On Jan 19, 2006, at 4:14 AM, david_elmo wrote:
From: Charles Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I downloaded the 10.2.8 combined update and burned it to CD, and have
used it several times successfully. (I got tired of the download time
involved in trying to use the 'automatic update' method.)
Is it faster? I wonder why?
Which brings me to an issue I have. I don't think I quite like this
software updater where everything is suppose to happen auto. Recent
case, I said yes to yet another Tiger OS update and I was given 2
choices after it came down: restart now or shut down!!!! I am still
miffed about this. Is the process so alzeimic that it can't let one
continue (especially on dial up) and it does its new refurbishing
nex time there is a startup?
System upgrades involve many changes to system software, drivers,
etc, some changes are made immediately, some won't take place until
after a restart. It's a dangerous state to run a computer in.
That said, you can just ignore the jumping icon, move the notice out
of the way and continue working, if that is such a big deal.
It then froze or so I thought? Sort of just blue lit screen with X
logo thingy not moving at all for at least 10 mins so I pulled
plug. Restarted it and things seemed normal again...
Sometimes this happens.
Where is the update (obtained auto thru the updater?) if you ever
need it later to rebuild the OS from the original Tiger disk?
It's downloaded as needed. You can avoid this by either telling
Software Update to go away and not update things, then manually
getting the updates from Apple's support site, and running them when
convenient for you. As I'm on a dial-up at home, this is generally
how I keep my systems there up-to-date.
You can also tell Software Update to save the downloaded updates, I
forget where it puts them, perhaps the Library/Receipts folder.
I realise it gets complicated because there is update after update
and you will need them all... Is there some rational way to do all
this and keep "them"? Or should one keep (of course) the original
Tiger DVD and just download the latest update when you need to re-
establish the OS?
Since Apple rolls all the previous upgrades into any given combo
update, this is generally the quickest route. Install from the DVD,
then run software update or get the latest combo update, plus any
released since that combo was released. Software Update will get the
appropriate combo updater, it won't, for example, download 10.4.1,
then 10.4.2, etc, it'll go right from 10.4 to 10.4.4.
Since you can always re-install the latest combo update on your
system, it's long been a useful trick to re-apply the latest combo
updater in case of weird software issues, at least since the OS 7
days...
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