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<blockquote data-quote="6string" data-source="post: 981396" data-attributes="member: 120039"><p>You can do the fresh install by just booting from the snow leopard disc. Choose language, continue, go to utilities in menu bar, disk utilities, erase disk tab ( select second in left column), partition as mac os extended journalled and then click erase.</p><p>Quit utilities and continue with install.</p><p>You can drag over the photo library, and movies, but as for the applications, they are not just drag and drop, so you will need to reinstall, or find all the supporting files, etc, needed to run the applications, which are scattered in user and HD library.</p><p>(I did this once, and it took a lot of trial and error before I had them up and running as they should).</p><p>When I upgraded to snow leopard, I went for the fresh install of iLife from the disc, as the manual method was just to see if it was possible.</p><p>As for the other apps, it depends on the applications, as not all application are drag and drop.</p><p>Also, in saying that, as you do want a clean fresh system, when starting from scratch, you are best off reinstalling from discs, or downloading fresh copies wherever drag and drop is not possible.</p><p>Before and after you install, be sure to back up your system!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="6string, post: 981396, member: 120039"] You can do the fresh install by just booting from the snow leopard disc. Choose language, continue, go to utilities in menu bar, disk utilities, erase disk tab ( select second in left column), partition as mac os extended journalled and then click erase. Quit utilities and continue with install. You can drag over the photo library, and movies, but as for the applications, they are not just drag and drop, so you will need to reinstall, or find all the supporting files, etc, needed to run the applications, which are scattered in user and HD library. (I did this once, and it took a lot of trial and error before I had them up and running as they should). When I upgraded to snow leopard, I went for the fresh install of iLife from the disc, as the manual method was just to see if it was possible. As for the other apps, it depends on the applications, as not all application are drag and drop. Also, in saying that, as you do want a clean fresh system, when starting from scratch, you are best off reinstalling from discs, or downloading fresh copies wherever drag and drop is not possible. Before and after you install, be sure to back up your system!!! [/QUOTE]
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