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Installing Snow Leopard

  • 23-08-2010 3:15pm
    #1
    trebor81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭


    Hi, I'm currently using Mac OSX v10.4 but about to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Do I have to back-up everything on the hard drive first or will everything be transferred to the new system?


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  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    If you just do a regular "upgrade" to SL, then yes, your user account and data will be transferred over. Only the system folder is replaced. However, it is wise to have a backup at all times. System upgrades sometimes go wrong, hard drives fail, etc.


  • #3
    trebor81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭trebor81


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    If you just do a regular "upgrade" to SL

    Are there other types of upgrades?


  • #4
    enda1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,166 ✭✭✭enda1


    You could upgrade in the sense of installing an upgraded OS onto a wiped hard drive.

    Good idea to back-up your data first alright.

    That said I've never had a problem upgrading conventionally my OS.


  • #5
    Sad Professor
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    trebor81 wrote: »
    Are there other types of upgrades?

    Yeah, a clean install, as enda said above. However, with SL you have to go into Disk Utility to do that. In the past there used to be 3 options to choose from, but Apple streamlined the install process in 10.6.


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