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Possible to upgrade from snow leopard beta to retail?

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Juo100

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The title says it all really, im wondering is it possible to upgrade from snow leopard developer builds to retail?

Thanks :apple:
 
Do you mean "is it possible without a complete reinstall?"

I'm not sure how the $29 disk would handle that.
 
If installed the developer preview on my Leopard Macbook, then later bought the Snow Leopard disc will I be able to update again with all my files folder preferences etc as with a normal migration?

Can I even go from Leopard (retail) to Snow Leopard (Dev Preview) in this manner?

(As you would from Leopard (retail) to Snow Leopard (retail)
 
Ah, well, I'm not sure. I've always done a complete reinstall when going from developer builds to the official release. I've had enough issues with the dev releases to not trust them. I mean, really, the *.0 releases aren't usually all that phenomenally stable. ;)
 
jsw said:
Ah, well, I'm not sure. I've always done a complete reinstall when going from developer builds to the official release.
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This is probably the best way, since you can ensure no old files carry over.
 
If you do a complete reinstall when going from developer builds to the official release can you use the Migration Assistant with Time Machine to restore user data in a 'safe' manner?
 
Juo100 said:
If you do a complete reinstall when going from developer builds to the official release can you use the Migration Assistant with Time Machine to restore user data in a 'safe' manner?
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Well, yes, you should be able to, but I'd really recommend against using a developer build on a primary system. I wouldn't even recommend trusting that the user data would be properly saved with the betas. Generally, the dev builds are for, well, testing apps on the latest beta. They're not to be trusted as day-to-day OSs.
 
snow leopard beta info files claim that it will not be possible to upgrade from the beta to the final release candidate - though I'm fairly confident if you had a running fresh install of final release you could manually drag the best part of your data over from the old disk!
 
I run Snow Leopard b 10A421 as main OS and it is way stabler than 10.5.8 on my other mac. I've never encountered any problems AT ALL with this build, but when i'm going to buy the retail disc, I would like to know if i'm able to archive-and install or to restore from a Time machine backup using migration assistant.
 
See, if you were a Developer (or if you simply paid attention), you would know that Apple has always recommended an Erase and Install or at least an Archive and Install from a Developer Seed (the Beta Software you're running), and that it should not be used as a primary OS anyways.

Of course, when someone goes and gets something they shouldn't have, chances are they don't know what to do with it either.

jW
 
regardless as to whether you can upgrade from 10a432 to GM (if its not the same), can you be on 10a432 and move up to Snow Leopard retail? I dont mind having to do archive and install or erase and install but i wont have to roll back to leopard (dont even have the disks on me) just to be on snow leopard retail?
 
if anyone has had the chance now that Snow Leopard has been released to attempt an upgrade from a beta version please post your results here!

@thatdoggfather:
if you choose either archive and install or erase and install it wouldn't matter whether you were using a beta version or anything else, you'll be able to install Snow Leopard straight off.
 
I have upgraded to Released Snow Leopard on 3 macs, (family pack), two of which were running developer code 10a380, they both upgraded fine to Snow Leopard.
 
how about anyone who upgraded from the "alleged" gold mast 10A432 to the "official" retail today?
Any difference, or are they the same exact thing?
 
uberjason said:
I have upgraded to Released Snow Leopard on 3 macs, (family pack), two of which were running developer code 10a380, they both upgraded fine to Snow Leopard.
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Many thanks for the cheering feedback! This was a normal upgrade and not an archive/erase and install right? Just waiting on my discs now and looking forward to upgrading a 10a314 to final release...

Any other users who've done the same are encouraged to post their reports :D
 
If you have the 10a432 beta, you HAVE the "retail"....

Software Update is already working with it.

- John
 
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