Installing 10.5 Leopard
I'm new to the macworld (what...a...pun...), having bought a Intel Core Duo this january, and i have yet to experience upgrading my MAC OS X.
So, my question is, does all the things in my current OS X get deleted, basically a total reboot? Or is Apple much smarter than that and keeps all the files and just updates the OS? What's the procedure?
Enlighten me .
So, my question is, does all the things in my current OS X get deleted, basically a total reboot? Or is Apple much smarter than that and keeps all the files and just updates the OS? What's the procedure?
Enlighten me .
Comments
Originally posted by mattyj
Nope, just click upgrade. Changes nothing but the system. No need to archive and install, there would be no point seeing as an archived system is unusable anyway, and would just take up disk space.
Personally I've had problems with just upgrading. I like the fact that I get a 'clean' install of OS X when I Archive and Install. And you can just delete your old system one you've confirmed that everything is working.
Yeah I'd say upgrade for Noobs as well. Why bother with anything else? Count me in as another vote for Upgrade.
count me in for the "archive & install" method. This, for me, has worked well. I -once- had a glitch with upgrade...the glitch was unexplained sloooooowness & spinning beach ball syndrome.
Your biggest thought ought to be a backup strategy. Go to macupdate.com and look up SuperDuper. You can use the free version or pay for the whole thing and get some really easy features.
Then, if anything goes wrong ever, just restore.
Keep it simple. That is the Mac way.