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| DATE | Nov 8, 2007 |
| TICKET | #334930 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | Upgrading to Leopard |
| CAT | Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices |
| TYPE | Operating System Features, Bugs and Problems |
| DESC | Apple |
| DESC | 10.4.X (Tiger) |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (Intel) |
| MODEL | APPLE |
| PROC | 2GHz |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| DRIVE | 111.47 GB |
| NAME | Chris |
| USERNAME | ineedhelp2 |
| TECHNICAL | Lots of Experience |
| ISSUE | Just Started Looking |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> Upgrading to Leopard
ineedhelp2 - Nov 8, 2007 - 7:19 am
What is the best way to create a complete back-up of my current MacBook so that I can re-instate it either on the same machine or make another Mac virtually a clone of it (as it was before upgrading to Leopard - other than buying another Mac! )?
I want to be sure I can go back - like with Leopard's TIME MACHINE.
Regards, Chris Moore.
I want to be sure I can go back - like with Leopard's TIME MACHINE.
Regards, Chris Moore.
ScottW - Nov 8, 2007 - 8:30 am
Chris,
When you install Leopard (before the install starts) it will ask if you want to backup your system using Time Machine, so you can start using Time Machine even before Leopard is installed.
Another method would be to download SuperDuper! which allows you to make a full bootable backup of your drive to external drive for free, without registering or paying the cost of the software.
Scott
When you install Leopard (before the install starts) it will ask if you want to backup your system using Time Machine, so you can start using Time Machine even before Leopard is installed.
Another method would be to download SuperDuper! which allows you to make a full bootable backup of your drive to external drive for free, without registering or paying the cost of the software.
Scott
ineedhelp2 - Nov 8, 2007 - 9:14 am
Scott - thank you for the most intelligent and useful (and extraordinarily speedy) response to a tech question I have ever received! (And I've asked some of Adobe and Quark systems with responses showing the intellect of a fence post). One further question arises: can one, using the first option, migrate back and forth in time to different operating systems? How cool would that be? Sub-zero!
ScottW - Nov 8, 2007 - 9:25 am
Time Machine focuses on providing a backup. You would typically not want to restore your "Tiger" install over your Leopard install. As you'd have to "upgrade" again to go back to Leopard. This is only ideal if Leopard blows up your system and you use Time Machine to restore the Tiger system. I provide this response more for others who may come across this tech question at a later time.
To answer your question more specifically, SuperDuper provides a "SandBox" feature, which I have not used myself, but I have used SuperDuper for about 2 years now for my backups.
How they describe it seems a little backwards to me, but basically the goal is to allow you to copy your existing operating system (minus applications and user accounts) to another drive and make it bootable. You can then boot from that drive using your "shared" applications and user accounts, to install system upgrades, etc.
In theory, and I am speaking hypothetically, you could make a sandbox copy of your startup drive under Tiger, then upgrade either your primary drive or the backup drive to Leopard, and then you could boot between the two operating systems.
Just remember, your doing so may cause more troubles depending on how you use it. Not all applications running on Leopard will be compatible under Tiger and vise-versa. But for doing troubleshooting or to test out something really quick, it might just work for your needs.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDup...scription.html
Hope that helps.
Scott
To answer your question more specifically, SuperDuper provides a "SandBox" feature, which I have not used myself, but I have used SuperDuper for about 2 years now for my backups.
How they describe it seems a little backwards to me, but basically the goal is to allow you to copy your existing operating system (minus applications and user accounts) to another drive and make it bootable. You can then boot from that drive using your "shared" applications and user accounts, to install system upgrades, etc.
In theory, and I am speaking hypothetically, you could make a sandbox copy of your startup drive under Tiger, then upgrade either your primary drive or the backup drive to Leopard, and then you could boot between the two operating systems.
Just remember, your doing so may cause more troubles depending on how you use it. Not all applications running on Leopard will be compatible under Tiger and vise-versa. But for doing troubleshooting or to test out something really quick, it might just work for your needs.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDup...scription.html
Hope that helps.
Scott
ineedhelp2 - Nov 8, 2007 - 10:08 am
Scott - thanks again - excellent!
Can we persuade Apple to include TIME MACHINE 'real time' for working in RAM? Imagine you just closed a document by mistake without saving it or you you have done any normally "undo-able" action on a Mac - how nice would it be to be able to command Z back in time to before you made that crucial error?
This is a rhetorical question - for your amusement - and does not require an answer...
Regars, Chris Moore.
Can we persuade Apple to include TIME MACHINE 'real time' for working in RAM? Imagine you just closed a document by mistake without saving it or you you have done any normally "undo-able" action on a Mac - how nice would it be to be able to command Z back in time to before you made that crucial error?
This is a rhetorical question - for your amusement - and does not require an answer...
Regars, Chris Moore.
ScottW - Nov 8, 2007 - 10:14 am
Yea, it would be nice. Now we just need a flux capacitor. 
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