Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Dan]

At 12:45 PM -0700 11/25/2010, Walter Sheluk wrote:

On 10-11-25 9:56 AM, Dan wrote:

Do you have enough free space on your HD to hold it?

Safari

500 GB free space.

Tried Safari and Google browsers but once again there is only 213.4 
MB and message failed to mount.


Will defer using Terminal because  i really don't understand it.


Don't be afraid of Terminal.  It's nothing in the world but a command 
line interface to your computer, the old style before Finder etc. 
Terminal.app behaves like a normal app.  Just launch it and hit it 
with commands.


This web site has a great tutorial for using Terminal:


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Bruce Johnson]

On Nov 24, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Walter Sheluk wrote:

> On 10-11-24 2:25 PM, Dan wrote:
>> Out of the millions of Mac users, there are maybe a handful of loud people 
>> having problems...
> I don't think it's being loud to mention a problem.


No, he didn't mean it that way, more like 'there are just a few people having 
problems, but they're being loud enough to make it sound more widespread.'

> My wife installed the update but she only uses her computer to float around 
> the internet, email her friends and use Microsoft Mac Word and play a few 
> games.  Her application folder has what Apple installer installed plus her 
> purchases of Microsoft's Mac Word and some games. As long as she can start it 
> up, run those services and then shut down she is happy. She does not even do 
> repair permissions or directory.

And neither should ANYONE on a regular basis. OS X is very robust OS, it does 
not break unless you mess with it, generally. You should not be getting 
directory corruption from even heavy use by AV programs. 

> I'm sure there are many other similar users and of course they make very 
> limited use of their computers or demands on the cpu and naturally the update 
> is fine on their machines and if not they would simply re-install.
> 
> I depend on all my macs in my audio/video recording business and if they go 
> wonkey then i have problems completing projects. . Reinstalling is a major 
> pain in the studio here. Discussing the update problems affecting my high end 
> Audio/video applications would have a limited audience at this forum.

Again, Barring hardware failure, OS X is robust; it can maintain uptimes of 
months without issues.

Your AV software may rely on things that break when Apple offers an update so 
it's wise to CHECK before you blithely install those updates.

This does not mean OS X breaks easily. This DOES mean that you make sure the 
developers of your critical apps test the updates first. 

There is really only two rules for maintaining production systems:

1) If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It.

You don't HAVE to run every update Apple puts out the moment it comes out. Look 
at the list of what an update does. If it doesn't mention a specific problem 
you're having, put it on a test machine first, see what breaks before you 
install it on the system you rely on to run your business. It doesn't have to 
be a serious production system, but it does need to run the stuff you need to 
use. An old G4 or G5, or iMac or Macbook if you use Intel systems. Set it up 
with your major software, and use it to test system updates. When and if you 
upgrade main systems, use the oldest as your testbed device. It can be a 
regular production system, just make sure it's one you can do without for the 
time it takes to re-install.

Be smart about re-installing. Get your system set up so it's 'just right'. Then 
use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone it to an external drive (even just a bare HDD, 
using one of these ) 
clone the drive, then put the cloned drive on the shelf and leave it there. If 
you need to re-install, get the drive off the shelf and let OS X restore 
everything for you. when you re-install the OS. It takes a few hours to redo 
everything, but you don't need to be there, you can be off doing something else.

We use these same techniques at the college to streamline disaster recovery; 
they're equally applicable to Fortune 500 multinational companies as they are 
to one-man shops.

Even Microsoft Word can break things...one professor here charged ahead and got 
Office 2011 for the Mac, because she had a persistent problem with Word; it 
fixed her problem, but too late she discovered that EndNote (a bibliographic 
database widely used in the sciences) is not yet compatible with Office 2011. 

She discovered this 2 days before a big grant proposal was due (at about 8PM on 
a Friday, to be exact), by adding a reference and finding that all her 
references and her end notes vanished. (fortunately she is one of the users I 
support, and has been lectured ad nauseam about the importance of backups, so 
she was able to downgrade to Office 2008 then open up a backup copy of the 
document.)

2) Don't install anything more than you need on critical systems. 

Your studio systems are the core of your business. You should be installing 
just the software you need to do that on them. By all means get a 'playtime' 
mac to install all those cool browser plugins, and trial programs and 
windowshade icon changifier screen backgrounds that look cool but don't 
actually contribute to the task of running your businesslike 
LiveBackground...


