So i'm new to macs and I wanna learn how to properly learn how to install the new snow leopard i got~ could someone give me a step by step instructions? thanks I searched google they all are different and dunno what is more reliable so I rather listen to you guys~ =]
There are instructions inside the box when you purchase it.
Essentially two steps (paraphrasing from that source):
1. Insert the DVD and double-click the icon that mounts on your desktop that says "Install Mac OS X."
2. Click "customize" if you want to change what's installed. Otherwise just go ahead and click "Install." When the installation is done, your Mac will restart.
Backup your home folder and if you have a large external drive clone your drive instead and format the main system drive, install the OS and when the migration assistant appears invoke a transfer of your home folder and applications. I recommend against maintaining your network settings though
Cheers!
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Everyone will give different advice. Personally I am a bit paranoid. In the early days of Tiger we found that it tended to be really flakey unless you did an erase and created a fresh partition map from the Tiger install Disk Utility. Supposedly that problem was solved somewhere around 10.4.2 or 10.4.3 but once bitten.....
Any how I have been doing things that way ever since. Getting rid of accumulated crap more than compensates for having to reinstall a handful of 3rd party stuff. Historically it was a bit faster than migration assistant but faster HDs and so on have probably made that advantage negligible at best. Of course I always maintain a back up disk image of the old system just in case.
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Do NOT Touch this computer!!! Touching this computer WILL cause irreversible brain damage.
Apple makes the Mac and Mac OS X so easy to use, but despite the absolute simplicity of it all, Mac users still consistently insist on making it complicated.
How to install Mac OS X: Insert disc. Double click installer. Go!
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WHOA HOLY CRAP!! I just put the disk in and like it makes a loud wurring nose and the whole macbook is like vibrating! HOLY!
Good... you are on your way!
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