[Cincojoe]

With Panther coming out on the 24th, what is the best way to install it? Do you just install it over Jag like an upgrade? Or do you format your drive and install fresh?

Help a newbie out...

[mattyd]

you can do either. which way is better depends on a lot of stuff. see this thread...

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=181490

[CIA]

Install Clean!

[Cincojoe]

Is there a good program out there that will help me back up important files? I do have a iPod.

[mitchell_pgh]

For people that don't care, a simple update will be fine.

For those of us who want that extra little edge... do a clean install.

I'm doing a clean install on my new/faster hard drive.

[Gee4orce]

If you've ever done any tweaking of your system - eg. install MySQL or other Unix apps, then do an upgrade. I've always upgraded, and it's generally been trouble free.