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mariuste

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Feb 3, 2014
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Hello

I have got a late 2011 Macbook pro with Snow Leopard (10.6.8). I use it almost exclusively for music production. Now I am thinking of upgrading to Lion for compatibility reasons. I dont want to upgrade to Mavericks because of some apps I use will likely not run on that.

I have never upgraded OS X before so I have a couple of questions regarding that. If I install Lion will I have to install apps that was not pre-installed on the system again? What happens with all the content on my harddrive? Do I loose it if I do not back it up before system upgrade?
Sorry for my ignorance.

Marius
 
You should run a backup first just to be safe, but a standard Lion upgrade over top of Snow Leopard will leave all your apps and data in place.
 
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