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upgrading to leopard
- Thread starter Razorhog
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Easy as pie if previous releases can be used as a benchmark.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301270
Edit:
Changed wording so it's less confusing.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301270
Edit:
Changed wording so it's less confusing.
Razorhog said:
Past upgrades have been easy. It's always a good idea to backup before an OS upgrade, but the OSX process is relatively seamless.
Razorhog said:
I would assume that it would be even easier than the upgrade to Tiger was and that was completely painless for me. I backed up my iPod music folder and files and some documents I had on the hard drive just in case, but nothing adverse or unexpected happened for me.
I'll leave my Powerbook G4 Tiger installation alone since it works exactly as I want it and won't be getting any new software for it, but my Mac Mini will get Leopard when it's released. Hopefully Apple will have a store event to coincide with the release like they did with Tiger.
gauchogolfer said:
People have reported that there is a back up with Time Machine included in the Leopard intaller which should make that a breeze.
Razorhog said:
I was using it in this context:
benchmark - 1 a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed : [as adj. ] a benchmark case.
Changed original post to make it less confusing.
For what its worth, when a big update comes round I like to install a fresh copy of OSX. I back up my docs, music and pics folders - oh and iWeb domain files (dont forget them). Then install everything fresh. Takes longer but it can help erradicate any potential upgrade problems.