Preparing for the 10.5 reformat & install - Some Questions...

Greetings all,
I am preparing to wipe the boot drive on my G5, currently on 10.4.11, for the upgrade to Leopard. It will be a slash and burn, not for any immediate reason, but because the boot drive has never had one in its whole life.
I have copied my entire library folders for iTunes and iPhoto onto an external drive, for later re-copying back onto my boot drive once 10.5 and necessary applications have been installed. After I install 10.5 and copy my stuff back onto the boot drive, need I be worried about iTunes not authorizing the copy of my music folder? Should I de-authorize my iTunes account before the system install? Will I be alright just straight copying the iTunes library folder back onto the boot drive and pointing the app to the main folder?
Same with iPhoto; Should I expect complications when copying the main iPhoto library folder back onto the boot disk?
I've a MobileMe account, so bookmarks and contacts are backed up as well.
If anyone feels like chiming in with additional tips or advice before I embark on this stupendous journey, I would be most appreciative!
Thanks,
Tristan

Tristan:
You seem pretty well prepared. iTunes should be fine. For authorization purposes, it looks at the Mac, not the HD. You should be able to reinstall OS X, and then move the iTunes and iPhoto folders back to the apprpriate places in your home folder. That should be it.
Bottom line, make sure your backups work, and if for some unforeseen reason the new install doesn't work, post back.

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