Tiger user wants to know how to upgrade?
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From: David Empson on 10 Jul 2010 21:36 Tony <henree21(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I have 2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo 160 Gb White Imac > Memorey is 2 Gb 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM > > I thinks its time to upgrade. Here are my questions... > > Can I go right up to Snow Leopard? Yes. To do so, Apple wants you to buy the "Mac Box Set", which includes Snow Leopard and the 2009 editions of iLife and iWork. See the right column at <http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html>. > Is there a way I can keep all my files folders pictures and music and > have it be there after I upgrade? Yes. This is the default behaviour if you simply install Snow Leopard on top of either Leopard or Tiger. My general procedure for doing this sort of upgrade is: 1. Investigate the versions of applications you have installed and check whether they are compatible with Snow Leopard. There are some useful compatibility lists here: <http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/> <http://www.macintouch.com/specialreports/snowleopard/slcompat.html> If necessary, install updates or upgrade to later versions. 2. Check whether your printer and scanner are supported on Snow Leopard. Apple's official list is here: <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669> Some manufacturers may have their own Snow Leopard drivers, so also check the manufacturer's web site. 3. Do a complete backup of the existing system to an external hard drive, preferably using software which clones the drive and gives you a bootable copy. 4. Boot from the Snow Leopard DVD and install it. 5. Install all available software updates from Apple (via Software Update). 6. Check everything you use is working properly. The backup created in step (3) can be used to restore the original system if you encounter any serious issues in step 4. I have not yet needed to restore the old backup, after having done at least five Snow Leopard upgrades (for myself and others). -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: David Empson on 10 Jul 2010 22:09 David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > 3. Do a complete backup of the existing system to an external hard > drive, preferably using software which clones the drive and gives you a > bootable copy. > > 4. Boot from the Snow Leopard DVD and install it. > > 5. Install all available software updates from Apple (via Software > Update). > > 6. Check everything you use is working properly. > > The backup created in step (3) can be used to restore the original > system if you encounter any serious issues in step 4. Sorry, editing slip there - 'serious issues' won't arise in step 4, but you could run into unexpected compatibility problems in step 6 if it turns out some software you have is not compatible with Snow Leopard, and you can't afford to upgrade to a later version, or a compatible version is not available. > I have not yet needed to restore the old backup, after having done at > least five Snow Leopard upgrades (for myself and others). -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: John Albert on 11 Jul 2010 00:24 "The Apple website says I have to get the Mac Box Set is this true?" No, it is absolutely NOT true. The $29 Snow Leopard DVD will do what you need. You need NOTHING more, except perhaps to back up your current hard drive before doing the upgrade (always a good move). I speak from having done so myself (upgraded a white Intel iMac from 10.4.11 to 10.6.0). - John
From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson on 11 Jul 2010 00:54 Tony wrote: > The Apple website says I have to get the Mac Box Set is this true? No. There is an urban legend around that you need to buy a Mac Boxed Set, because the $29.99 Snow Leopard disk was an "upgrade". The legend started beacuse the EULA (end user license agreement) includes details for upgrade versions, and an Apple spokesman (not Steve) said before release "This is an important upgrade. We want everyone to have it." So many people did not look at the boxes that were being shipped and assumed the $29.99 price was for an UPGRADE. It was not, it's for a full retail product. There are other options, the Boxed Set is a good deal if you want the other applications, and there is a Family Pack. The family pack is one disk and 5 restricted licenses. They are restricted to memebers of the same family or household, and except for students who live at school, the same location. It is not simply a five pack and you can, like many people have tried, sell each license individually. In that case you end up with one legal copy, and four pirates. Note that if your system came with the version of Tiger you are running, you can't legally sell it, but if you bought a retail version, you can. BTW, AFAIK the only actual upgrade disks were the ones given away (for the cost of postage, etc). If you bought a computer after Snow Leopard was released, but it was old stock and came with Leopard disks. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm(a)mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM I do multitasking. If that bothers you, file a complaint and I will start ignoring it immediately.
From: AES on 11 Jul 2010 01:07
In article <1jlgu4y.3flca2b584s7N%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>, dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote: > 4. Boot from the Snow Leopard DVD and install it. > > 5. Install all available software updates from Apple (via Software > Update). > > 6. Check everything you use is working properly. > Are there options to remove Readme and Help files in languages other than English, drivers for printers and brands I've never boght and never will, and more generally to not install or to trim large sets of options you may never want to use. (I appreciate that HD space is cheap -- but it just seems to me that searches and backups must go better if thousands of files like this are trimmed out.) |