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Leopard - Clean Install or Upgrade?

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mcguin2000

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Mar 1, 2006
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So the big cat is coming soon.... Are you planning on upgrading or doing a clean install? Which is best?

If I do a clean install what's the best way to back up iTunes, iPhoto, iCal, Mail so I can transfer the settings, events, playcounts, appointments, etc?

Am happy to upgrade but think a clean install may be a good opportunity to clean the slate and get rid of some of the crap. Or is all the extra back-up, archeiving not worth the effort?

What do you think?

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Use SuperDuper! to do a complete backup.

What I'm going to do is partition the HD and try out Leopard first. Then whichever fits best for me is going to be kept.
 
phungy said:
Use SuperDuper! to do a complete backup.

What I'm going to do is partition the HD and try out Leopard first. Then whichever fits best for me is going to be kept.
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You are going to pay for 10.5 and then "try out Leopard". What if you don't like it? What do you think you might not like about it?

TS
 
The Stig said:
You are going to pay for 10.5 and then "try out Leopard". What if you don't like it? What do you think you might not like about it?

TS
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I never said I was going to pay to try it out ;). I'll pay if I do like it though.

I may end up getting a Family Pack with some friends.
 
Going the clean install....I want fresh bits in there. I'll bring over my files from an external HD and go from there. We've got about a month or so more of waiting!
 
I've already "upgraded" from Panther to Tiger, so I think I'll do a fresh install of Leopard...
 
I'll do a clean install on one 12" G4 powerbook, see how it goes. I'm trying to sorta tone it down on that machine now, clean any significant data off it, just use it to surf or play entertainment on, or to get some podcasts that i don't mean to back up or retain. I'm not having to back it up any more, don't care about the playcounts and etc on its iTunes data. I don't sync any iPods from that machine and the stuff was loaded from a backup anyway.
 
I'd like to do a completely clean install ("Erase and Install") and then move everything over from my SuperDuper clone, but it'd be too much hassle now that I've just got my MBP setup where I'm happy with it. So I'm just going to go with an Archive and Install (no upgrades for me) and see how it works.
 
Clean install here. Just insures absolutely no problems and clears up any problems from before.
 
Sbrocket said:
I'd like to do a completely clean install ("Erase and Install") and then move everything over from my SuperDuper clone, but it'd be too much hassle now that I've just got my MBP setup where I'm happy with it. So I'm just going to go with an Archive and Install (no upgrades for me) and see how it works.
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technically isnt an "archive and install" the same thing as an upgrade?
 
Does Migration Assistant still work if you want to pull your existing files over from an external backup HD, or does it only work if you're actually transferring directly between two Macs?
 
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