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Walter Sheluk]

On 10-11-25 9:56 AM, Dan wrote:

Do you have enough free space on your HD to hold it?

Safari

500 GB free space.

Tried Safari and Google browsers but once again there is only 213.4 MB 
and message failed to mount.


Will defer using Terminal because  i really don't understand it.

Will crank up my G4 and try a download in Leopard or Tiger drives.

Stay tuned.

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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Tina K.]

On 2010/11/25 09:56, Dan so eloquently wrote:

Safari should offer the ability to resume it...  Look in its Downloads
window.  If the download was interrupted, an arrow/resume icon should
appear on the right side.  Click that and it will resume.


OmniWeb and iCab also have the ability to resume a download, perhaps 
this is a WebKit feature?


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Dan]

Title: Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not
mount


At 7:13 PM -0700 11/24/2010, Walter Sheluk wrote:
On 10-11-24 2:47 PM, Dan wrote:
Note please that this combo updater is
970.2 MB in size.  Once you have downloaded it, do a get-info and
check the size... It should be *exactly* 1,024,680,576
bytes.


aha, all i got was 213.4 MB ( 213,411,944 bytes) .  What
da???

It's a giant download.  Any sort of telecom glitch will end it
prematurely.

Do you have enough free space on your HD to hold it?

Safari should offer the ability to resume it...  Look in its
Downloads window.  If the download was interrupted, an
arrow/resume icon should appear on the right side.  Click that
and it will resume.

Another option is to use the Unix tool "curl", from
Terminal.  In Terminal, paste this command in:

curl -LO
http://supportdownload.apple.com/download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/061-9756.20101110.Myjo5/MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.5.dmg

Careful -- that's all one line and is case sensitive.  You
can interrupt the download by hitting ^C (control c).  You can
resume the download simply by repeating the command (just hit the
up-arrow to get it back, no need to re-copy and paste).

You can learn more about curl by issuing the command "man
curl".

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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Walter Sheluk]

On 10-11-24 2:47 PM, Dan wrote:
Note please that this combo updater is 970.2 MB in size.  Once you 
have downloaded it, do a get-info and check the size... It should be 
*exactly* 1,024,680,576 bytes. 

Thanks Dan,

aha, all i got was 213.4 MB ( 213,411,944 bytes) .  What da???

Now idon't know what to do because as a test idownloaded iTunes 10.1 ( 
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ ) and all is OK with 
download/verification/mount.





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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Dan]

At 3:01 PM -0700 11/24/2010, Walter Sheluk wrote:

Reinstalling is a major pain in the studio here.


My mantra is: Never reinstall.  Just reload your drive from your full 
backup then reapply the last update.  When you begin to feel the deep 
need to reinstall anything then you need to take a step back and 
Think Different.  Never apply that blind Windows solution to a Mac 
problem.


Discussing the update problems affecting my high end Audio/video 
applications would have a limited audience at this forum.


Are you saying that you have other problems related to this OS 
update?  Or just app issues in general, that you're working out with 
those companies?


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Jay Smith]

Ahh, it's gotten a bit like mac rumours in here today! 

I think you asked a fair question Walter, because you wanted an answer. End of 
really

Sent from my iPhone

On 24 Nov 2010, at 22:01, Walter Sheluk  wrote:

> 
> Sorry if my question seems trivial or loud 

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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Walter Sheluk]

On 10-11-24 2:25 PM, Dan wrote:
Out of the millions of Mac users, there are maybe a handful of loud 
people having problems...
I don't think it's being loud to mention a problem. My wife installed 
the update but she only uses her computer to float around the internet, 
email her friends and use Microsoft Mac Word and play a few games.  Her 
application folder has what Apple installer installed plus her purchases 
of Microsoft's Mac Word and some games. As long as she can start it up, 
run those services and then shut down she is happy. She does not even do 
repair permissions or directory. I'm sure there are many other similar 
users and of course they make very limited use of their computers or 
demands on the cpu and naturally the update is fine on their machines 
and if not they would simply re-install.


I depend on all my macs in my audio/video recording business and if they 
go wonkey then i have problems completing projects. . Reinstalling is a 
major pain in the studio here. Discussing the update problems affecting 
my high end Audio/video applications would have a limited audience at 
this forum.


