MAC OS 10 upgrades: too much trouble?

Where time machine may help.. Depends on how far back the corruption happens.. Is to got back previous changes of a file and recover one that may not have been corrupted but ymmv on this philosophy.

Have multiple backups of your critical files is best strategy..

Gary
 
Rob -- I upgrade my Apple Mac OS regularly and have transitioned to new machines multiple times. I have always had the photos right there, no problem. Apple's installers and migration software has been super.

I suggest:
- Time machine for automatic backups and ability to go back to earlier versions
- External hard disk periodically, via Carbon Copy Cloner, store off-site
 
Rob-F said:
I have Time Machine, which I believe is a proper backup. What I am saying is that after restoring via Time Machine, the little spinner wheel with the message "processing" within Aperture continued spinning every time I used Aperture, for several weeks. It's the kind of precessing that has to happen before the pictures look sharp, and in some cases right-side up.

I also lost a few shots in the process. There were empty dotted-line rectangles where pictures had been, but no longer were. So there was some price to pay, even with the Time Machine backup....
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There must be a reason when apple changes your harddrive.
It is possible that some of your backup-files contained damaged
data from the former damaged harddrive.
sh*t happens... ;)

Like many others said before, normally there is no reason to do anything after an OS-update, regardless from which version, unless you are doing a clean installation.

20 years using Macs - no trouble with upgrades in my experience.
 
Film dino said:
Rob-F, if you're running "legacy" scanner software you may wish to check that the new OS X will support this.
Cheers,
David
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Good point. Last year i went from Tiger on a pre-Intel Mac to Snow Leopard on a new Intel Macbook Pro. I spent a bit of time researching which of my existing software would still work on the new system as I didn't want to have to get all new software along with the computer. One thing I found out is that from Lion on, Mac no longer runs pre-Intel power PC software, whereas Snow Leopard can.
 
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