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Leopard - Installed!

A walk-through of the Max OS X 10.5 upgrade process - start off with Tiger, end up with a Leopard!
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Contributing Writer
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View this image gallery for a walk-through of the Max OS X 10.5 upgrade process: Start off with Tiger, end up with a Leopard!

Kicking off the install process ...
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Kicking off the install process ...

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Kicking off the install process ...

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After a reboot, the install process kicks off.

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Preparing the installation ...

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The Leopard installer is ready!

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The very long license agreement ... yawn ...

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Selecting the installation destination.

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Drive chosen - install is ready to continue.

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Installation confirmation.

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Installation kicks off.

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This part takes a LONG time ... but it's worth doing.

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The files are moved off the DVD and onto the drive.

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Don't believe that "Time Remaining" data - it's way off.

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That's what I wanted to see!

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Reboot time!

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After a reboot, things look promising.

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The photos don't do this any justice, but in real life it looks very smart.

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Satisfying Apple's desire to know everything about me.

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Sheesh ... more questions!

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Sending my info to the Apple mothership.

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Connecting ...

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Saying "no thanks" to .Mac.

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And saying "no" to the 60 day trial.

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OK, looks like we're done.

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Leopard installed!

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Update time - Lots of updates available.

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Installing the updates.

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Nearly done.

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Job done! All that's left to do is use our new Mac mini.

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