Hi there, I just did a successful "Upgrade" today. For my backup, I used Deja Vu and cloned the drive over the network. This probably took more time than if I had plugged the drive in direct, but it produced an usable clone just the same. Didn't need it, thankfully.
For my installation, I used my OS X installer that I cloned to an external firewire hard drive. First I checked the MacBook drive using Disk Utility, than I "upgraded" - Upgrade was the default choice, so I figured what the heck. The entire installation process took about 40 minutes. The only "tick" I had was when I closed the Registration Assistant window instead of quitting it altogether - when I decided to quit it finally, it wouldn't quit and it was holding back the finder. Restarting cured this, and the laptop's been running fine - through numerous updating restarts and sleep cycles - ever since. Now, the latest and greatest version of Dictate should be in the mail tomorrow. YIPPEE! Just out of curiosity, has anybody tried installing OS X from an USB Flashdrive? Thanks a lot for all your help. Malzy On May 22, 3:38 pm, "Jane, Portland, OR" <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 21, 4:18 am, dc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I made a complete bootable backup using Carbon Copy Cloner, then > > selected the "Upgrade" option on the Leopard install disk. That way I > > kept all my applications, extensions, preference panes, etc. intact in > > the new system installation. After all the updates I ran monolingual > > to remove languages and architectures, then ran TechTool Pro to > > optimize files and volume structures. The process took about 2 hours, > > it turns out I didn't need the CCC backup at all because everything > > worked but there's no way I'm skipping that step- it's the best > > insurance. > > > On May 20, 4:49 pm, dualG4Wheels <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The MBP is running 10.4.11, and I maybe in a situation soon where I > > > will need to put 10.5 on the machine > > dc.... I need some clarification on what you did. Was the Leopard > install disk in your computer or some other external drive when you > selected "Upgrade"? Did you use "Upgrade" to upgrade your backup or > your computer? > > Where do you find "monolingual" to remove the languages and > architectures? That would save some hard drive space! > > TechToolPro ---- commercial version or supplied by Apple? > > Jane --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
