OS X 10.5 Leopard has multiple installation options, including Upgrade Mac OS X, Archive and Install, and Erase and Install. This tutorial will guide you through the Archive and Install option.
Installation Options
OS X 10.5 Leopard offers installation options that allow you to select the type of installation and the hard drive volume to install the operating system on, as well as customize the software packages that are actually installed.
- When you completed the last step, you were shown Leopard’s license terms. Click the ‘Agree’ button to proceed.
- The Select a Destination window will display, listing all of the hard drive volumes that the OS X 10.5 installer was able to find on your Mac.
- Select the hard drive volume you wish to install OS X 10.5 on. You can select any of the volumes listed, including any that have a yellow warning sign.
- Click the ‘Options’ button.
- The Options window will display the three types of installations that can be performed: Upgrade Mac OS X, Archive and Install, and Erase and Install.
- Select Archive and Install. The installer will take your existing system and move it to a new folder called Previous System. Although you will not be able to boot from the previous system, once the installation is complete, you will be able to move data from the old system to your new OS X 10.5 Leopard installation as needed.
- With Archive and Install selected, you have the option to automatically copy user account information, including each account’s Home folder and any data it contains, and your existing network settings.
- Place a check mark next to ‘Preserve Users and Network Settings.’
- Click the ‘OK’ button.
- Click the ‘Continue’ button.
