On 12/26/02 4:35 PM, Chris enlightened us by writing: >I have heard that some of the Mac sites have directions as to how to fake >8.x into being accepted as 9.x as far as the 9.1 updater is concerned, >and thus, with some minor hacking, you can update 8.x to 9.1 for free >(plus a HUGE download from Apple, the 9.1 updater is something like 70 >MB... so if you don't have a fast connection, $45 is probably well worth >the headache of trying to download the update).
I can vouch for the headaches - I even had a friend with a cable modem at home (and - I think - T1 at work) try to download it, and he was having the download 'hiccup' a bit over halfway through. He finally did get it DL'ed and got it to me (he's a PeeCee user, but not bad otherwise ;-) - but that was half of my difficulty, as I wanted to upgrade my daughter's older iBook (Indigo color model) to 9.2.2. I found that this had to be done in two stages because the iBook had the original 9.0.4 on it. First I needed the 9.1 upgrade Chris mentioned and then the 9.2.1 (already had on disk the 9.2.2 upgrade). I left my Pismo downloading all night, but got a 25.9 MB file which looked like it had succeeded (same icon as a MacBinary download would have), instead of the 82 MB it should have been. Had to spend most of Christmas Day tending my Pismo, but finally got it. Anyone else had problems with Apple's download pages being flaky lately? I know my phone lines and ISP connection have problems, but my friend's T1 at work or cable modem at home should've been better than that. I filled out a report on Apple's site, for whatever good that may (not) do. Jim Rohde still chugging along with my (usually 46.6 to 48K) dial-up... finger-pointing syndrome n.: All-too-frequent result of bugs, esp. in new or experimental configurations. The hardware vendor points a finger at the software. The software vendor points a finger at the hardware. All the poor users get is the finger. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
