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Wonder if I can install Leopard this way?
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Hi,
On Monday, I purchased a new iMac 24 2.4GHz with an extra GB Ram and it came preloaded with OS-10 version 10.4.10. During setup, I used the Migration assistant to move all of my contents from my older iMac 17 (Intel Core Duo) to my new machine using a Firewire cable and everything went great.
Being eligible for the $9.95 Leopard Upgrade DVD, I ordered it from Apple and it came in today.
So, I'm wondering what would be the best, problem-free installation method:
- Do a fresh install of Leopard and do the migration once again from my older iMac while Leopard is installing?
- Do a fresh Leopard install and once complete and rebooted, do the Migration?
According to some of the horror stories I read on this forum (sluggishness, dock, torrents downloads and Airport issues, etc., are all these issues resolved with the 10.5.1 update?
Any input or help would be appreciated.
Also, on Tuesday, I also installed my Airport Extreme Base Station and this has added things to my keychain and airport configuration. Is there a way for me to copy these files to CD, install Leopard, do the Migration then overwrite the older files with the new ones I copied on the CD?
If so, does anyone want to walk me through this procedure please?
Thanks,
Gene
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I'd just go with a clean install since you can migrate over rather easily. That said, if you don't want to (but then, why would you have posted?) I've done A&I for every update I've ever installed, from 10.2 on, and never had any issues. Once in a while, a program registration will be lost, but that's a quick fix.
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Do an Archive & Install and be done with it.
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archive install
Don't worry about a clean install. Save time.
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Originally Posted by Cold Warrior 
archive install
Don't worry about a clean install. Save time.
If I understand correctly, doing an Archive and Install would do a clean install of Leopard, integrate my preferences and keychain but are my apps, docs, etc. automatically transfered to the new installation or do I have to transfer them from the archive folder?
Sorry for the stupid question but I never did an A&I before and want to be sure of the best trouble-free option at my disposal.
Cheers,
Gene
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yes, they are transferred
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Originally Posted by Cold Warrior
yes, they are transferred
Great, I'll go that way then. A heck of a lot simpler than installing Leopard, moving my older iMac from the other room and using the migrate utility then updating everything I did when installing the router.
Thanks,
Gene
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