Leopard has landed on my iMac!

Well, I finally took the plunge. After yesterday’s problems installing it on my iBook, I took all the precautions that I can and took the plunge and installed it on my iMac. Steps: Buy a 1 TB drive from Costco. Plug it in and realize it’s dead. Exchange 1TB drive at Costco. Plug it in ...

Leopard second impression

Well, after my first attempt at installing Leopard by doing a normal ‘Update’ on the previous system, I couldn’t get the Finder to respond, no matter what I did. I changed strategy and re-installed by doing an ‘Erase and Install’. ‘Erase and install’ worked perfectly. It took about 45 minutes to install from scratch, excluding ...

Leopard first impression 3

Today, at 10:30 am EDT, the Purolator guy dropped off the tiny package. Leopard is packaged in what have recently become Apple’s standard software package. A box barely larger than the DVD is housing the new system, along with a small booklet. At 10:40 I had started the install on my non-essential iBook (G4, 1.42 ...