During the installation of OS X 10.5 Leopard, you can customize the software packages that will be installed.
Customize the Software Packages
- The OS X 10.5 Leopard installer will display a summary of what will be installed. Click the ‘Customize’ button.
- A list of the software packages that will be installed will display. Two of the packages (Printer Drivers and Language Translations) can be pared down to reduce the amount of space needed for the installation. If you have plenty of storage space, you can just leave the software package selections as is.
- Click the expansion triangle next to Printer Drivers and Language Translation.
- Remove the check marks from any printer drivers you don’t need. If you have plenty of hard drive space, I suggest installing all of the drivers. This will make it easy to change printers in the future, without worrying about installing additional drivers. If space is tight and you must remove some printer drivers, select the ones you’re most unlikely to use.
- Remove the check marks from any languages you don’t need. Most users can safely remove all of the languages, but if you need to view documents or web sites in other languages, be sure to leave those languages selected.
- Click the ‘Done’ button to return to the Install Summary window.
- Click the ‘Install’ button.
- The installation will begin by checking the install DVD, to make sure it’s free of errors. This process can take some time. Once the check is finished, the actual installation process will begin.
- A progress bar will display, with an estimate of the time remaining. The time estimate may seem much too long to begin with, but as progress occurs, the estimate will become more realistic.
- When the installation is complete, your Mac will automatically restart.
