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What are you doing to get ready for Leopard?

Stang68 said:
Are all of you really going to install Leopard right when it comes out? I think I am going to wait until January at the earliest. I am not saying its un-wise, but do you guys think there will be problems like Vista had? And no, I am not really comparing Leopard to Vista but thats always a problem with a new OS. Do you guys think there will be any problems for early-adopters?
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I definitely will...Apple has spent the longest time ever on 10.5 for an OSX update, I definitely think it will be stable...
 
katielb said:
Are you just going with the upgrade option?
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Probably yes. I can't really remember how I did things with Tiger, but for Panther, I just did a standard upgrade over the existing system. Right about when Tiger came out my PowerBook was acting a little funny, so I think I might have done a basic upgrade and then turned right around and done a complete wipe and fresh install. The bottom line is that I've never had any problems arising from Apple's upgrade process. I removed UNO and the rest simply because I don't want that track record to change, so I might as well make a token effort to get the system back to the stock settings.



dops7107 said:
Generally yes. Ideally you would keep the installer files so you don't have to redownload them, but your current serial numbers should work. Print the emails containing them and keep them safe.
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What I found works for me is to keep a file with all my licenses in it from all the applications I've bought and downloaded. I just copy and paste the necessary bits from the emails. I also keep a folder on the side with the install DMGs from all the free (and paid for) apps so I don't have to go hunting all over the place for them. If I was particularly motivated I might even go so far as to burn the lot of them (and the licenses) to a DVD, but I doubt I'll come to that. Still, you know the old saying: "a stitch in time..."
 
Stang68 said:
Are all of you really going to install Leopard right when it comes out? I think I am going to wait until January at the earliest. I am not saying its un-wise, but do you guys think there will be problems like Vista had? And no, I am not really comparing Leopard to Vista but thats always a problem with a new OS. Do you guys think there will be any problems for early-adopters?
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I installed Tiger when it came out and everything was fine, so I plan to do the same with Leopard. If there is anything that needs fixing Apple will release an update quickly.
 
My MacBook is backed up to a bootable firewire drive once a week - so I'll just move things up a a day or so. Then I'll go with an upgrade (it worked out OK for Tiger on my Mac Mini). The MacBook will be my "pilot" system to check out if my vital software works - and to see if there are any other issues.

I'll probably update the Mac Mini is a couple of weeks.

As for my Mac Pro... Added another 2TB of storage. 1TB for time machine. 1TB partitioned for OS and data. The two 750MB drives have become a 1.5TB RAID 0 scratch disk. Everything is backed up onto 1TB FW800 drives so I'll just go for an upgrade once I've seen how the MacBook works. May have to hold off until 10.5.2 if something vital does not work.

Will Time Machine be the end for CCC and SuperDuper???? CCC has served me well over the years.

Ain't the Family Pack just great ;)
 
Swapped out the original hard drive in my MacBook with the new 160GB 7200RPM drive I bought, and did a clean install of Tiger to make sure the drive works.

Good thing I did, I'm still new to owning a Mac and I freaked out when the installer didn't see the hard drive. After a few minutes and a few cursewords, I figured out that I needed to partition the drive first with Disk Utility before the installer would see the drive. :rolleyes:

(Edit) Oh yeah, I also got an external enclosure for the original drive in case I need anything off of it, and so I can boot from the original drive if I run into any problems with Leapord.
 
I backuped all important files-user folder,iTunes,iPhoto library,network settings.

Cleaned out HD-removed iLife and Logic for now, will put back on when Leopard is up and running fine.

Also updated my printer software.
 
This might be a silly question, but when I do my fresh install with Leopard, am I going to have to reinstall my copies of iLife and iWork?
 
Thanks! I guess this would be a good time to buy the new '08 versions if I'm going to have to reinstall anyway.
 
Ill make a clone of my hard drive on thrusday night. Other than that not much, I keep it nice and clean as it is.
 
Checked every program to make sure they are up to date, less chance of problems . Made a backup of everything.
 
With all this talk of backing up, I am a little curious.

I'm fairly new to the Macworld and I'm a tad bit scared about upgrading to Leopard. With that being said I need the newest and greatest things in life so I have already pre-ordered it.

Previously, in my old windows way of doing things I would simply drag and drop the files I wished to back up into a folder and then burn that to a CD/DVD prior to a fresh install. Restoring was easy because I knew where each file was and where it was to go in the new install.

But with my current Mac setup of using "Backup" to backup all my files onto an external hard drive; I am worried this process is not going to be smooth or successful because I do not have control over where every single file is going to be placed onto the new image.

I know there is an option to Archive and install but I know a fresh clean install is the safest way to go.

Someone please alleviate my concerns?
 
lol, people are making the silliest threads to kill time, eh ;)

I moved all my important stuff to an external drive, and that's it. Clean install, all the way!
 
I'll be buying a second (larger) external HDD, and I've been organizing all of my documents to make the clean install (and then manual restore) far easier.
 
Anyone have a good guide to doing a manual restore after a clean install?
 
vansouza said:
What would be be restoring; if you do the Update or Archive and Install you may not need to restore your programs. I do not think I would choose to restore programs from a backup from an old OS to a newer one.
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For a clean install, I wouldn't restore apps, but obviously you'll be restoring various preferences, mailboxes, etc.

I figure the best way to go is to upgrade, backup to another drive, then clean install (if you choose to go that route). Then you don't have to worry (as much) about dragging things over that might be incompatible. Or is that nutty? And would you use Migration Assistant?
 
i, too, like clean installs...so i'm cloning my HD to an external via superduper.

after i get leopard i'll clean install on the imac and re-install the important apps as well as import preferences, keychains, etc.

the one hardware thing i've done is order more ram. right now i run with 2GB on both my imac and macbook (both 2.0 originals) but 3GB seems to be necessary since i do get a bunch of pageouts. just got 2 2GB sticks for $150.
 
kugino said:
i, too, like clean installs...so i'm cloning my HD to an external via superduper.

after i get leopard i'll clean install on the imac and re-install the important apps as well as import preferences, keychains, etc.

the one hardware thing i've done is order more ram. right now i run with 2GB on both my imac and macbook (both 2.0 originals) but 3GB seems to be necessary since i do get a bunch of pageouts. just got 2 2GB sticks for $150.
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if they are core duos, they wont be able to use more than 2gig of ram
 
I'm calculating disk space :p

280Gb 10.4 until 10.5.1 is released.
10Gb 10.5 for exploring the new OS
30Gb WinXP for simulators and some gaming :[

320Gb Total
 
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