[X-Newbies] Re: Upgrading to Tiger

[Al Poulin]

Normally, you do not need to use the original CDs for the machine to 
upgrade to Tiger from Jaguar (10.2) or Panther (10.3).  I do not know 
about using the "Upgrade" option from the earlier versions of OS X.

I recommend you do a bit of reading at Apple's web site about 
installing Tiger.  Basically there are three options, Upgrade, Archive 
and Install, and Erase and Install.  "Upgrade" is the easiest but the 
riskiest if you have possible issues in the old system, some third 
party software that is not up to standards, so many experts recommend 
not to use it.  Archive and Install will put your old "System" aside 
and give you a completely new System that is Tiger.  Then you can pick 
and choose parts of the old system such as settings drag over to the 
new system.  Erase and Install completely wipes out the contents of 
your hard drive.  With the first two options, you should back up any of 
your data files that you do not want to lose, just in case.  With the 
third options, you must back up to pull back your data after erasing 
and installing.

Your Tiger media will usually be a DVD, not a set of CDs.  So your 
optical drive must be able to read DVDs or you have to find the CD 
version somewhere.  After using the media installer, you may need to 
download the latest "combo" update for Tiger to get you to the latest 
version, now 10.4.11.

Hope this helps,

Al Poulin

On Nov 23, 2007, at 5:59 PM, cliver wrote:

>
> I would like to upgrade to a proved version of the latest system 
> (assuming the launch version might have unresolved bugs) and have 
> loads of external drive capacity.
>
> Trouble is, I cannot find the original CDs that came with the machine.
>
> Can I still upgrade?
>
> What options do I have
>
> Clive (in Spain)
>
>
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