According to two Apple trainers and Leo LaPorte "the tech guy" if is best to do a clean install thus avoiding any future difficulty.
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Scott Chesworth <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hey Marie, > > Well I guess not many people can say for sure right now what the > instalation process will be like in detail, seeing as the only people > who will have seen it firsthand so far are beta testers and people who > grabbed it off torrent sites, and neither will talk about it > publically in case Steve Jobs and his heavies turn up at their house > with a big stick. > > But having said that, it's safe to predict that VO will work during > the instalation, and that it'll be easy to do. > With Tiger and Leopard, the install was as simple as putting in your > OS dvd, booting up with the c key held down, waiting a few minutes > until the disc spins down so you know that everything has finished > loading from it, and launching VO with f/n-command-f5 on a laptop or > just command-f5 on a full keyboard. You land in the language > selection table, which is set to some variety of English by default, > and from then on it's a pretty standard instalation wizard. There are > usually a few different choices, you can repartition and format and > suchlike. Archive and install is probably the safest choice if you've > got the disc space for that, it'll preserve a copy of your leopard > system libraries and such just in case the upgrade goes horribly > wrong. VO stays functional throughout the upgrade process, you can > get feedback at any point, and I've never yet encountered an error > that it won't read during the process. > > Past that, the only reassurance I can give you is that, having seen > your posts on list about other apps, you'll be fine with this. It's a > peace of cake as they say. > > hth > Scott > > On 8/24/09, Marie Howarth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I was wondering, as I'm sure everyone's either preordered or is going > > to pre-order the next big cat, how easy it will be to install with no > > sighted assistance. would someone maybe be so kind to possibly write a > > guide. I want to be able to do this but I'm a little apprhensive. > > obviously never installed an OS before. a little daunting to say the > > least. > > :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Check out our web site, www.giantdolphin.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
