Three SL upgrades attempted. Three successfully completed.
This is by far the best OS upgrade experience I have ever had. Thank you, Apple.
Friday, August 28, 2009
2 Down, 1 to Go
I've now got one of the MacBooks upgraded to Snow Leopard. The upgrade took almost the same amount of time as the iMac. This time I did note how much HDD space was used before and after, and I regained 5.18GB of space on this machine.
In the meantime, I've discovered three control panels that will need to be upgraded eventually since they are 32-bit: Flip4Mac, Growl, and Menu Meters. No big deal, although I'll miss the Menu Meter functionality until it becomes ready for 64-bit action.
Hopefully the last upgrade will go just as smoothly as the first two.
In the meantime, I've discovered three control panels that will need to be upgraded eventually since they are 32-bit: Flip4Mac, Growl, and Menu Meters. No big deal, although I'll miss the Menu Meter functionality until it becomes ready for 64-bit action.
Hopefully the last upgrade will go just as smoothly as the first two.
And......Time!
And we're done! By my watch, the total installation took 39 minutes from launch to reboot. So here are some of the things that surprised me about this installation.
1) The original estimate was 1h 3m, but the actual time was 39m.
2) The progress bar actually meant something.
3) Did I mention that it actually took less time than was originally estimated?
Unfortunately, I forgot to see how much data was on the HDD before I upgraded, so I don't know how much space was recovered. After a quick run thru all my apps on the Dock, I can say that things do seem to be a bit faster than they used to be. I was a little freaked when the Mail configuration dialog box came up, but when I clicked Continue, it simply optimized my mail folders and brought up my mail just like always. Even my Vista VM seems to be a bit peppier. Meanwhile, Time Machine is running in the background, calculating the changes since my backup just prior to the upgrade.
Speaking of which, Time Machine has finished its calculations and is now backing up 8.49GB, which would probably be the installed footprint of Snow Leopard.
Overall, I'm very impressed. Off to spread the goodness to my MacBooks!
1) The original estimate was 1h 3m, but the actual time was 39m.
2) The progress bar actually meant something.
3) Did I mention that it actually took less time than was originally estimated?
Unfortunately, I forgot to see how much data was on the HDD before I upgraded, so I don't know how much space was recovered. After a quick run thru all my apps on the Dock, I can say that things do seem to be a bit faster than they used to be. I was a little freaked when the Mail configuration dialog box came up, but when I clicked Continue, it simply optimized my mail folders and brought up my mail just like always. Even my Vista VM seems to be a bit peppier. Meanwhile, Time Machine is running in the background, calculating the changes since my backup just prior to the upgrade.
Speaking of which, Time Machine has finished its calculations and is now backing up 8.49GB, which would probably be the installed footprint of Snow Leopard.
Overall, I'm very impressed. Off to spread the goodness to my MacBooks!
Installation Proceeding Smoothly
The iMac has rebooted and the installer is continuing on its merry way.
Time Remaining: About 33 minutes
Time Remaining: About 33 minutes
Snow Leopard!
Okay, so it's been a while since my last update, which I see involved my FlipVideo Ultra and iMovie. A lot has actually happened in the multimedia arena since then. I have gone from SD to HD (720p) by way of Sanyo's Xacti VPC-CG10. Since most of this effort wasn't truly Mac related, I didn't bother to blog about any of it. Maybe I'll do that after I get Snow Leopard installed, because I did learn a lot during that effort.
So back to the main feature. Snow Leopard! I probably should start off by mentioning that this is actually the first time that I've looked forward to an OS update instead of immediately adopting a wait and see attitude. I'm hoping that I'm not let down. So I had some errands to run after I dropped of my son at daycare, and I managed to include swinging by the Apple Store to pick up the SL Family Pack. You just can't beat this - 5 licenses for $49+tax. Since I have 3 machines to upgrade, and the single license is $29+tax, it's pretty much a no-brainer.
The package is pretty efficient. It's a box no bigger than a CD jewel case, and inside are: Install DVD, Installation/Features/Refinements card, Support card, and two white Apple logo stickers. I got a kick out of the fact that the Installation instructions are two short paragraphs that take up less than 25% of the page, and the remaining 9 pages of this multi-fold document are the cover and features. Simplicity at its finest. Let's see if the install lives up to its billing.
[Inserting Install DVD now]
Okay, the installation app has been launched, all appropriate buttons have been clicked, and it's time to sit back and let it do its thing.
It's about 11:20A.
Time Remaining: About 1 hour and 3 minutes
So back to the main feature. Snow Leopard! I probably should start off by mentioning that this is actually the first time that I've looked forward to an OS update instead of immediately adopting a wait and see attitude. I'm hoping that I'm not let down. So I had some errands to run after I dropped of my son at daycare, and I managed to include swinging by the Apple Store to pick up the SL Family Pack. You just can't beat this - 5 licenses for $49+tax. Since I have 3 machines to upgrade, and the single license is $29+tax, it's pretty much a no-brainer.
The package is pretty efficient. It's a box no bigger than a CD jewel case, and inside are: Install DVD, Installation/Features/Refinements card, Support card, and two white Apple logo stickers. I got a kick out of the fact that the Installation instructions are two short paragraphs that take up less than 25% of the page, and the remaining 9 pages of this multi-fold document are the cover and features. Simplicity at its finest. Let's see if the install lives up to its billing.
[Inserting Install DVD now]
Okay, the installation app has been launched, all appropriate buttons have been clicked, and it's time to sit back and let it do its thing.
It's about 11:20A.
Time Remaining: About 1 hour and 3 minutes
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