Hello May, I always do a clean install to keep things neat and tidy. If you do a Time Machine backup before the installation, you won't lose anything.
Preferably, you should use an external hard drive for your Time Machine backup. Then eject the external disk. Shut down your machine. Then insert the SL disk and, holding down the C key, press the Power button. Keep the C key held down until the disk has ben chattering away for a minute or two, then let go. When the disk stops chattering, press Command-F5 to turn on VO. Give it up to a minute to start talking. The screen will be the language chooser. English will be selected by default. Press Continue. On the next screen, you will find the Menu Bar. Use VO-M to get to it, then go right to Utilities, and down to Disk Utility. In Disk Utility, select Erase. Don't bother with writing zeroes, just do the simplest possible erase. When that's done (it only takes a minute or so), continue with the installation. Eventually, it will ask you if you want to copy your data from a Time Machine backup, (amongst other options). Select that one, connect your Time Machine backup, and it will copy across everything. You will have all your settings, mail, addresses, iCal events, etc. Cheers, Anne --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
