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I told myself as I prepared for the Leopard install that this time I would try to do an upgrade in lieu of a clean install. All of my data was backed up (side note rsync -Ea --verbose ~/ /Volumes/BackupDrive/26Oct2007/ is the way to go, in my opinion) and I was ready to roll. Head off to the Apple Store, pick up the Family Pack for $73 with the discount and my $100 Apple iPhone Price Shaft™ credit, get home, slap the DVD in the drive – and do a clean install. Old habits die hard and some folks over on Arstechnica forums have been reporting problems with the upgrade path.
Now that I have Leopard installed and am restoring my data, it’s time to go through my application list and decide what I really need to bring back over. I tend to try applications out and keep them if I think I might ever use them again. I use any time I wipe as an opportunity to clean out gunk.
I really debated on bringing over Microsoft Office as I have done quite well with iWork lately. Again, my sense of security kicked in and I chose to drag it back over to the Macbook Pro. Coda, Transmit, OmniGraffle Pro, OmniWeb, and OmniOutliner Pro were immediate installs. (Am I allowed to mention that I am also using OmniFocus?) I considered using Safari 3 as my RSS reader but decided NetNewsWire is just too good.
Firefox for all the sites that just don’t work on WebKit (Safari and OmniWeb). Adium for those IM services that iChat does not cover.
Photoshop CS3 was rumored to be beset with problems when installed on Leopard. To date, I have had no issues. Ditto the Cisco VPN client – and again, no issues.
Oh, and MarsEdit 2 for posting to the blog.