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Filed under: Leopard
I've got my hot little hands on my copy of Leopard, and I'm about to install it. What better way to spend a rainy Friday night in Philadelphia than installing a new OS and liveblogging it?

Before I did anything I made a bootable backup of my Mac, just in case bad things happen. Mat showed you how to do this earlier. My tool of choice is SuperDuper, but the app doesn't matter as much as the existence of this backup. As a bonus you'll be able to import your settings from this backup if you do a clean install (like I am).

7:07pm: Open disk, toss aside manual, save Apple stickers and slide the disk into my MacBook (2Ghz Core Duo). Start up holding down C.

7:08pm: My MacBook has booted off the Leopard install disk. There is a new option under 'Utilities' called 'Restore System from Backup.' Sweet Time Machine integration.

7:09pm: Leopard tells me it needs 5.2 gigs to install, but that is with the defaults. The default install option is 'Upgrade,' which should be fine for most users. I've done a number on my Tiger install so I am going to 'Earse and Install' route by hitting 'Options.'

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