Upgrade from Snow Leopard beta to retail?

[CristobalHuet]

Quick question, I searched a bit but didn't find a suitable answer.

Now that 10A432 has hit the GM stage, how will people who have the dev/beta seeds installed on their Mac be able to upgrade? Will we have to backup our files, install Leopard then upgrade to Snow Leopard? Or will we be able to upgrade from Snow Leopard (say the current build, 10A421) beta to 10.6.0 with the same $29 disc Leopard users will be getting?

Thanks for any answer, can't wait for 10.6.0, should be MUCH less buggier than 10.5.0, the beta seeds are incredibly stable.

 

[Krafty]

AFAIK, You have to do a clean install.

 

[CristobalHuet]

AFAIK, You have to do a clean install.

You mean Erase and Install?

 

[thegoldenmackid]

If you are part of the dev. program, I'd just call them.

 

[CristobalHuet]

If you are part of the dev. program, I'd just call them.

Sounds like too much of a hassle lol.

It's only two options really: erase or archive. Archive and Install would make sense though.

 

[jaw04005]

I wouldn't be surprised if it just popped up in software update like the previous few builds have.

 

[Krafty]

You mean Erase and Install?

Sure.

 

[Riemann Zeta]

I was actually hoping to be able to an 'archive and install' from 10A421 to 10A432, so that I could keep my data and not have to reinstall everything. But is seems that is no longer a possible option--it is either upgrade or format/install.

And the RTM build will definitely not be released via software update--it is a full 6.2GB iso image.

 

[MisterMe]

I wouldn't be surprised if it just popped up in software update like the previous few builds have.

Everyone who knows anything at all about Mac development would be shocked.

 

[mackmgg]

If you are part of the dev. program, I'd just call them.

If you are part of the dev. program, you'd get the full non-upgrade version in the mail

 

[BittenApple]

You can just make a backup to your Time Machine and restore upon reinstall (If that's an option)