Do I need to backup my files when upgrading from tiger to leopard?

Not sure if I need to backup all my files before upgrading from Tiger to Leopard (to use a Mac Box Set), have bought a Seagate 1TB FreeAgent GoFlex Home hard drive to back up on. Was told I wouldn't need a WiFi router but have now discovered I would need a dual Ethernet port to be connected to the internet and the hard drive which my Mac mini only has access for one, either the internet or the hard drive. So I ask do I really need to back up before upgrading? or can you get dual Ethernet ports?

Only if your data has any value to you.
If everything works perfectly, you should lose nothing.
If anything goes wrong, it is possible to lose data.
Personally I don't want to trust my data to everything working perfectly so I back it up.
As to the question of dual ethernet ports, you don't need them actually. If you create a LAN with a router then the multiple ports on your router will allow you to connect to both the internet and disk at once.
Allam

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What will I lose when upgrading from Tiger to Leopard

I am relatively new to Macs and am concerned about what I will lost if we upgrade out Mac mini server from Tiger to leopard. There was a time when new Apple computers were not backward compatible, certainly Microsoft upgrades always have issues. Thus I have fear for performing an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard on our server without knowing what we are in for.
I looked at some of the discussion threads here and elsewhere. I see a lot of minutiae but none that would be an issue to me. Then again, no one seems to put out a publication (including/especially Apple) that say here are the possible drawbacks.
I guess our biggest concern in our existing data. Are there any types of document formats that we will no longer be able to read?
I assume Office, Photoshop and those types of programs will be fine as surely the publishers have issues the necessary updates. Is that correct?
Are there any mainstream issues that could come as a surprise to us and present serious problems?
Thank you,
Robert

I guess our biggest concern in our existing data. Are there any types of >>document formats that we will no longer be able to read?
Only if the applications which open those documents run in Classic.
And only if you do not have another program that can open them.
for example, Filemaker...I used FM5 (classic app)...OSX versions of FM were both overkill for my needs and cost prohibitive, so I never upgraded.
Lost access to all those files.
Fortunately, I was able to download a demo of FM9, open the files, export them to XLS format, then open them in either excel or numbers. Of course, lost the database functionality, embedded images were no longer there, and calculated fields failed, but at least the data fields converted.
The issue in photoshop, from what I understand, is saving to a network drive.
(possible file corruption)
Save locally, then copy to a network drive, and pshop should work fine.
Are you already on Intel, or are you on PPC? you may find some other quirks if you are also upgrading to an Intel based system.
Things like QT and browser plugins that are not Universal binaries.

Will my hard drive get wiped when upgrading from tiger to leopard?

hello, i have a dumb question... i bought a G5 about a year ago and i would like to upgrade to leopard. i've never upgraded before, seeing as how this is my 1st mac. i was wondering if it will wipe the hard drive when i install leopard?
i was going to buy an external hard drive to back up my files (and wanted time machine, but it's only compatible with leopard)... so i guess my questions are 1) will it wipe my hard drive when installing leopard? and 2) can anyone recommend a good external hard drive with LOTS of space?
thanks!

imegs,
When you install Leopard, you should be presented three options:
1. Upgrade
2. Archive and Install
3. Erase and Install
Most folks will not recommend the Upgrade options...too many stories of 'things' not running properly after an upgrade (like filling most potholes on a road, rather than repaving the road).
The Archive and Install option will put a new installation of Leopard on your machine, while saving all your programs and settings. I recommend this option.
Erase and install does just that- it will erase your entire HD and then install Leopard on it. Do not use this option unless Archive and Install does not work
Which ever option you choose, I highly recommend getting an external HD (firewire preferred), and backup your data to it. I'd recommend downloading Carbon Copy Cloner, and making a bootable clone of your internal HD, so that if something really goes wrong, you can at least get back to where you began (like if the power fails during a portion of Leopard loading).
I've got a couple of Western Digital HDs, and they've been trouble free. One's a 250Gb, and the other's a 500Gb. Both have Firewire and USB connections... Pretty reasonably priced at Costco. You can back up your data to it, and then, when everything seems to be running to your satisfaction, you an erase the external, and turn it into your "Time Machine" HD.
Hope this helps,
Bob

Mail crashes when upgrading from tiger!

