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    Snow Leopard Question

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by BlackMac, Mar 26, 2009.

  1. BlackMac

    BlackMac Notebook Consultant

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    I have a time machine backup of my macbook, can I update to snow leopard, and restore everything from the backup? I have a bootcamp partition if that makes a difference :p

    Please don't call me a noob, I just haven't found an answer to my question on google :p
     
    BlackMac, Mar 26, 2009
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  2. HLdan

    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    You should be able to use Migration assistant and restore your files however SL won't be out until later this year, is this important to know about right now?
     
    HLdan, Mar 26, 2009
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  3. BlackMac

    BlackMac Notebook Consultant

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    No, but I saw an article about it, and it has been bugging me :p Thanks for the reply. :)
     
    BlackMac, Mar 26, 2009
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  4. S.SubZero

    S.SubZero Notebook Deity

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    1- I'm sure you're not the only person using Time Machine, so I would think Apple would have some contingency for this.

    2- Nobody on this chat has a known functional crystal ball. The future has yet to be written.
     
    S.SubZero, Mar 27, 2009
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  5. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    I thought that TM isn't able to directly restore/backup the bootcamp partitions?
     
    ClearSkies, Mar 27, 2009
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  6. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    when I upgraded from Tiger to Leopard,I haven't loose my files oi programs!
     
    Xirurg, Mar 27, 2009
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  7. BlackMac

    BlackMac Notebook Consultant

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    Meh no big deal for me, I only have 1 game installed on it.
     
    BlackMac, Mar 30, 2009
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  8. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    i dont understand.. you want to upgrade to Snow Leopard... and if you dont like it restore back to the old version of the OS?

    if you just wanna upgrade.. you shouldnt have to back up anything, it should leave all your installed programs intact...
     
    doh123, Mar 31, 2009
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  9. BlackMac

    BlackMac Notebook Consultant

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    So Snow leopard is like a system update on a disk basically? It doesn't completly remove leopard and install snow leopard?
     
    BlackMac, Mar 31, 2009
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  10. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    It's most likely going to be a full disk install, since it incorporates so many different internal features that a firmware/update won't allow, such as Grand Central, OpenGL, etc. I'd back up all of my data, and install SL, and load them. If that doesn't work, you always have to backed-up data to fall back on. ;)
     
    Colton, Apr 1, 2009
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  11. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    previous upgrades of OSX gives you the options of doing an upgrade, leaving everything intact... or doing an archive and install, throwing all the contents of the old install into a folder you can get to later and doing a fresh install (the way i do full OS upgrades)... or doing a total wipe everything out and install
     
    doh123, Apr 1, 2009
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