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Giving up - Need reinstall advice
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 536195" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>Definitely backup your personal files to another drive, then "Erase and Install" the OS. Don't restore squat. Just copy back over your personal files once done.</p><p> </p><p>You could save yourself some trouble of redownloading your applications by backing them up, and then copying them over. Many apps don't need an installer so in those cases, there's no diff. But... for those that genuinely need to be "installed", you should redownload those. Also... you need to be sure of which apps are 3rd party and which are Apple's (i.e. don't mix up Tiger and Leopard apps). And some apps you need to be sure are Leopard-compatible.</p><p> </p><p>I'd advise just redownloading all the apps and 3rd party add-ons, extensions, plug-ins, etc. Try to get them all from VersionTracker.com and scan the comments to see if the apps are know to be Leopard-compatible or if they have known issues. Tedious, yes, but ultimately the surest way to avoid issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 536195, member: 38864"] Definitely backup your personal files to another drive, then "Erase and Install" the OS. Don't restore squat. Just copy back over your personal files once done. You could save yourself some trouble of redownloading your applications by backing them up, and then copying them over. Many apps don't need an installer so in those cases, there's no diff. But... for those that genuinely need to be "installed", you should redownload those. Also... you need to be sure of which apps are 3rd party and which are Apple's (i.e. don't mix up Tiger and Leopard apps). And some apps you need to be sure are Leopard-compatible. I'd advise just redownloading all the apps and 3rd party add-ons, extensions, plug-ins, etc. Try to get them all from VersionTracker.com and scan the comments to see if the apps are know to be Leopard-compatible or if they have known issues. Tedious, yes, but ultimately the surest way to avoid issues. [/QUOTE]
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