[G4] Upgrading to Tiger

[Alex]

On Apr 29, 2005, at 12:51, John Baltutis wrote:

> [...] Select the Upgrade Mac OS X option.
> I found that this is better than using Archive & Install or Erase & 
> Install
> because it integrates your current OS X version, including everything
> previously installed by 3rd-party apps, updating all system components,
> including user accounts, their home folders, and existing network 
> settings;
> whereas, A&I preserves the user accounts and network settings, but 
> removes
> all other system files, including those installed by 3rd-party apps 
> outside
> Applications and Users, to a Previous System folder.[...]

As I recall, when upgrading from Jaguar to Panther, either option 
retained a number of settings much better discarded. For instance, the 
shell preference was retained, rather then being replaced with the 
Panther default (bash). Does the Tiger install do the same thing?


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