iLife

Apple did think about that and the answer is quite simple. Simply do an update install or archive install and everything will be preserved just as it is. I have performed several of each and other than the required updating of a lot of apps and utilities there has not been the first problem. Back in the classic Mac OS days when you did a clean install it was essentially the...

Hmm, this is interesting... JPigford, what sort of install did you do? Archive/Install, Upgrade or Clean Install? While I don't have iLife, I have actually had only one problem with Safari wanting to slow to a crawl for no particular reason, so I am interested to see what is causing these issues. :)

How could I after an HD Format and clean install? I installed the OS last on Wednesday morning, spotlight has been indexing ever since ... today is Friday!?! Mail, iTunes, iPhoto, and Safari all crash on launch. I have tried to move ahead and install Adobe CS so I can get some work done, but the installer crashes. I've run Disk Utility and my HD checks out fine. Why...

Got me. I've run all my apps without issue. iApps, iLife '05, iWork '05, Safari, ARD 2.2, Server Tools, Terminal, etc. Haven't seen much issue with Adobe CS either. ...

like a kinda heavy process, though.. strange they didn't think about this. afterall, all macs bought in the first 4 months of 2005 would have been delivered with iLife '05 and most people would wanna keep some of those apps when getting tiger.. ...

Here is some information about installing Apple apps assuming your Mac came with 10.3.7 or later (if they exist) DVDs.

Some, or all, of the iLife 05 apps can be custom installed after Tiger is installed using your Panther DVDs. ...

You will have to perform a System Restore to get your iLife apps back. That will only install iDVD and GaragaBand though. ...

cool cool...yeah, to be honest, I haven't even put the Tiger DVD in my drive yet, but I got the upgrade from the Up-To-Date place, so I'm not even sure if it has the Clean Install option? I did consider it, though...and getting a FW drive is a pretty pricy thing, no? Thanks for all the help, again! EDIT: one more question...what if I don't like Tiger? How would I go...

I'm glad you think we're great (whomever that "you guys" concerns, erh...). Now: 1.) Yes, Archive & Install is a clean install that saves your old system in a "Previous System" folder. 2.) No, you can't just drag your programs back and be peachy - unless all of them do NOT use the "Application Support" folder. I'd do the following: Drag them over, and those who don't...