[Ti] install prep..how to proceed

[Chris Olson]

On Nov 7, 2003, at 11:52 AM, T Molnar wrote:

> Panther in hand I am wondering about the best way to handle this 
> install.
> I think I would like to reformat the drive or at least optimize it 
> so....does it matter?

After doing a number of Panther upgrades, both clean install and 
upgrade over the top, it doesn't matter.  No performance is gained by 
doing a clean install, only extra time spent restoring the system.  I'd 
recommend just upgrading.  It's painless, takes about an hour, and no 
reconfiguring or reinstalling applications.

One thing I've found here, though, is a problem with font rendering in 
applications like Quicken 2003 and ArcExplorer.  It's only on user 
accounts that existed prior to the Panther upgrade.  I finally located 
the problem; opening the terminal and deleting the 
~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist for each existing user 
account fixed it.  The operating system will write a new file in its 
place and the fonts look good again.  That file is a dot file, so it's 
hidden from Finder unless you have your Finder configured to display 
all the unix and dot files.

I assumed this is evidently some incompatibility from Jaguar --> 
Panther upgrade that the developers overlooked or didn't catch.
--
Chris