Whenever I start Mail it says it's going to upgrade all my mboxes. It then crashes. Which is great.
I really don't want to lose all my mail... and I can't even access it. Anyone know what I can do, or if I can get apple support to do something about it? Here's the report:
Process: Mail [626]
Path: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Identifier: com.apple.mail
Version: 3.0 (912.1)
Build Info: Mail-9120100~1
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [200]
Date/Time: 2007-11-03 11:57:27.129 +0000
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5 (9A581)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS at 0x00000000471c85fc
Crashed Thread: 2
Application Specific Information:
-[LibraryUpgrader run]
Thread 0:
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1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9374d0dc mach_msg + 72
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x929880fe CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1806
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x92988d38 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x91e0f8a4 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 283
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x91e0f6bd ReceiveNextEventCommon + 374
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x91e0f531 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 106
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x93e72d5b _DPSNextEvent + 657
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x93e726a0 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 128
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x940aed2e -[NSApplication _realDoModalLoop:peek:] + 563
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x940a9484 -[NSApplication runModalForWindow:] + 286
11 com.apple.mail 0x000f10f5 0x1000 + 983285
12 com.apple.mail 0x000ed915 0x1000 + 968981
13 com.apple.mail 0x000057ba 0x1000 + 18362
14 com.apple.mail 0x000046b8 0x1000 + 14008
15 com.apple.Foundation 0x90956a6e __NSFireDelayedPerform + 382
16 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x92988b7e CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 4494
17 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x92988d38 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
18 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x91e0f8a4 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 283
19 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x91e0f5f6 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 175
20 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x91e0f531 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 106
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x93e72d5b _DPSNextEvent + 657
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x93e726a0 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 128
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x93e6b6d1 -[NSApplication run] + 795
24 com.apple.AppKit 0x93e389ba NSApplicationMain + 574
25 com.apple.mail 0x000fa08e 0x1000 + 1020046
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9374cace _semwaitsignal + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9374c896 usleep$UNIX2003 + 61
2 com.apple.AppKit 0x93ed9122 -[NSUIHeartBeat _heartBeatThread:] + 2035
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x9092204d -[NSThread main] + 45
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x90921bf4 _NSThread__main_ + 308
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x93776075 pthreadstart + 321
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x93775f32 thread_start + 34
Thread 2 Crashed:
0 libsqlite3.0.dylib 0x92bb61a1 sqlite3gettable + 6145
1 libsqlite3.0.dylib 0x92bc0eb2 sqlite3gettable + 50450
2 libsqlite3.0.dylib 0x92ba1634 sqlite3_exec + 260
3 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x004725ad -[LibraryUpgrader executeSQL:transacted:] + 131
4 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x0046ff0e -[LibraryUpgrader executeSQL:updateMinorVersion:] + 128
5 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x004721d7 -[LibraryUpgrader addDateCreatedColumnOnMessages:] + 240
6 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00470462 -[LibraryUpgrader upgradeSchema] + 349
7 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x0047096a -[LibraryUpgrader run] + 1014
8 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x92a07b9d _invoking__ + 29
9 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x92a07588 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 136
10 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003cfded -[MonitoredInvocation invoke] + 409
11 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003d0caf +[WorkerThread _execute:] + 144
12 com.apple.Foundation 0x9092204d -[NSThread main] + 45
13 com.apple.Foundation 0x90921bf4 _NSThread__main_ + 308
14 libSystem.B.dylib 0x93776075 pthreadstart + 321
15 libSystem.B.dylib 0x93775f32 thread_start + 34
Thread 2 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x010a7800 ebx: 0x92bb4cd4 ecx: 0x010a7840 edx: 0x471c85fc
edi: 0x0108c1e0 esi: 0x01060c00 ebp: 0xb0146928 esp: 0xb0146200
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010202 eip: 0x92bb61a1 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x0000001f gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x471c85fc
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I am assuming you upgraded from Tiger to Leopard? What type of installation did you use?
My suggestion would be to
1.) go to your home folder and MOVE the mailboxes to the desktop -
• Home>Library>Mail
2.) Move "Mail" Folder to desktop
3.) Reopen Mail.app
4.) Setup account settings with no existing mailboxes
5.) Wait
• Allow mailboxes to download or set up any existing mail from mail servers
6.) Take ALL accounts OFFLINE after mail is downloaded from servers - disable network activity before importing old mailboxes
7.) Import OLD Mailboxes
• File>Import Mailboxes...
• Import data from "mac os x mailboxes" OR "mbox files"
8.) Wait
• It should be a few moments to load these depending on how much existing mail you have.
9.) If you have duplicates I highly reccomend using these apple scripts from aamann to resolve any additional issues:
• http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Mail_Scripts.html
Apple Scripts:
Add Addresses (Mail)
* Add addresses found in the selected messages (in the header fields "From", "To", "Cc", "Bcc", and "Reply-To") to the Address Book. This is much more flexible than the "Add Sender to Address Book" available in Mail and provides a convenient way for creating mailing lists.
Archive Messages (Mail)
* Move messages from the selected mailbox(es) to an archive mailbox or export them to standard mbox, plain or rich text files for backup purposes or import into other applications. You can select to move all messages or only messages sent within or certain period as well filter messages based on their read and flagged status.
Change SMTP Server (Mail)
* Switch between different already defined SMTP servers or define a new one. This is especially useful if you are using your computer in more than one location and have to switch servers for several accounts at once.
Create Rule (Mail)
* Create a new rule based on the first of the selected messages. This saves you the trouble of copy/pasting address or other info between the message and the rule window and provides a much quicker way for setting up a rule with multiple criteria/actions.
Remove Duplicates (Mail)
* Locate all duplicate messages found in the selected mailbox(es) and move them to a separate mailbox for easy removal (duplicate matching is based on the unique message header "Message-Id").
Schedule Delivery (Mail)
* Allows you to send individual messages at predefined times (this script uses iCal for scheduling message delivery).
Send all Drafts (Mail)
* Immediately send all messages in the "Drafts" folders for all accounts. This saves you from having to open each draft in order to send it.
Open Mailbox, Open Message (Mail)
* Two small faceless scripts which will open mailboxes with new messages or the new messages themselves when run as a rule action.
Filter Sent Messages (Mail)
* Another faceless scripts which will apply your rules to the messages in the "Sent" mailbox.
Export Addresses (Address Book)
* Export addresses from the Address Book into tab-delimited text files. You can select which groups and which fields you want to export.
Search Addresses (Address Book)
* Find all addresses inside the Address Book matching one or more criteria. As opposed to the "Search" function built into the Address Book, this lets you search in any field as well as for empty and non-empty fields (Note: due to a bug in the Address Book's AppleScript implementation, "First Name" will always return a non-empty value for system versions of at least up to 10.3.2 - I have reported this bug to Apple and hope that they fix it with the next system update).
* As an example, you might use this script to search for all phone numbers with a certain area code in order to update your contacts after an area code change.
Good Luck,
Hope this helps!
Samantha S.

