Upgrading from OSX 102 -> 10.3

[Charles Martin]

> From: "Galen A Grimes" <gag5 at psu.edu>
>
> What experiences with upgrading from OSX 10.2 -> 10.3 can anyone in 
> this
> group share with the others?

Recipe for a hassle-free upgrade (applies to any version of OS X)

1. Make a backup of your important files, or a bootable clone of your 
HD if possible. Recommended tool: Carbon Copy Cloner ($10, 
http://www.bombich.com)

2. Repair permissions. Recommended tool: Disk Utility.

3. Reboot machine using OS X upgrade disc.

4. Instead of proceeding with upgrade, go instead to File->Disk Utility 
and repair DISK (not permissions).

5. Proceed with upgrade. In the case of Panther, I recommend the 
Archive & Install with both "Preserve" options checked. Obviously if 
you have a brand new/clean machine, you can do a Wipe & Install 
instead.

6. When the update is completed, reboot from the newly-updated HD and 
run Disk Utility to repair permissions.

That's more or less it. Keep your Previous System folder around for a 
few days to make sure there wasn't anything overlooked, and/or keep 
your backup of the original HD around for a few days for the same 
reason -- otherwise you're good to go.

> . Did you run into any similar problems to the Firewire/external drive
> problems mention elsewhere

No, because it only affected a very specific group of drives (those 
with 922 chipsets and 1.02 versions of firmware). All other FW drives 
do not seem to be affected. If you're concerned, contact the drive 
manufacturer before hooking up the drive.

> . Have you run into any applications/programs that worked under 10.2 
> but
> won't work under 10.3

A few, but they have mostly been updated. I keep my apps up-to-date all 
the time, so this wasn't really an issue for me. The only things that 
really "broke" were some Applescript-based apps (like BlogApp) and some 
Java-based apps (like Bluebeard). They will be amended in due course.

_Chas_
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