Sorry if my question seems trivial or loud but were else can one ask 
about Mac problems if not at a forum such as this.  This forum is of 
great help to me as it gives me assurance that i am not the only person 
with an updating problem. It has also taught me many things i was not 
aware of.  My expertise is not  with computers.


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Dan]

At 4:28 PM -0500 11/24/2010, Dan wrote:

At 4:25 PM -0500 11/24/2010, Dan wrote:
Download of combo 10.6.5 will not mount and reported as file is 
corrupted whereas every other dot dmg file i have downloaded even 
the latest iTunes mounts. So what's up with that ?


The downloaded file was corrupted.  Probably a telecom issue. 
Trash the DMG file you have and re-download it.  Get it from APPLE 
not via some 3rd party.





Note please that this combo updater is 970.2 MB in size.  Once you 
have downloaded it, do a get-info and check the size... It should be 
*exactly* 1,024,680,576 bytes.


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Dan]

At 4:25 PM -0500 11/24/2010, Dan wrote:
Download of combo 10.6.5 will not mount and reported as file is 
corrupted whereas every other dot dmg file i have downloaded even 
the latest iTunes mounts. So what's up with that ?


The downloaded file was corrupted.  Probably a telecom issue.  Trash 
the DMG file you have and re-download it.  Get it from APPLE not via 
some 3rd party.




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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Dan]

Title: Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not
mount


At 1:24 PM -0700 11/24/2010, Walter Sheluk wrote:
On 10-11-24 12:43 PM, Dan wrote:
HOW *exactly* is your system
corrupted?

The ONLY thing you've said so far is that you're having difficulties
with ONE 3rd party product.  AND that that product's developer
has said there is a BUG to be delt with.  That is NOT a system
corruption.  At best it is a complaint about engine of your car
because the windshield wiper is flopping around.  The solution
is, as per the developer, to disable that 3rd party product until he
releases a fix!


Download of combo 10.6.5 will not mount
and reported as file is corrupted whereas every other dot dmg file i
have downloaded even the latest iTunes mounts. So what's up with that
?

The downloaded file was corrupted.  Probably a telecom
issue.  Trash the DMG file you have and re-download it.  Get
it from APPLE not via some 3rd party.

The programmer of MyLivingDesktop said
that Apple is aware and is working on a fix of 10.6.5.

A bug in either the OS or MLD.  NOT a corruption.

Which begs the question...  Apple makes seeds/alpha/beta
test builds of the OS available to ALL of the software developers. 
Why wasn't this issue delt with *before* the release?  Sounds
like the developer dropped the ball, to me.

I just wonder if some of the problems i
have read about are also related to the huge array of apple intell's
on the market.

What problems?  Be specific.  Out of the millions of
Mac users, there are maybe a handful of loud people having
problems...

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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Walter Sheluk]

On 10-11-24 12:43 PM, Dan wrote:

HOW *exactly* is your system corrupted?

The ONLY thing you've said so far is that you're having difficulties 
with ONE 3rd party product.  AND that that product's developer has 
said there is a BUG to be delt with.  That is NOT a system 
corruption.  At best it is a complaint about engine of your car 
because the windshield wiper is flopping around.  The solution is, as 
per the developer, to disable that 3rd party product until he releases 
a fix!
Download of combo 10.6.5 will not mount and reported as file is 
corrupted whereas every other dot dmg file i have downloaded even the 
latest iTunes mounts. So what's up with that ?


The programmer of MyLivingDesktop said that Apple is aware and is 
working on a fix of 10.6.5.


I just wonder if some of the problems i have read about are also related 
to the huge array of apple intell's on the market.


For me it's not the end of the world if i can't get the combo to mount 
but there's no doubt in my mind the update i did thru the "Software 
update..." services did something to my system. Call it a bug or call it 
a corruption something went wrong in my update in my iMac.



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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Walter Sheluk]

On 10-11-24 12:43 PM, Dan wrote:

Such devices should be *disconnected* when installing Apple updates.
This external firewired hard drive had the OS 10.6 prior to the latest 
update and was my startup drive .  Since i used the "Software update..." 
and  how do i disconnect to install unless i misunderstood your advice 
which for me is more then often.


I think it's the old old story when you complain to a software developer 
or about a software it's never their software it's always some thinkg else.


However i managed to revive this hard drive and will wait for a 
correction from Apple of their 10.6.5. There are other's reporting 
problems since the update such as eject button not working.



