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Prepping for Snow Leopard, things to do while you wait...
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 894874" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>If you can make a disk image and burn to a DVD, more power to you. I'm just saying for the overwhelming majority of users, backing up to an external HD is a good practice because of the ease of which it can be done and the easy rollback options should something go wrong.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Back when Leopard was released, a very rosy picture of the upgrade process was painted, both by members here and the media. Even still, we fielded dozens of threads from disgruntled users who had problems, many of them that wanted to go back to Tiger - and were upset when they learned how difficult of an ordeal that would be.</p><p></p><p>As a rule of thumb, any time you make a major change to a computer (any computer), it's always best to back up. As I said before, it's cheap and easy, and it's always better to be safe than sorry. </p><p></p><p>Remember, there are only two types of computer users in this world, those that have lost data and those that will....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 894874, member: 24098"] If you can make a disk image and burn to a DVD, more power to you. I'm just saying for the overwhelming majority of users, backing up to an external HD is a good practice because of the ease of which it can be done and the easy rollback options should something go wrong. Back when Leopard was released, a very rosy picture of the upgrade process was painted, both by members here and the media. Even still, we fielded dozens of threads from disgruntled users who had problems, many of them that wanted to go back to Tiger - and were upset when they learned how difficult of an ordeal that would be. As a rule of thumb, any time you make a major change to a computer (any computer), it's always best to back up. As I said before, it's cheap and easy, and it's always better to be safe than sorry. Remember, there are only two types of computer users in this world, those that have lost data and those that will.... [/QUOTE]
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