[macvoiceover] Re: Installing Snow Leopard in preparation for Lion?
- From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 11:03:01 -0600
Hi Ash,
My friend doesn't wish to lose all her documents and installed apps, so, if we
just do an upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard will this be okay, or will
there be unwanted issues?
Thanks,
Russell
On 2011-07-08, at 10:28 AM, ashley wrote:
> Hi,
> the answer to your first 2 questions is yes; you can just upgrade by booting
> form the disc, infact if you want to upgrade just put in the disc when the
> mac's booted and follow the instructions.
> The lion installation by default does an upgrade
> however, in your particular situation using leopard, i'd do at least a clean
> install of snow leopard first...
>
> ash
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> On 08/07/2011 17:18, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a friend who is still running Leopard. She wants to be able to
>> upgrade to Lion when it comes out, so will need to install Snow Leopard
>> first. I'd like to do this for her and have a few questions.
>>
>> 1. To install Snow Leopard, do I just need to put the SL disk in and boot
>> while holding down the C key, and then choose "Upgrade"?
>> 2. She doesn't wish to lose all her documents, so, can I just choose to do
>> an upgrade rather than a clean install?
>> 3. I plan to do a Time Machine backup before upgrading. Is there anything
>> else I should be aware of?
>>
>> I did this on my iMac, but that was two years ago and the old memory ain't
>> quite what it used to be! LOL
>>
>> Thanks all,
>>
>> Russell>
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