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About LinkBacksI'm sure most of us here will be upgrading our Macs to Tiger. How are you planning to do it? When I went from Jaguar to Panther, I just did a system upgrade. Even though I haven't had any problems, I'm thinking of doing a clean install with Tiger. I'll clone my HD, reformat, install Tiger, restore my user's home directories, then manually re-install the applications.
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- 04-24-2005, 12:27 AM #1Super Moderator
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How are you upgrading your Mac to Tiger?
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- 04-24-2005, 12:47 AM #2Mac Lover
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since i'll be starting school again in the fall, i decided to wait and just upgrade to a powerbook
i'll figure out how to upgrade this ibook (which will go to my mom) to tiger later on i guess
- 04-24-2005, 01:21 AM #3Super Moderator
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Clean install
- 04-24-2005, 01:23 AM #4Apple Genius
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I'm leaning towards a system update because of the following concerns:
1. system preferences (esp wireless networking w/ PCs)
2. peripheral driver compatibility
With a system update, I'll at least feel secure that my existing working settings/drivers are in there (10.3.9) somewhere, Tiger system write-overs notwithstanding.
I'll probably holdout and wait for Tiger user migration experiences first. But that's just me.
- 04-24-2005, 02:44 AM #5Mac Freak
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Clean install for that "brand new Mac" experience.
- 04-24-2005, 05:42 AM #6Mac Addict
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I don't know if I have the patience for a clean install. this will be my first upgrade and i think i'll probably go for system update for the meantime.
- 04-24-2005, 05:52 AM #7Mac Lover
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i'll try a system update first but if i find any glitch, i'll do a clean install
- 04-24-2005, 06:28 AM #8The Penman
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just don't forget, folks--backup, backup, backup!
- 04-24-2005, 07:00 AM #9Administrator
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Talk about clean installs. I just bought a new 80GB 5400 RPM drive and assembled it inside my Cutie external FW casing. I'll install Tiger there and simply restore my user data from my current drive. Then it's off to an ASP to physically swap the drives since my current internal is a 4200 RPM.
Tiger, b-b-baby, I can't wait!
- 04-24-2005, 07:32 AM #10Mac Lover
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Clean install din. Just like what i did when i installed panther.
elbert, can i know where you purchased your new 80GB 5400RPM drive? How much if you don't mind? Can i have it installed in a 867 PB? Thanks.
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