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Idea for tutorial to help newbies like me
I've been thinking ahead to snow leopard and I was thinking, "how can I install the new os without completely erasing my current laptop"? When I used to have a PC, I would just save all my files to an external hard drive, then move them all back once I reformatted. On a mac, I'm wondering if I can install snow leopard but not have to move all of my stuff to an external hard drive first. Ideally, I'd like to be able to install snow leopard and automatically have all of my files and applications from leopard already there after the SL installation. Is this possible?
I've been thinking ahead to snow leopard and I was thinking, "how can I install the new os without completely erasing my current laptop"? When I used to have a PC, I would just save all my files to an external hard drive, then move them all back once I reformatted. On a mac, I'm wondering if I can install snow leopard but not have to move all of my stuff to an external hard drive first. Ideally, I'd like to be able to install snow leopard and automatically have all of my files and applications from leopard already there after the SL installation. Is this possible?
Yes, you will either do an Upgrade or an Archive and Install, you'll have these options with SL.
Making a video of this process would be difficult, however.
Which option would be the appropriate one for maintaining all of my files and applications that are already in Leopard? Would that be the archive and install option? Also, these options will show on the screen once I put the snow leopard disc into my laptop? And lastly, will snow leopard automatically overwrite regular leopard or do I need to go and uninstall it by myself?
I agree I am a recent switcher and I'm getting the hang of Mac OS X but I need a bit of help on stuff like that
Your best option will be to upgrade.
I'm getting there.
Thanks for advice and really quick response! So the upgrade option will migrate all of my files and applications that I have in leopard over to snow leopard, right?
The upgrade option will overwrite OS files with the SL versions. Your files will be untouched.
hey lets not forget
Installing applications
-What DMG files are
-the difference processes to install (drag drop to app folder/double click)
-How to tell if something is an app (to drag) or an installer (.pkg)
-Reasons why items should be installed and not run from the DMG file
-Should you keep the DMG file? (not necessary, but if you like to keep them for later use, go a head and store them).
Maybe that will help new users most. There was a thread sometime recently about someone who had trouble with that. He was running apps from the DMG files, assuming that double clicking it installed it (like in windows). Then when he went to re-launch it, it didn't work, not until he re-mounted the DMG.
Installing applications
-What DMG files are
-the difference processes to install (drag drop to app folder/double click)
-How to tell if something is an app (to drag) or an installer (.pkg)
-Reasons why items should be installed and not run from the DMG file
-Should you keep the DMG file? (not necessary, but if you like to keep them for later use, go a head and store them).
Maybe that will help new users most. There was a thread sometime recently about someone who had trouble with that. He was running apps from the DMG files, assuming that double clicking it installed it (like in windows). Then when he went to re-launch it, it didn't work, not until he re-mounted the DMG.
Another one, I'm on a roll today ...
Using Aliases
On a side note, I have switched to ScreenFlow. It really makes the whole process easier, because all of the editing can be done right there, immediately after recording. I've had to tweak my titles a little, since I'm no longer editing using FCE and LiveType - although I can still import video made with those apps.
Using Aliases
On a side note, I have switched to ScreenFlow. It really makes the whole process easier, because all of the editing can be done right there, immediately after recording. I've had to tweak my titles a little, since I'm no longer editing using FCE and LiveType - although I can still import video made with those apps.
Maximizing windows might be too hard, unless I just show how to drag the corner. There is no system-wide way to do it.
sometimes when i open a movie it will open in quicktime "full screen" (i can still see the menu bar and dock and cannot make the window smaller since i cannot see the drag in the bottom right? also could you explain time machine too me since I now use time machine but I dont know how its going to work if I had a failure or got a new mac?
Maybe you could do a video putting an OS X machine onto a Windows Domain. I am speaking of course about the article Connecting a Macintosh running Leopard (10.5) to SBS 2003.
Plus make a video showing Mac to PC sharing like the article Sharing files between a Windows Vista Home Edition PC and a Mac running OS X Leopard 10.5.
Now I know Apple has touched upon Active directory in a video but your youTube viewers might like it.
Plus make a video showing Mac to PC sharing like the article Sharing files between a Windows Vista Home Edition PC and a Mac running OS X Leopard 10.5.
Now I know Apple has touched upon Active directory in a video but your youTube viewers might like it.
Do you have/know anything about Quicktime Pro and it's capabilities? I've been messing with it for some time now and discovered some things it can do.
With the start and end selectors (for trimming video), you can:
hold shift and click anywhere to move one of the selectors to an area of video
hold Command + Shift and Press the Right or Left Arrow Key. Depending on what you press, the video will begin to play forward, or go backwards. When you reach a point you like, Let go of the keys. The selector would have followed you and be on that exact point.
Remember to click on one of the selectors first to make sure the one you want moves with you during this process.
At any point in the Video, Press i and the "in" selector will move to that frame. Move to another point and press o, the "out" selector will move there. This is by far the most accurate way of selecting a portion of video for trimming.
To add stuff to a movie properly, like a song. Open the song in Quicktime. Press "Command + A" to select all, and then "Command+C" to copy it. Select the video you wish to add it to and select "Edit > Add To Movie".
It will start from the point that the player marker is on, so if move it to the beginning of the video if you want audio to start there when adding to movie.
I know trying to "paste" it into the video causes a lot of problems, it took a while to figure out that one. You can save it by "Exporting" as saving doesn't actually save the changes to the video itself.
With the start and end selectors (for trimming video), you can:
hold shift and click anywhere to move one of the selectors to an area of video
hold Command + Shift and Press the Right or Left Arrow Key. Depending on what you press, the video will begin to play forward, or go backwards. When you reach a point you like, Let go of the keys. The selector would have followed you and be on that exact point.
Remember to click on one of the selectors first to make sure the one you want moves with you during this process.
At any point in the Video, Press i and the "in" selector will move to that frame. Move to another point and press o, the "out" selector will move there. This is by far the most accurate way of selecting a portion of video for trimming.
To add stuff to a movie properly, like a song. Open the song in Quicktime. Press "Command + A" to select all, and then "Command+C" to copy it. Select the video you wish to add it to and select "Edit > Add To Movie".
It will start from the point that the player marker is on, so if move it to the beginning of the video if you want audio to start there when adding to movie.
I know trying to "paste" it into the video causes a lot of problems, it took a while to figure out that one. You can save it by "Exporting" as saving doesn't actually save the changes to the video itself.
Having a backup of your important documents, photos and music is a must. In this video, I show you how to set up the Time Machine software built in to OS X.
Setting up Time Machine
I will follow up with Using Time Machine to Recover Deleted Files in a day or so.
Setting up Time Machine
I will follow up with Using Time Machine to Recover Deleted Files in a day or so.
The second part on Time Machine, this episode takes you through recovering lost or deleted files using Time Machine.
Using Time Machine
Using Time Machine