Tiger to Leopard

Rhisiart

Rhisiart

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I decided a few days ago to completely reinstall my operating system on the Mac Mini.

After doing a back-up of important files, I installed 10.4.0 first (as directed by the Leopard installation instructions). I then used the Leopard install DVD to upgrade to 10.5.0. Finally I used Software Update to come up to 10.5.6.

However my Mac Mini isn't performing as quickly as before. Sometimes the menu bar items are blanked out and I have to wait severals seconds for them to appear normal. Also Disc Repair permissions comes up with a litany of permission errors which don't get repaired.

I read somewhere that upgrading from Tiger to Leopard can lead to problems. Is it true and should I do an Erase and Reinstall of Leopard (which I'd prefer not to do unless needed)?

BTW, DiskWarrior hasn't helped.
 
If you want to "completely reinstall" the operating system on your mini (which, I assume, means you want to completely erase the drive and install Mac OS X fresh and new on it), then why install 10.4 and then upgrade to 10.5? Why not just install 10.5? Where in the Leopard install instructions does it say "Install Tiger first, then upgrade that installation to Leopard?"

Yes, there will always be anything from small, niggling issues to full-blown system stability problems when you do an "Upgrade" install of OS X.

If you want to start fresh and new with Leopard, skip the Tiger install. Just install Leopard... or am I missing something?
 
Rhisiart said:
I decided a few days ago to completely reinstall my operating system on the Mac Mini.

After doing a back-up of important files, I installed 10.4.0 first (as directed by the Leopard installation instructions). I then used the Leopard install DVD to upgrade to 10.5.0. Finally I used Software Update to come up to 10.5.6.

However my Mac Mini isn't performing as quickly as before. Sometimes the menu bar items are blanked out and I have to wait severals seconds for them to appear normal. Also Disc Repair permissions comes up with a litany of permission errors which don't get repaired.

I read somewhere that upgrading from Tiger to Leopard can lead to problems. Is it true and should I do an Erase and Reinstall of Leopard (which I'd prefer not to do unless needed)?

BTW, DiskWarrior hasn't helped.
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I am disappointed in you because you didn't know about the Archive & Install feature. any old timer Mac user knows that this is the best way of upgrading as it keeps your applications, pictures, music and etc. around to keep while doing almost a complete new install. Try it out right now to keep your applications-info but doing something 99% as good as an erase install.
 
Satcomer said:
I am disappointed in you because you didn't know about the Archive & Install feature. any old timer Mac user knows that this is the best way of upgrading as it keeps your applications, pictures, music and etc. around to keep while doing almost a complete new install. Try it out right now to keep your applications-info but doing something 99% as good as an erase install.
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I know about Archive and Install.

A few contributors on this forum have in the past mentioned that they occasionally completely erase their hard disc and do a complete reinstall from scratch simply to improve overall performance (regardless of whether others feel this is unnecessary). That is what I did.

After erasing the hard disc, I booted up afresh from the Leopard install DVD. A dialogue box appeared which said "You do not have 10.4 installed. Please install 10.4 before upgrading to Leopard".

One of the reasons I wanted to renew everything was that I had a lot of old software programmes that I no longer use and felt that an Archive and Install might (especially Intego products) retain some elements of them. That is why Archive and Install seemed a less favourable option.
 
Ah, was that Leopard CD/DVD included with a new system purchase?

Some systems came pre-installed with Tiger, but included a Leopard "upgrade" disk. These disks require that Tiger be installed on the drive before you can upgrade to Leopard -- but these disk will also let you do an "Erase & Install" procedure, just like a normal install CD/DVD.
 
ElDiabloConCaca said:
Ah, was that Leopard CD/DVD included with a new system purchase? Some systems came pre-installed with Tiger, but included a Leopard "upgrade" disk. These disks require that Tiger be installed on the drive before you can upgrade to Leopard
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Yes. The Leopard install DVD came with my brand new Mac Mini.

ElDiabloConCaca said:
.. but these disk will also let you do an "Erase & Install" procedure, just like a normal install CD/DVD.
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Yes. I shall sit on it for a while and TBO (Treat By Observation).

If I am not happy in a few weeks I may use the Leopard DVD and do as Satcomer suggests. Now that all my old software has gone, in this instance an Archive and Install would be appropriate.
 
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