I upgraded my iBook G4 from 384MBytes to 640Mbytes and upgraded from Tiger to Leopard. After a few weeks the HDD failed. New Leopard install reports: "insufficient memory". I need Tiger install disks so I can install

I upgraded my iBook G4 from 384MBytes to 640Mbytes and upgraded from Tiger to Leopard.
After a few weeks the HDD failed. I bought a new disk, installed it and trued to install Leopard, but the install fails reporting "insufficient memory".
I assume the installation requires more memory than the OS actually needs to be able to run.
I need Tiger install CD/DVD so I can install Tiger first and then upgrade to Leopard.

Call Apple Customer Support 1-800-767-2775, provide the Serial Number and specifications of the Mac, and for a reasonable fee, they will supply a replacement set of system discs (if available).
The discs will be for the original version of the OS that was pre-installed when the Mac was manufactured.
You need much more RAM than that.
Leopard system requirements:
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP517

Did you need to reinstall FCS after upgrading from Tiger to Leopard?

Need to upgrade from Tiger to Leopard mid FCP/Motion3 project and without FCS2 discs handy...I can't access them til after the project deadline.
I've read in a KB article that 'most' of the apps are ok after the upgrade-what's your experience?

Don't even think about it unless
#1 You MUST have a new OS to complete the project (i.e. new plug-in only works in 10.5)
AND
#2 You'll have a lot of extra time on your hands to reinstall everything when FCS doesn't quite work the way you need it to.
Of course you're familiar with the recommendation to clone your system before ANY upgrade.

Upgrading from Tiger to Leopard using Backup

I am upgrading from Tiger to Leopard and created a backup using Backup. Everything I've read so far online talks about using SuperDuper or TimeMachine for backing up. Should I use something else for my backup or will my backup work? Should I do a complete wipe or just the simple upgrade?

