Clean install, iTunes, iLife...

I am about to upgrade to Snow Leopard. I want to do a clean install. I'm assuming the upgrade will give me the option to erase/wipe/re-format and then install Snow Leopard, right?
The only thing "critical" on my Mac is the iTunes library. It's backed up on Time Machine and an external drive. Is that good enough? Any tricks here?
My MobileMe account and stuff on the cloud and iPHone is mess. My 400 contacts just quadrupled and my calendar is totally unusable. (Time shift/duplicates). While upgrading the iMac, I intend to wipe all of that stuff off the cloud and phone. This should be good enough to ensure that there is no chance all that garbage comes back "off the cloud" and trashes my contacts on the clean iMac, right? This makes sense to me, but maybe I'm not thinking of something.
Thanks,
Jack

Boerne wrote:
I am about to upgrade to Snow Leopard. I want to do a clean install.
why? is there something wrong with your system? if not doing a regular install is just fine given that you have a TM backup.
I'm assuming the upgrade will give me the option to erase/wipe/re-format and then install Snow Leopard, right?
to do that you need to reformat the hard drive using disk utility once you boot from the leopard install DVD. Disk Utility is in the Utilities menu.
The only thing "critical" on my Mac is the iTunes library. It's backed up on Time Machine and an external drive. Is that good enough?
yes.
Any tricks here?
no. after you install snow leopard, control-click on Tm in the dock and choose 'browse other Tm disks'. this will let you browse your TM backups and restore what you want where you want to. restore the itunes library to your new Music folder.
My MobileMe account and stuff on the cloud and iPHone is mess. My 400 contacts just quadrupled and my calendar is totally unusable. (Time shift/duplicates). While upgrading the iMac, I intend to wipe all of that stuff off the cloud and phone. This should be good enough to ensure that there is no chance all that garbage comes back "off the cloud" and trashes my contacts on the clean iMac, right?
I don't use mobileme but I'm not at all sure about that.
This makes sense to me, but maybe I'm not thinking of something.
you can (and should) erase all your mobileme cloud data now before upgrading if you don't need it.
Thanks,
Jack

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