I’m installing Classic support (the old OS 9) from the DVDs that came with the iMac. 325MB, not too bad. but I really like playing some of those old games. Myst, The Fools Errand. Completed installing at 10:03am. Now to see if it works. I’ve reads reports of problems. But it looks good. took about […]
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XCode tools disk space
Wow, it takes 1.5GB of space. About half of that is documentation. It’s my understanding that Microsoft developers have to pay to write programs with Microsoft’s code. Apple is free, part of OS X. You can sign up for free, support at the Apple Developer connection. Finished at 9:57am.
XCode Tools
Since I already have the DVD in the drive, I’ll install the XCode Tools. XCode are programmer’s tools so that you can write your programs for the Mac. They take a bit of space, and aren’t for everyone. The readme file does warn that at the end of the install process, it will take substantially […]
Software Update
After a few seconds, the softare Update panels comes up. Only one update so far, iTunes 4.8.
Welcome
First thing, choose the country for registration. You can also use vocieover. After a few seconds, the iMac started talking to me. Very freaky, and cool. 9:37am. Do you already own a Mac? If so, you can coonect the two computers together with a firewre cable, and Tiger will copy everything over, settings, applications. you […]
Restart!
The computer will restart in 30 seconds. If you do nothing, the machine restarts itself. Very nice for unattended installations. Nice gray screen. Cool music starts. Welcome. Velkommen. Bivenue. Nice spotlight effect, then a black Tiger X. 9:35am.
Lots of stuff installing
Automator, iTunes, Additional fonts, otherstuff I’m sure. time remaining: less than a minute. I will say, it is very classy to give time estimates like that. Ooh, it’s “finishing installation.” 9:33am
Additional Essentials
Additional Essentials?? Either it is essential or it isn’t. How could an “essential” be additional? Now, the Media files are installing. And the Migration assistant, My, things are going quickly now. 4 minutes remaining. 9:30am.
Install BSD Subsystem
The BSD Subsystem is installing. 37% complete, time remaining: About 7 minutes. It’s 9:28am.
Installing Essentials
The “Essentials” are being configured, oops, now being installed. Writing files: 35% completed. Time remaining: About 12 minutes. It’s 9:26am.