See this from SuperDuper
http://homepage.mac.com/dnanian/SuperDuper/SuperDuper.pdf
EDIT: Under the heading "Back up your Mac for the first time"
-mj
Message was edited by: macjack

How do I transfer email files when upgrading from OS9 to OS X(10.2.8)?

I upgraded to OS X(10.2.8) and was able to locate and open all the "old" files except the email files (so I reversed the upgrade).
Using Outlook Express in OS 9. Is there a way to find the email files from the OS 10 configuration or somehow export or transfer the email files prior to making the upgrade from 9 to 10?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
eMac Mac OS 9.2.x Upgrading to OS X (10.2.8)
eMac Mac OS 9.2.x Upgrading to OS X (10.2.8)

Apple Mail will import mail from MS Outlook Express. The current version has the import function under File>Import Mailboxes. I think that the version which shipped with 10.2.8 did, too.
MSOE keeps its mail in the Microsoft User Data folder, typically either in the Documents folder or at the root level of your hard drive. If you tell Mail to search for mail form MSOE, it will try to find it in a Microsoft User Data folder. If you've moved your mail, tell Mail where you moved it to.

HT1338 do i need to backup my harddrive before upgrading from OSX v. 10.5.8 to Snow Leopard?

I'm installing Mac OSX Snow Leopard. I currently have OSX v. 10.5.8
I'm worried if I install it, I might lose all of my data? Is this a concern or will the new OS just replace the old OS without any data ramifications?

You must do that. An upgrade doesn't erase your files, but you must make a copy if it goes wrong and you have to reinstall

IMac shuts down when trying to upgrade from Tiger to Leopard

My iMac, purchased in November of '07, came installed with Tiger but also came with a Leopard OS update disk. When trying to upgrade to Leopard last week, every time I rebooted off the disk the computer would run for a minute in the gray screen and then suddenly shut off with no warning message. I checked HD in disk utilities, repaired my permissions and tried again with the same results. I've got 30 gigs of free space and 4 gigs of RAM which should be plenty. I talked to Apple support who walked me through the installation procedure with the same results and ended up shipping me a new install disk which came today. I am getting the same shut down on reboot with their replacement disk. Apple actually sent me two white disks. The first is labeled "For Mac Computers, Mac OSX Install disc 1" The second is labeled "MacBook, Mac OSX Install Disc 2" Since the second disc is label "MacBook" is it possible they sent me the wrong set of discs?
Thanks

rk87,
Thanks for replying. I have a 500 gig hard drive which yields a 465gig usable capacity, so, at 30 Gigs available, I don't have 10% of the drive free. This may be an issue, but my more immediate problem is that I can't get the install disk to boot up at all.
I called apple support again see what I could find out about the install disks which wouldn't work. The support guy seemed like he had a lot of knowledge about the system and suggested trying the Tiger install disk (that came with the machine) to see if it would boot up, which it did. After that success, I tried the Leopard update disk in another iMac I have at home and it worked as it should. Since the disk worked fine on the other mac, the guy at tech support speculated that there is some sort of hardware issue causing the install shut down on the computer in question.
His speculation was about the memory installed in the machine which might be the issue. I had bought the computer from an Apple Authorized store here in town who upgraded the RAM to 4GIGs using third-party memory. Even though the memory seems to have functioned properly for the past year, apple support says that there could be some sort of incompatibility with the third party product causing the install disk not to work.
Apple support told me about running a memory diagnostic off of the Tiger install disk by rebooting with the disk in the computer and hold down the "D" key. After I got off the phone I ran the test which turned out to take an hour in its long version. The test indicated no problems, but apple had told me that it might not be totally conclusive. At this point, I'm taking the computer back to the store where I bought it and will let them figure it out.

Which Install DVD do I need to upgrade from Tiger to Leopard?

I have the (late 2005) iBook G4 1.42 GHz, upgraded to 1.5 GB RAM. I am currently running Mac OS 10.4.11 Tiger, and I have the install discs that came with the computer. I want to upgrade to Leopard so that I can run some programs (like iSale and iLife '09) that require Mac OS 10.5 or higher. I noticed that Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) isn't even available anymore on the Apple website. I want to purchase the DVDs for Leopard on eBay (or somewhere else online), but I keep seeing several different versions being advertised. I've seen the following: "Mac OS X Leopard Install Software", "Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 Install Disc", "Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Install Disc", "Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.5 Install Disc", and "MacBook 13" Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 Install Disc" (among others). Which one of these do I need to get? Will any of them work on my computer? Are some of them designed to work only on specific hardware platforms (ie. specific Mac models)?