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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Dan]

At 9:42 AM -0700 11/24/2010, Walter Sheluk wrote:

On 10-11-24 9:28 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

A software update CAN NOT KILL A HARD DRIVE.


Not so sure about that


No, Bruce is correct.

because my brand new external firewire harddrive froze and locked up 
after the latest apple software update via Software update...?


Such devices should be *disconnected* when installing Apple updates. 
Having such connected can sometimes cause Apple's installer to hang 
for a long time, while it's looking around for components.  They can 
also cause difficulties if the Mac's firmware is being updated 
because that process often includes "zapping" the nvram -- which can 
then make the Mac spend an inordinate amount of time sniffing those 
peripherals during the reboot.


See Bruce's reply *10.

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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Dan]

At 9:33 AM -0700 11/24/2010, Walter Sheluk wrote:

On 10-11-24 8:53 AM, Dan wrote:

just use Software Update to get and apply it.

and that is what corrupted my system


HOW *exactly* is your system corrupted?

The ONLY thing you've said so far is that you're having difficulties 
with ONE 3rd party product.  AND that that product's developer has 
said there is a BUG to be delt with.  That is NOT a system 
corruption.  At best it is a complaint about engine of your car 
because the windshield wiper is flopping around.  The solution is, as 
per the developer, to disable that 3rd party product until he 
releases a fix!


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Bruce Johnson]

On Nov 24, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Walter Sheluk wrote:

> On 10-11-24 9:28 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>> A software update CAN NOT KILL A HARD DRIVE.
>> 
> Not so sure about that because my brand new external firewire harddrive froze 
> and locked up after the latest apple software update via Software update...?

 

Yes. I am absolutely positive of this. No modern hard drive could ever be 
damaged by a system software update. Remotely, you could have a damaged disk 
directory, but that's recoverable simply be either repairing the disk directory 
or reformmating the disk.

If Software Update messed up your computer and subsequent downloads of the 
standalone combo updater were corrupted, you have local network problems, such 
as a damaged router or ethernet interface, or some sort of problems with your 
isp.

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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Jonathan Smith]

walter, if  the hard drive locked up as you say, then it can be only one of
two things, software, so a temporary issue, or a coincidental hardware
failure.



On 24 November 2010 16:42, Walter Sheluk  wrote:
>
>
>>  Not so sure about that because my brand new external firewire harddrive
> froze and locked up after the latest apple software update via Software
> update...?
>
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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Walter Sheluk]

On 10-11-24 9:28 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

A software update CAN NOT KILL A HARD DRIVE.

Not so sure about that because my brand new external firewire harddrive 
froze and locked up after the latest apple software update via Software 
update...?


i am a fanatic about doing the repair permisions, running DiskWarrior, 
TechToolPro and even SuperDupering my drives ( which i am glad i 
superdupered it before the update ).


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Walter Sheluk]

On 10-11-24 8:53 AM, Dan wrote:

just use Software Update to get and apply it.

and that is what corrupted my system

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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Bruce Johnson]

On Nov 20, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Michael Shaw wrote:

> You are lucky if it won't mount !!
> 
> My downloaded updater .img mounted and installed properly & updated my
> system to 10.6.5...
> 
> And then I got a grey screen with a  flashing "?" when I restarted and
> booting the iMac from the Drive Genius DVD, the original iMac system disk,
> and Disk Utilities on the Snow Leopard install disks all reported that my
> drive had zero bytes on it.
> 
> 2007 2.8 GHz Extreme just two months out of AppleCare so it cost me to get
> the drive pulled & replaced.


That this happened during the 10.6.5 update is largely coincidental. A software 
update CAN NOT KILL A HARD DRIVE.

The drive was ready to go, and probably the sustained disk activity of the 
update put it over the edge.

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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Dan]

At 8:16 AM -0700 11/24/2010, Walter Sheluk wrote:
I learned that after burning the file was still corrupt. I wish 
those apple guys would stop playing with their iPads and iPhones and 
fix not only the "combo" download but also the update.


I do not believe that any of the Apple mirrors are currently offering 
corrupted updates.  The ones I've downloaded this morning are all 
intact, and show their original dates.


IOW, it is your download that was faulty.  Redo.  Or better - just 
use Software Update to get and apply it.


MyLivingDesktop was behaving oddly and i confirmed with the 
programmer for MLD that the latest update did indeed break something 
and that apple tech is working on an update.


