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Prepare for install
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I ran disk maintenance using Disk Utility and Cocktail
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Pulled an extra Super Duper clone
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Clean install of Snow Leopard
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Booted from my Snow Leopard DVD
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Ran Disk Utility and did an partition and erase of the main hard drive
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Clean installed Snow Leopard
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I make sure to customize the default install
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I don't install the Language Extras
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I also Install Quicktime 7 and left out Rosetta
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Need to re-authorize QT Player Pro 7, so dig out your key
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On reboot I choose the "Don't transfer now" option from the Set-up Assistant (you can used migration Assistant later)
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Set up my user account using the same name I had on my old system.
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Then copied the contents specific folders from my old Home folder on the Super Duper backup
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Documents, Downloads, Dropbox, Movies, Music, Pictures, Public, and Sites
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Choose to overwrite where needed.
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Left Library folder behind
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It's hidden in Lion BTW.
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Hold Option+Click the Go menu and Choose 'Library' to make it show up temporarily
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Ran all OS X Software updates
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I think I only had to do one round, but run it until there are no more updates
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Copied over the ~/Library/Mail and ~/Library/Mail Downloads folders
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Also moved the ~/Library/preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
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Installed iLife and iWork from Original disks
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Ran the software updates again to go those updates
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Hand copied the files from all four Library-->Application Support and Library-->Preferences locations
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Launched the Apps to make sure settings and stuff transferred properly
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Application re-install dance
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Basically did this process for all the apps I wanted to migrate
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1) Reinstall latest version of the app from original disk or download. App Store apps all re-downloaded automatically.
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2) Copied over Application Support and Preference files
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3) Launched the app and confirmed it was working. Re-registered if necessary
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I use 1Password to store all my serial numbers and it's database is in Dropbox
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Installed these two apps first.
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4) Ran software update for that app to get any updates
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A number have been updated to support Lion, so do it now
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5) Lather, rinse, repeat. And yes this is tedious.
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I had also backed up my development stuff
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Basically my MySQL databases (did a full dump) and Apache config and host files
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Restored this stuff by had also
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When all that finished I verified everything was working as expected
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Then I ran Disk Utility-->Repair Permissions
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Ran Cocktail to clean up one more time (maybe not necessary)
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Did a 3rd Super Duper backup of my new "clean install" of Snow Leopard
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Upgrading to Lion
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Now the easy part.
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Launched the App Store and bought and downloaded Lion
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Took a long time
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Adds the installer to the Dock and launches after it downloads
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I quit the install, so I could back up the installer
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It's 4GB and I wanted to sneaker net it to other systems
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I also plan top make a bootable image (will cover in a future show)
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Right-click in the Dock-->Options-->Show in Finder. Copy the "Install Mac OS X Lion" installer to a back-up disk
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Launch the installer form the Dock and let it do it's thing.
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First look at Lion
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Ui changes
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Seem subtle at first, but creep up on you
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Flat less glossy look
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More squared corners
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Feel more sophisticated and "gown up"
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Not sure about the loss of sidebar colors
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I don't like devices being at the bottom
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Lack of color or custom icons make it harder to scan and find the thing your looking for
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Somebody loves Core Animation
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Lots of things feel "swishy"
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A lot of it seems superfluous
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Natural scrolling, not so natural but I plan to stick it out
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You can tun it off in the 'Mouse' setting & 'Trackpad' settings
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Mouse it's under the 'Point & Click' tab
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Trackpad it's under the 'Scroll & Zoom' tab
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Uncheck 'Natural' scrolling
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General inconsistency between Mouse gestures and trackpad gestures
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I understand why, but it's going to make moving back and forth tricky
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Typically you use 1 finger on the mouse for 2 finger trackpad gestures and 2 fingers on the mouse for 3 finger trackpad gestures.
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2-finger tap on magic Mouse to access Mission Control
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I think Apple is subtly saying get a trackpad, especially if you use external devices with your notebook.
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Strange, but nice to not have a 'Save' or 'Save As' in auto-save apps
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Command+S now saves a version
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'Duplicate' option seems to replace 'Save As…'
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Adds '_Copy' to the filename until you save.
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Click the filename in the menubar to get a drop down to access versions
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Can copy items from old versions into the new document.
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Auto correct and dictionary works like iOS. I like that.
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Full screen mode is cool and auto-switching spaces with a swipe feels more natural to me than Spaces ever did
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The old way of Spaces appears to be gone
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Some Lion tips
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Switch Dashboard back to old way
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Go into System Preferences-->Mission Control
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Uncheck the box that says, 'Show Dashboard as Space'
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Set-up hotkey for Launchpad
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If you don't have a trackpad or Magic Trackpad
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The trackpad gesture is a 4 finger pinch in
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There is also a Launchpad icon added to the Dock
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You can go int System Preferences-->Keyboard and then use the 'Launchpad & Dock' section to assign a hot key
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Double-click the area on the right where it shows the hotkey assignment (blank at first)
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Assign the hotkey you'd like. I'm using F8, but you can use modifier keys.
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