I have spent the better part of the morning reading through a discussion thread about problems people are having with the upgrade to OS X 10.5. Apparently if you run the installer as a straight upgrade you can run into trouble with common system hacks from 10.4. The OS doesn't seem to be able to start with those hacks installed.

This has a number of people rather ticked off at Apple. Like it is somehow Apple's job to make sure that every little "OOOH Neat" system enhancement they might download is compatible with every upgrade they produce.  I can understand their frustration that it doesn't work though.

The install DVD does have an archive and install option that eliminates the issue because all of the crap added to 10.4 is archived. I understand that this option might not work for some, because it requires a good deal more available disc space that they just might not have.

But what I cannot understand is what would make a person think that inserting the install DVD for a major system upgrade and hitting the go button on a system for which they have no back-up is a good idea? There was one guy in the thread who had no back-up of 50 GB of data that he would be "seriously screwed" if it were lost.

Applications you can re-install. Settings and preferences you can rebuild. You can't go back and retake that photo. Don't have a handy external drive to back up on? Go out and buy a pack of CDs and make copies of the stuff you can't recreate and don't want to lose.

Otherwise stop whining. Idiots.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 11:04 AM | No Comments | Add Comment