my documents, and all my applications currently live in the global apps folder as opposed to my Home folder.
A few specific questions:
What's the best way to keep personal OS settings and info (mail, bookmarks, etc.) synchronized across both OSes?
if I update Adobe CS3 to run with Leopard, will it still function on Tiger? or will I need two copies of everything?
Is putting both OSes on the same partition doable? If so, is it a good idea?
Is Leopard ready for prime time yet? It sounded pretty awful at first, but I'm way past due taking the leap (whether it becomes my daily-use OS is another story)
So, anyone have any sage advice on the matter? Would be much appreciated.
*The internal drive setup will likely be 1TB for the main drive and 400GB for the secondary.
My main concern is how to best allot drive space for the two OSes*. Putting OS X and OS 9 on the same machine was easy, since OS 9 took up a fairly small and predictable amount of space. Given that Leopard and Tiger apparently need separate versions of many apps and utes, however, I do not feel comfortable putting one or the other on a small partition and crossing fingers that I never run out of room.
On the other hand, I do not want to wind up with lots of wasted, difficult-to-use space, and I want to avoid cumulative file redundancy wherever possible. I don't really use OS X's built-in folders to store my documents, and all my applications currently live in the global apps folder as opposed to my Home folder.
A few specific questions:
What's the best way to keep personal OS settings and info (mail, bookmarks, etc.) synchronized across both OSes?
if I update Adobe CS3 to run with Leopard, will it still function on Tiger? or will I need two copies of everything?
Is putting both OSes on the same partition doable? If so, is it a good idea?
Is Leopard ready for prime time yet? It sounded pretty awful at first, but I'm way past due taking the leap (whether it becomes my daily-use OS is another story)
So, anyone have any sage advice on the matter? Would be much appreciated.
*The internal drive setup will likely be 1TB for the main drive and 400GB for the secondary.
