I am in the process of deleting those things which will not work and replacing them with newer programs and so far I have had no problems replacing them. Folks will have there own method of backing up and installing, I am a what ever works for you kind of guy. Keith Reedy Click the link below to download MP3's of Keith Reedy's music as a gift from Bibles For The Blind. http://biblesfortheblind.org/download_music.shtml God gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. J Hudson Taylor. On Jun 24, 2011, at 1:29 AM, Tim Grady wrote: > The backup is good practice, but why not just leave everything where it is > and just delete what doesn't run any more? > > On 6/23/2011 7:25 PM, Robin Kipp wrote: >> I'd also highly recommend backing up the machine's Macintosh Hd drive, using >> a program like the (free) Super Duper. After all, the upgrade will require >> you to restart, go through the installation and then boot into your new >> system. And, you know, there can always be errors in such a process. For me, >> I know I'm gonna do it the hardcore way. My route will be to backup the >> whole system and then save important stuff separately. Afterwards, I'm gonna >> format my system drive, put on Lion and put back all the old content that I >> requere (e.g. documents, email messages, etc). Yes, this means I'm going to >> have to go through all the important settings and re-adjust everything I >> need. But, you know... That's the best way of running into any new changes >> and features, and it frees the system from any OS 10.6 holdovers that are no >> longer required. >> Robin> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >> >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface >> at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >