What is best to do before I upgrade my mac mini to leopard?

Question

Im waiting for my Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 to come in the mail and I wanted to do a clean install but I have alot of important softwares that can't be replaced, how do I back up my mac mini G4 1.42 ghz 80gb HD? I don't have an external hard drive to back up with but I do have an 80gb iPod classic that I was hoping to use.

Answer 1

Yes John, you can do that. I used iTunes well before I got my iPod and found it to be very useful. You can also browse Podcasts (and listen to them of course if you have net connection) as well as listen to radio streams (dito..). Once you get your iPod, you can then choose whether to transfer your songs from your computer into your iPoid either automatically or manually (manually, by dragging them in whatever folder called Playlists that you've created).
There is a PC version of iTunes and a Mac version as well. But there is only one kind of iTunes. In other words, if you have a PC, then there is only one version of iTunes available to you (no iTunes "Lite" or whatever...). And the current version is compatible with videos, music and "the whole works" as you put it. If someone does not have the new iPod (called iPod 5G - for Fifth Generation - or video iPod) then one would just not use the video part of iTunes, that's all. Everything else functions as per normal otherwise.
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