[macvoiceover] Re: Installing Snow Leopard in preparation for Lion?
- From: Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 13:37:00 -0400
Russell,
As long as you make sure that the computer is backed up you will be fine. Some
years ago when SL came out I just did the upgrade.
Keith Reedy
keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On Jul 8, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
> 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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