And not just a TimeMachine backup -- go out and buy an external hard drive (they are cheap) and use Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper to make a bootable clone of the disk.
(Of course if you are the sort of person who checks the discussion group before trying the update then you are likely the same sort who has already run your clone...)
Bump
Same thing happens every release... how often are you going to bump it?
Once is too much?
Those who know, do, and those who don't complain on Discussion boards tomorrow...😮
This deserves a special bump up. The Leopard -> Snow Leopard upgrade was pretty seamless on all my machines. Snow Leopard to Lion has been nothing but misery right from the download process, and the aborted installs leaving me with unusable machines. Had it not been for SuperDuper I'd have gone postal.
Make a bootable backup of your drive, all of you.
FP_iMacAddict! wrote:
Those who know, do, and those who don't complain on Discussion boards tomorrow...😮
I'd post it as a sticky if I could.
cathy fasano wrote:
And not just a TimeMachine backup -- go out and buy an external hard drive (they are cheap) and use Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper to make a bootable clone of the disk.
I wish I had done a backup other than TM. Lion is working perfectly on my MBP (2010) except it will not recognize my TM backup on a WD MyBookWorld external drive any longer. I posted elsewhere and had a response that said that Western Digital is aware of the problem and is working on a work around.
Does anyone here know of a fix for this?
bumpety-bump-bump
Periodic clones and data backup just make good sense
PERIOD. Whether you update and OS or not, because as
the saying goes "fecal matter will make its presence known
at most inopportune times".
I personally update my clones monthly or anytime before
an OS update or application update that spreads it's install
all over creation. I don't worry about those that just reside
in app folder and create a pref file. Those are easy to get
rid of and replace. I also have USB sticks to back up
current document directories on a daily basis.
Listen up people!!! BEFORE updating to Lion, backup your disk!!!
