In the beginning of the semester, I took time to upgrade to Snow Leopard (10.6) since I had no project running, and I could use a refresh in my main (and for now only) computer. Since it didn’t asked anything, I actually updated the first time, but now I am doing a clean install and here are the steps I followed:
- Backup with Time Machine
- Erase your HD
- Install Snow Leopard
- Install XCode
- Import from Time Machine Network Settings (since I had eduroam and a few networks saved and I don’t want to go through those settings again)
- Copy documents and media from the time machine backup
- Configure Mail.app (using this tip) and iCal
- Install Software
- Adium
- Textmate
- Transmission
- AppCleaner
- Adobe CS4
- TwoUp
- Perian
- Do the Lock Computer service
Git, pip and other tools will be installed as they are needed, but I’m thinking about trying HomeBrew instead of the bloated macports. I’m still not conviced, but I’m really into a 64bit only package manager.