What's the Upgrading Process Like?
I'm going to purchase a Mac real soon, but am wondering about the upgrade process from Tiger. Will upgrading cause me to lose all my documents? Is it recommonded that I back up all my data before going through the upgrade progress? I haven't really upgraded an Operating System before (never had to), so am concerned about the backing up process (if any)?
Also, when you upgrade do you lose all your programs as well as documents?
I know this is a real silly question, but any (serious or non-serious ) answers would really be appreciated - thanks!
Also, when you upgrade do you lose all your programs as well as documents?
I know this is a real silly question, but any (serious or non-serious ) answers would really be appreciated - thanks!
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I'm going to purchase a Mac real soon, but am wondering about the upgrade process from Tiger. Will upgrading cause me to lose all my documents? Is it recommonded that I back up all my data before going through the upgrade progress? I haven't really upgraded an Operating System before (never had to), so am concerned about the backing up process (if any)?
Also, when you upgrade do you lose all your programs as well as documents?
I know this is a real silly question, but any (serious or non-serious ) answers would really be appreciated - thanks!
Not a silly question, but don't worry.
While nobody has yet had the opportunity to do the upgrade from 10.4.x to (the release version of) Leopard I don't expect any drastic differences compared to upgrading from 10.3.x to Tiger, which wasn't problematic.
And yes, it's always recommended to do a total backup of all your precious files (especially documents but also programs, if needed) on regular basis _anyway_.
So. No worries.
You don't lose documents or programs. (Some programs might not work with 10.5 and might need an update to do so, but that's another story.)
-matts
Shoot when I moved from a G4 to a MBP the OS moved everything from the old to the new for me (and my wife). It's amazing.
Some programs might not work with 10.5 and might need an update to do so, but that's another story.
-matts
this is what i'm wondering about. does anyone know if 10.5 is different enough of an os that older OsX applications may not work?
I haven't really upgraded an Operating System before (never had to)
Hopefully you weren't using any previous versions of Windows, I can't see how people were running them without complete reinstall half a year basis. In half year I always managed to get them running so slloooww. After reinstall it was tolerable again. Even with minimal setups and only few apps installed, windows managed to hang it's self.
this is what i'm wondering about. does anyone know if 10.5 is different enough of an os that older OsX applications may not work?
I've heard that pre WWDC builds didn't break many applications - but I haven't heard anything in this respect about the WWDC beta.
-matts