Hi, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
You need the FULL RETAIL Install DVD.
Are some of them designed to work only on specific hardware platforms (ie. specific Mac models)?
Yes; that's why you need the full retail Install version.
http://www.apple.com/support/leopard/
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Welcome_to_Leopard.pdf (Opens a PDF.)
Amazon still has it (as do some of their Marketplace Sellers).

FireWire slows from 60MB/s to 16MB/s when switching from Tiger to Leopard

Hi Folks
This is a big problem for FCP users so I'm posting this here (as well as on the Leopard discussion board). After upgrading to Leopard I noticed a substantial drop in FireWire disk performance. While in Tiger I could sustain 60MB/s against a FireWire800 RAID0 drive. After doing a clean install of Leopard the same drive wouldn't go past 16MB/s reading and about 30MB/s writing.
Note that I'm well aware of the usual suspects - Spotlight, Time Machine, some other process hitting the disk. This is NOT what's going on.
I can boot back and forth between Tiger and Leopard and see the above-mentioned speed change. I even went to the Apple Store and booted my machine off of their vanilla installs of both OSes and verified the problem.
Turns out the specific version of the MacBook Pro is important here. The latest refresh does NOT repro the problem. However, my version, MacBookPro2,2 the first refresh (which was the first to have a FW800 port) DOES repro the problem.
I've tried this with various Oxford-based FireWire drives and seen the same behavior. Anyone else have this version of the MacBook Pro willing to try this and post their results? You could use most any benchmark program to test throughput - Xbench is fine and free - but I've been using this one (free as well and one-button easy):
http://www.aja.com/ajashare/AJAKONA_System_Testv2.app.tar
Thanks and let's hope Apple fixes this one quickly!

You might consider getting a firewire 800 card and see if that helps. Maybe they'd let you try one out at the apple store. Never a bad idea to have a second firewire bus anyway.
Or even better, get a SATA card and some external sata drives (I've got both a firewire800 and sata card for my macbookpro - but I've got the earlier model that only has firewire 400 internally). btw, I'm still on tiger.
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When upgrading from Tiger to Snow Leopard disk just gets spit out.

I'm trying to upgrade my 2006 MacBook Pro (Intel Core Duo with 2GB ram) from Tiger (10.4.11) to Snow Leopard. Every time I try to boot to the disk the computer just spits the disk back out. The optical drive has been replaced recently and I know it works properly. I also checked the snow leopard disk in a newer MacBook Pro and it brought up the install screen right away. Is there something wrong with my version of Tiger that it is not recognizing the Snow Leopard disk?

Hi, is this a grsy machine specific Disc, or the Retail version?
What is the 2z691-****-A number on it?

HELP! HOW DO I KEEP LOGIC WHEN UPGRADING FROM TIGER TO SNOW LEOPARD!

So I use a later macbook but have another slightly older one (got it in 2007) that kinda kicked the bucket. I'm now able to use it again (with a new setup). I have Logic express (an older version) but the macbook is running that last version of tiger before leopard. I want to upgrade to snow leopard (which i've learned I can from tiger directly for the low price) but I don't want to lose logic since I payed for it and don't have the install discs anymore.
I don't mind getting rid of everything else but I want to keep the actual program on the comp and just run it in SL. What specifically do I have to do (as far as backing up and all that) to CLEANLY upgrade from tiger to SL but keep logic? I'll have an external HD by the time I'm ready so keep that in consideration.

I have never used Logic Express so I can't help you but if you to the Logic Express Forum and repost over there you might be able to find someone who knows about Logic Express to help you.
Allan

When installing a system upgrade, do i need to backup my files, photos, etc. first?

When installing a system upgrade, do i need to backup my files, photos, etc. first?

No, you don't need to, but it is highly recommended. Upgrades can fail, the computer may fail, the may be a power outage, etc. Never be without a current backup. Never upgrade until after you make a backup.
I recommend making a bootable backup by cloning:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag
it to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.

Do I need to backup my files when upgrading from tiger to leopard?

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