metalheart
Disciple
NOTE: For a background of the problem, please read this thread (if you have the patience 
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Partially my fault for not possessing the foresight to make a backup as soon as I got comfortable with my new Mac (about 5 months ago). Partially Apple Store's fault for giving me a DVD of Mac OS X Leopard instead of 10.6.
10.6 was the default OS on my Macbook Pro. I had just about finished customizations and had got really comfortable with iPhoto, iMovie and other OS X specific software. The trouble began when I experienced a startup problem. Unable to fix that after a full-fledged research campaign + tech support, I decided to let this one slide and re-install the OS all together. I made a rough backup of the entire Mac disk (without using Time Machine) and ended up with a dump of the original hard disk.
I installed OS 10.5 without realizing that it was the older version and clumsily copied applications and their corresponding libraries (itunes, iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband etc). What I ended up achieving was an incomplete or damaged libraries for most of my applications.
***I could not resolve the problem for a long time as my exams carried on endlessly (don't they always?) ***
Now what I want to know is:
1) Is there a way to upgrade to Snow Leopard without losing data?
2) Somehow re-install core applications so that they..."just work"?
NOTE: I cannot possibly back up any data as all forms of external storage in my possession are currently full and I'm going through a financial crisis (a seemingly perpetual one :ashamed: ) so I cannot possibly buy a new external HDD.
)Partially my fault for not possessing the foresight to make a backup as soon as I got comfortable with my new Mac (about 5 months ago). Partially Apple Store's fault for giving me a DVD of Mac OS X Leopard instead of 10.6.
10.6 was the default OS on my Macbook Pro. I had just about finished customizations and had got really comfortable with iPhoto, iMovie and other OS X specific software. The trouble began when I experienced a startup problem. Unable to fix that after a full-fledged research campaign + tech support, I decided to let this one slide and re-install the OS all together. I made a rough backup of the entire Mac disk (without using Time Machine) and ended up with a dump of the original hard disk.
I installed OS 10.5 without realizing that it was the older version and clumsily copied applications and their corresponding libraries (itunes, iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband etc). What I ended up achieving was an incomplete or damaged libraries for most of my applications.
***I could not resolve the problem for a long time as my exams carried on endlessly (don't they always?
) ***Now what I want to know is:
1) Is there a way to upgrade to Snow Leopard without losing data?
2) Somehow re-install core applications so that they..."just work"?
NOTE: I cannot possibly back up any data as all forms of external storage in my possession are currently full and I'm going through a financial crisis (a seemingly perpetual one :ashamed: ) so I cannot possibly buy a new external HDD.