If you do a clean install, you will have to back everything up, wipe your drive clean and reinstall everything. If you do an archive and install, it will uninstall Leopard, install SL and leave everything else intact. If you do an upgrade, it just upgrades Leo to SL as usual.
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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - What, Where, When, Why & How much
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If you do a clean install, you will have to back everything up, wipe your drive clean and reinstall everything. If you do an archive and install, it will uninstall Leopard, install SL and leave everything else intact. If you do an upgrade, it just upgrades Leo to SL as usual.
Edit: I've read about it, I get it.
I think a clean install would be nice, but I don't exactly want to re-install all my Applications...
I assume that you are referring to an Archive and Install. All it does is deletes your current System folder and reinstalls on top of it without touching your stuff. When you start up again, all of your files should be exactly the way you left them.
You can read the Apple K-base article about installation here. As long as software didn't add anything to the system folder, you should be OK.
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If you've read about the installs, then this is probably just a link to what you read. Most users don't have trouble with standard upgrades.
You can read the Apple K-base article about installation here. As long as software didn't add anything to the system folder, you should be OK.
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If you've read about the installs, then this is probably just a link to what you read. Most users don't have trouble with standard upgrades.
I plan on clean installing & having fresh installs, as I have way too many apps & demos loaded.
so in the most "computer/apple jargon for dummies" who can sum up in a handful of bullet points what snow leopard will improve upon from regular leopard?
IE: "apps will load faster" ; "better heat control" ; "faster boot times" ; etc etc
like literally dumb it down
IE: "apps will load faster" ; "better heat control" ; "faster boot times" ; etc etc
like literally dumb it down
* Faster: Fully 64-bit (executes data twice as fast); better multi-processor usage (runs cooler, faster), can use graphics card as processor (if you aren't drawing much stuff on the screen, some apps can make your Mac even faster by using the graphics card)
* Slight interface tweaks (prettier)
* Better Quicktime (easier on system to play video, better interface, can record video, more compatible, better web streaming)
* Chinese character input with trackpad (self-explanatory)
* Better iChat video (bigger: 640x480 instead of 320x240 (?), uses less bandwidth)
* Exchange support (for certain types of email, mostly)
* Installs faster, smaller than Leopard (more of your data and less of Apple's)
* Wakes up twice as fast, sleeps 75% faster, joins wireless networks 55% faster
* Automatically gets printer updates through Software Update
* Even faster Safari
I could go on with faster-related bullet points, but I think you get the idea.
* Slight interface tweaks (prettier)
* Better Quicktime (easier on system to play video, better interface, can record video, more compatible, better web streaming)
* Chinese character input with trackpad (self-explanatory)
* Better iChat video (bigger: 640x480 instead of 320x240 (?), uses less bandwidth)
* Exchange support (for certain types of email, mostly)
* Installs faster, smaller than Leopard (more of your data and less of Apple's)
* Wakes up twice as fast, sleeps 75% faster, joins wireless networks 55% faster
* Automatically gets printer updates through Software Update
* Even faster Safari
I could go on with faster-related bullet points, but I think you get the idea.
^^^^ awesome thanks guys, exactly what i was looking for... if anyone else has more dumbed down bullet points to share, that'd be swell
It includes both QT 7 and X, so you get the best of both worlds. I would argue that the option of having both feature sets makes it better, although that could be open for debate.
I want to install Snow Leopard on new SSD in mac pro
Hey guys,
I'm planning on installing a brand new SSD in my 2009 Mac Pro, and installing SL on the new SSD. I'll keep the OSx 10.5 installed on the original HHD in bay 1. In order to install SL on the new SSD, will I need to first install 10.5 on the new SSD and then install 10.6 over it, or will the SL installer do a clean install on the new SSD? thanks a bunch
-Dougie
Hey guys,
I'm planning on installing a brand new SSD in my 2009 Mac Pro, and installing SL on the new SSD. I'll keep the OSx 10.5 installed on the original HHD in bay 1. In order to install SL on the new SSD, will I need to first install 10.5 on the new SSD and then install 10.6 over it, or will the SL installer do a clean install on the new SSD? thanks a bunch
-Dougie
Another question, guys.
I have a Macbook and an iMac. Say I do a clean install of Snow Leopard in the Macbook. Can I use Migration Assistant to install the applications from the Mac with Leopard to the Macbook with SL? I mean, I believe it is possible, but will it carry any possible installation problems that would have affected me doing Archive and Install?
I have a Macbook and an iMac. Say I do a clean install of Snow Leopard in the Macbook. Can I use Migration Assistant to install the applications from the Mac with Leopard to the Macbook with SL? I mean, I believe it is possible, but will it carry any possible installation problems that would have affected me doing Archive and Install?
OK, just installed SL on my MBA Rev A. It will not boot into 64bit no matter which way I try. I'm suspecting the same result on my iMac 7,1.
Come on Apple, my iMac is just a year old and it can't even benefit much from
SL, not matter it's only $29.00.
BTW, other than the new file compression, I barely noticed any performance difference, 32bit?? Time Machine seems to take the same amount to time for backups. This is my honest perception.
Come on Apple, my iMac is just a year old and it can't even benefit much from
SL, not matter it's only $29.00.
BTW, other than the new file compression, I barely noticed any performance difference, 32bit?? Time Machine seems to take the same amount to time for backups. This is my honest perception.
