on 07/07/03 01:44, David M. Ensteness at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes, 10.2 does have an "archive and install" option. If you do archive > and install OS X places the "System" folder in "previous systems" and > preserves your user's account and data. > > You're applications may or may not be affected, I haven't used it often > enough to know. > > David > > On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 12:26 AM, |n|i|c|k| wrote: > >> hey list....In mac os 9 there is a clean install mode that only >> replaces the system files....but this also replaces extensions so your >> apps wont work.......Does os X (10.2) have a clean install and if so >> will all my apps be alright.....? >> >> n >
Any application that relies on things that have been installed in /Library might not function properly, it's hard to tell. Applications that have an installer and ask for your administrative password might install something in /Library and some will let you know. In that case, you will have to go to the previous system and move anything in /Library that might have been installed by an application, or you may want to re-install those applications. If you never install in /Library but rather in ~/Library, then you should be safe. Like others mentioned, it's hard to tell... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooks's Law prov.: "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later" -- a result of the fact that the expected advantage from splitting development work among N programmers is O(N) (that is, proportional to N), but the complexity and communications cost associated with coordinating and then merging their work is O(N^2) (that is, proportional to the square of N). The quote is from Fred Brooks, a manager of IBM's OS/360 project and author of "The Mythical Man-Month" (Addison-Wesley, 1975, ISBN 0-201-00650-2), an excellent early book on software engineering. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
