Installing Tiger on my mini... what option should I choose.

wyzard · Member Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 106

Good evening.

I'm going to be installing Tiger on my Mini and am just wondering what option to choose. Many folks say archive and install, but I just want to be sure I pick the best one that will cause me the least hassle.

Thanks.

bunu · New Member Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 6

Tiger was the first Mac upgrade I ever installed. I picked the archive and install route because I was in a hurry and had no way to backup all my files. I didn't loose or have any files corrupted to the best of my knowledge, and my mini has been running smooth ever since. This process was nothing like installing Windows over Windows.

iMav · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject:

I tar'ed up my home directory, threw it on a DVDRW and then did a clean install of Tiger.
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jase · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject:

I backed up, and did an erase and install, like mavherzog.

Archive and install might work just fine for you. It's just a habit from my old Windows days where a clean install always worked better.

curt · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject:

I would recommend doing a clean install unless you are unable to back up your files. What are your concerns?
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