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Advice sought on upping 10.4.11 to Snow Kitty
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<blockquote data-quote="Minimalist" data-source="post: 959147" data-attributes="member: 134475"><p>I may at some point want to update this iMac's original 10.4.11 to the current OS version, Snow Kitty is it? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Been running this iMac, smooth sailing, two years or so I guess. A bit nervous about updating ... must I back up all files and take other such steps, or just run the update disks when they arrive and have a coffee while all goes perfectly and nothing is lost or does not work? I would USB stick backup if I do that.</p><p></p><p>I use several open source apps, including the essential Gimp.</p><p></p><p>Have had no good reason to update until now, but a certain .. uh .. startup company has just introduced its Mac browser, and also one other software has a new version I would like to have which requires 10.5. I am not an updater by habit or inclination, rather -- a minimalist.</p><p></p><p>I understand, of course, that I must pay high dollar for what came after 10.4.11, before I can install the almost free Snow version.</p><p></p><p>I also would hesitate if I thought the later version took too much disk space or impacted memory heavily. But seems I have heard it is actually lighter, not heavier.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for clearing my fog of ignorance. <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Sleeping.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Sleeping:" title="Sleeping :Sleeping:" data-shortname=":Sleeping:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Minimalist, post: 959147, member: 134475"] I may at some point want to update this iMac's original 10.4.11 to the current OS version, Snow Kitty is it? :D Been running this iMac, smooth sailing, two years or so I guess. A bit nervous about updating ... must I back up all files and take other such steps, or just run the update disks when they arrive and have a coffee while all goes perfectly and nothing is lost or does not work? I would USB stick backup if I do that. I use several open source apps, including the essential Gimp. Have had no good reason to update until now, but a certain .. uh .. startup company has just introduced its Mac browser, and also one other software has a new version I would like to have which requires 10.5. I am not an updater by habit or inclination, rather -- a minimalist. I understand, of course, that I must pay high dollar for what came after 10.4.11, before I can install the almost free Snow version. I also would hesitate if I thought the later version took too much disk space or impacted memory heavily. But seems I have heard it is actually lighter, not heavier. Thanks for clearing my fog of ignorance. :Sleeping: [/QUOTE]
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