I've procrastinated about putting Tiger in my tank, but with your super directions, I may have courage to attempt it soon, maybe even before the next meeting.
Thanks! Luann Anne Cartwright wrote: > Nolan, > > It's really very easy to upgrade your OS. After all this is a > Macintosh. (Read the last paragraph first.) > > First you need to buy Tiger, $129. Your machine should meet all the > requirements to install and run Tiger. (A PowerPC G3, G4 or G5 with > built-in FireWire and a DVD player. (Actually you can get Tiger on CDs > but you have to send off to Apple after you buy the DVD and it's an > extra $10.) Make sure you have enough free memory for Tiger (256 MB > RAM, more is better). > > First go to your System Preferences (Apple menu>System Preferences) > and click on the Energy Saver. Set both your computer and display to > never sleep (both sliders to the far right). This way your computer > won't go to sleep in the middle of the installation. > > Next you want to disable your Login Items. Go to the Apple Menu>System > Preferences>Login Items >your name. Click on Login Items and copy down > what's there. You might also click and hold on each one to see the > path to each item so you know where to find them later to replace if > you want. (I didn't bother replacing whatever was there when I did my > upgrade since none had been checked and I just checked-the only thing > currently in my Login Items id some iTune?? and it is not checked. I > don't really use Login Items. Anyway, select each item and click > Remove until the list is empty. > > Also disconnect any non-Apple hardware attached to your computer like > printer, USB Hub, external hard drive, etc. just go with the keyboard > and mouse. > > Be sure you have a backup of your home folder or at least whatever you > really don't want to lose inc case something goes wrong. (You already > have a backup don't you? I have an external hard drive that I use to > backup my important stuff. It is only connected to my computer and the > power supply when I am backing up. The rest of the time it is > unplugged so if my house gets hit with lightening it won't be zapped. > Of course the computer is plugged into a super surge protector but > lightening can zap that. Anyway I can sleep a little better through > electrical storms. I just worry about the house burning to the grown.) > > Next, assuming you are currently using Mac OS X ( I think you said you > had 10.2) and haven't been having problems with your current setup (no > crashes, etc.) you should plan on doing an Archive and Install. The > Tiger install DVD gives you three upgrade options: 1) Upgrade (the > default), 2)Archive and Install and 3) Erase and Install. It is the > last one that requires you to erase everything before you install Tiger. > > I assume you have Mac OS 9 on your computer since you are using > AppleWorks. It doesn't come with Tiger. But you already have it. > > Check your disk for errors. Insert the Tiger Install DVD then Restart > your computer while holding down the C key (this makes the computer > restart from the DVD. After you choose English (again, I assume) you > want to choose Utilities. And when the Utilities comes up click on > Disk Utility. Select your hard drive on the left and click the First > Aid Tab at the top right. Click Repair Disk and wait for it to finish > and hopefully report all is fine. Now you are ready to install Tiger. > > Double click on the Install Mac OS X icon. selection the destination > (your hard drive) AND read carefully: CLICK on the OPTION BUTTON. > This is where you get to choose which of the three upgrade options you > want. Click on the Archive and Install choice (the second button) AND > click on the Preserve Users and Network Settings. (This way all your > settings will be there when your computer becomes a Tiger.) Click on > continue and then click on either Easy Install (the default and the > one I used) or the Custom Install which requires you to choose what > you want installed and what you don't want (like printer drivers you > won't be using, etc.) Then WAIT while the computer does it's thing. > > Afterwards the Setup Assistant runs and you just follow through doing > such things as selecting your preferred country, keyboard layout, > signing up for a .Mac account if you want ($99). And registering your > new software. > > Then you are ready to use your computer. It may take you a day or two > to get use to the new appearance of Tiger. Plug in your printer, etc. > Go online to see if there are any drivers you need to download (I have > an Epson printer so I went to Epson.com and Downloads. Identified my > printer and clicked to download the driver. Then my printer worked > just fine.) Check out your major applications like AppleWorks. It > should look and work just like AppleWorks. try all your other major > applications. Have fun. In a week you'll be ready to go for iLife '06 > or whatever. > > And before you start, wait for others in the group to double check > what I have here and offer their advice. Then go for it. Have fun. Any > problems or concerns, just send a message to MacGroup and well all > chime in. > > Anne Cartwright > > > NPfield at aol.com wrote: > >> >> In a message dated 2/17/06 4:15:34 PM, Anne wrote: >> >>> Why not just upgrade your operating system to Tiger Mac OS X 10.4. I >>> have a four year old iMac 800 MHz PowerPC G4 (1GB SDRAM) and recently >>> upgraded from 10.2 to 10.4. Also bought and installed iWork '06 (but I >>> still use AppleWorks mostly) and iLife '06. Your iMac sounds newer that >>> mine and while I would like to buy a new computer I don't need to. >> >> >> Thanks, Anne. That makes good sense. But I haven't the faintest >> idea how to upgrade to OS 10.4. Doesn't that require cleaning off >> (dunno the technical term) your hard drive and reinstalling a bunch >> of stuff? (I've had Apple/Macs since the Apple II days, but in >> upgrading hardware only ever three or four years, I miss a lot of >> stuff that I never find time to learn; still dunno what that "Go To" >> window on my present Mac is all about.) Anyone willing to tell me >> that upgrading OS is easy, and how to do it? >> >> Much thanks, >> >> Nolan >> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
