Just got Mac Box Set & WD My Book Essential 1TB External Hard !!!

I am excited & preparing for my upgrade from my 10.4.11 to 10.6.3 !!!
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
I will will be cloning my HD to the external. I ended up picking the WD My Book 1TB, read the reviews and am satisfied.
I think I'm going to do the ERASE & INSTALL but am wondering if I will lose all my safari bookmarks and history???
Can anyone link me to a thread or somewhere I can read about my options? erase & install, archive & install ?? What the pro's and con's are?
Thanks!

saviourface wrote:
I think I'm going to do the ERASE & INSTALL but am wondering if I will lose all my safari bookmarks and history???
Once the installation is complete for OS X 10.6 the Setup Assistant should launch. It should allow you to import all your user data from the cloned backup.
Can anyone link me to a thread or somewhere I can read about my options? erase & install, archive & install ?? What the pro's and con's are?
Those options sound like those for OS X 10.5. Is that what you plan to install? For OS X 10.6 you have two options: (a) "automatic upgrade" and (b) invoke a manual erase operation right after the installation starts, followed by a clean install.

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Hi all!
I've have just got a copy of Mac Box Set as I want Snow Leopard and the new iLife and all that jazz! I have a MacBook that is running Tiger 10.4.11 at the minute. I'm not the most technical person in the world so can I just put the Snow Leopard DVD in and just install it? I wasn't too sure!
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[This site|http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/start] has compatibility info for iLife apps. They are listed under Apple, not iXXX.
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*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Report any errors it has.
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
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vitamine10 wrote:
Well, thanks everyone. ...So I've ordered the DVD (thank you) and will finally find out who's right and who's wrong.
Write to you later.
Félix
And we will all await your reply and your indicating which of us is "Correct" and "Helpful" as you suggest.
While you are awaiting shipment, you might enjoy reading the following that were published soon after SL arrived on the scene:
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Read this article.
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http://www.macworld.com/article/142454/2009/08/install_snow_leopard.html
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