The No.1 Best Tip For Anyone Installing Leopard

Reading through all the 'posts of woe' and nashing of teeth and ******** and, well you get the picture, one thing is coming to the front as the No.1 best thing to do before installing Leopard........BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER...down load superduper (for free) and do an 'all files' back up, then make sure you can boot off that external HDD and then attempt the install. Actually for good measure get another HDD and manually back up all your data, files and media so at least you have another back up just in case. Also have your tiger discs at hand in case of a massive meltdown.
Most folks seem to be ****** off here because they have lost everything on their computer, and that would be okay if it wasn't for the fact that apple clearly states that back ups should be made. The truth is we have been spoilt with OS that never crashes and is so easy to upgrade, that when something like this comes along we panic. Without getting into the whole "was it ready to be released" debate, the fact is its here and any problems that occur in the early days will be swiftly eliminated by the folks at apple
This is the coal face here folks, its dirty and you should be prepared to get a little beaten up! I reckon we'll be getting software updates every day or so for a while
I still haven't been able to install leopard and I'm a little peeved, but I'll sort it out, and in the meantime I'll thank my lucky stars I don't have a PC and that tiger is still working.
Keep the fate brothers and sisters

It will be interesting to see how this all sorts out. I did back up. However, I installed as an upgrade on 4 different computers. Mac Pro 2.66 intel, Mac Book Pro Intel, IMac 24" cor2duo extreme, and an IMac corduo 20". All installs went without a problem. I do hope Apple looks at this and tries to figure out why there is so much variation from one to another when the machines seem to be the same in many cases. I think that perhaps as do many other programs that Apple puts out, there is an "Apple is checking your computer for compatibility"screen before the install begins. That way any program that might be a problem could be addressed before install. Also some useful information as to the install process itself might be helpful in the package as well. I.E. that the blue screen might hang for a significant time as it checks the hard drive might reduce some of the anxiety many of us feel when it appears that things have hung when perhaps they have not. In any case I suspect things will shake out soon enough. I think Apple has to learn that there are many new customers old and young that need a little more help than just put the disc into your computer and let it go. Just my feelings on the matter since I was fortunate to have no problems.

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0 - The debugger is your friend. Learn to use it, before you lean any more Java. REALLY!!!
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2 - Read the Java Tutorials.
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"Lance Haig" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Duvall,
>
> I have not tried to install it en mass yet as we have just started
> rolling out 3.8.
>
> I am hoping I can come up with an installer to automate the install
> somehow. Will see if I can use Zenworks to distrib it to our users on
> the net.
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> Lance
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>
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> > I guess everyone is installing it manually then? Or is it not being
> > used in large amounts yet?
> >
> > Don
> >
> > "Duvall" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:jZH3c.4451$[email protected]..
> > > What is generally the best way to auto-install this software?
> > >
> > > I personally prefer when software is installed using a MSI, it works
> > really
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> > > masse yet? If so, did you just use an old-fashioned discovery-based
> > installation?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Don
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