Archive/Install, etc.
(slightly crossposted)
I am going to jump to Tiger, I think, when 10.4.2 comes out, and was going to do an archive and install; something I have never done before.... even since the OS X Beta! (Gasp!)
Some questions:
What kind of things will I have to migrate over from my previous system folder, and how much of a pain is it?
Does it only move over previously installed SETTINGS? or, for instance, does it also migrate application support folders, etc?
Can I not install it on an external Firewire drive? need I disconnect that drive to install on the Hard Disk? There are issues with this kind of thing, no?
Is there anything else do I need to know/ be wary of?
Sorry for the perhaps inane/redundant questions. I just don't want to lose every setting/ third-party util/application support stuff I have, and want to make the migration as smooth as possible.
---a little puzzled....
Hope Springs Eternal,
Mandricard
AppleOutsider
I am going to jump to Tiger, I think, when 10.4.2 comes out, and was going to do an archive and install; something I have never done before.... even since the OS X Beta! (Gasp!)
Some questions:
What kind of things will I have to migrate over from my previous system folder, and how much of a pain is it?
Does it only move over previously installed SETTINGS? or, for instance, does it also migrate application support folders, etc?
Can I not install it on an external Firewire drive? need I disconnect that drive to install on the Hard Disk? There are issues with this kind of thing, no?
Is there anything else do I need to know/ be wary of?
Sorry for the perhaps inane/redundant questions. I just don't want to lose every setting/ third-party util/application support stuff I have, and want to make the migration as smooth as possible.
---a little puzzled....
Hope Springs Eternal,
Mandricard
AppleOutsider
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Mandricard
AppleOutsider
Originally posted by Mandricard
thanks.... will it also bring over utilities like PithHelmet, etc., or will all those kinds of things have to be reinstalled?
Mandricard
AppleOutsider
Nope. If you have an extra partition or an external drive or iPod, cloning to that, clean install and Migration Assistant is the way to go - it will bring everything over to the new clean install.
The Tiger install will ask you during the clean install if you want to migrate stuff, and if so from where. Normally you would choose the partition that you have the Panther OS on.
Carbon Copy Cloner is broken in Tiger, so use Super Duper to clone your Panther volume to another drive or partition.