Every version of MacOS since X preview has had a way to do an upgrade where none of the user files are effected. The Take Control books group usually produces a set of books about each new operating system that is released the same day as the new OS. One of these books will be Take Control of Upgrading to Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net
On Mar 4, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Thomas Byskov Dalgaard wrote: > Hello! > > I have a question about backing up my harddrive with OS X 10.6. How do I > restore my preferences for my applications if I won't restore the complete OS? > I am thinking of using Carbon copy cloner to this task, and it would save me > a lot of time if I could migrate my preferences and mail accounts etc. but > what do I do when Lion comes out? Do I need to start all over again? What did > some of you do when SnowLeopard came out or even before SnowLeopard? > > Best regards > Thomas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > New Version" I purchased both the Leopard and Snow Leopard versions of the > upgrade book, and they documented the benefits and problems with each style > of upgrade. They also talk about conflicts you might expect with > Applications that don't work anymore. A good example of this with Leopard > was that "ONe Password" and quite a few keyboard macro programs stopped > working after Apple improved security of the keyboard drivers. (Making it > harder to have a program track every key you type and send it off to a > identity theft ring. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