Ok.  So there's a bug in either the OS or MLD that needs to be 
addressed.  That's nothing to do with a corrupted download.


Moving desktop backgrounds?  Really?  I donno, I think that would 
make me want to stick a fork thru my skull, or at least go shrieking 
into the night...  Wasn't there a gizmo that animated all the icons 
on your desktop, back in the OS 8/9 days?  I seem to remember playing 
with it; having it drag my machine to its knees.  Don't mind me.  I 
still miss Forker.


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Walter Sheluk]

On 10-11-24 8:10 AM, Dan wrote:
Walter, I'm sorry - that's just not smart.  If the dmg doesn't mount 
correctly, then it is CORRUPTED.  You may be able to futz around with 
it, and ultimately get it to work ... but then what  It's 
CORRUPTED.  If it updates your system, you will have A CORRUPTED SYSTEM. 
You are right. I learned that after burning the file was still corrupt. 
I wish those apple guys would stop playing with their iPads and iPhones 
and fix not only the "combo" download but also the update. 
MyLivingDesktop was behaving oddly and i confirmed with the programmer 
for MLD that the latest update did indeed break something and that apple 
tech is working on an update.


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Dan]

At 12:32 PM -0700 11/20/2010, Walter Sheluk wrote:
It appears to me that Apple have created a "monster" update because 
there have been so many reported problems.


The updates are large because Mac OS X includes quite a few 3rd party 
items, many open source -- eg: WebKit (Safari's underbelly), Apache 
(web sharing), CUPS (printing), Gutenprint (the bazillion print 
drivers).  Those items are usually released as complete new blobs 
(installations), not tiny incremental patches.  Since the open source 
community is mostly volunteers from the edu world, the bigger 
releases tend to occur in late summer or early fall before school, 
college, etc, grabs their time...


At 11:06 AM -0700 11/20/2010, Walter Sheluk wrote:
Well Disk Utility claims that file is not recognized or something 
like that so i will try toast 10 and see what happens.


Walter, I'm sorry - that's just not smart.  If the dmg doesn't mount 
correctly, then it is CORRUPTED.  You may be able to futz around with 
it, and ultimately get it to work ... but then what  It's 
CORRUPTED.  If it updates your system, you will have A CORRUPTED 
SYSTEM.


As Bruce said:
  TRASH IT, AND GET ANOTHER COPY.  IT'S OK... APPLE WILL MAKE MORE...


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Walter Sheluk]

Michael Shaw wrote:

2007 2.8 GHz Extreme just two months out of AppleCare so it cost me to 
get the drive pulled & replaced.


My problems are minor compared to that problem.

It appears to me that Apple have created a "monster" update because 
there have been so many reported problems.


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Michael Shaw]

You are lucky if it won't mount !!

My downloaded updater .img mounted and installed properly & updated my
system to 10.6.5...

And then I got a grey screen with a  flashing "?" when I restarted and
booting the iMac from the Drive Genius DVD, the original iMac system disk,
and Disk Utilities on the Snow Leopard install disks all reported that my
drive had zero bytes on it.

2007 2.8 GHz Extreme just two months out of AppleCare so it cost me to get
the drive pulled & replaced.

M





On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Dennis B. Swaney  wrote:

> On 13/11/10 09:08PST, Walter Sheluk wrote:
>
>> On 10-11-13 8:20 AM, Al Poulin wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Found nothing in Apple's Support pages, but there is mention of using
>>> Safe Mode here:
>>> http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20022511-263.html?tag=mncol;title
>>>
>>> Al Poulin
>>>
>>>  Thanks for the confirmation that there is something wrong with the dot
>> dmg file because i was working up the courage to run an archival update
>> of SnowLeopard.
>>
>>
>> Is there any other utility application that will "mount" a dot dmg file ?
>>
>>
> Have you tried downloading it again? Usually if it won't mount it is due to
> file corruption or damage.
>
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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Walter Sheluk]

On 10-11-20 10:45 AM, Tina K. wrote:
Disk Utility, which probably use the same core and will give the same 
result. Some disc burning utilities will mound disc images. You can 
try Burn, Liquid CD, Toast… 

Thanks Tina,

Well Disk Utility claims that file is not recognized or something like 
that so i will try toast 10 and see what happens.


Walter


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Dennis B. Swaney]

On 13/11/10 09:08PST, Walter Sheluk wrote:

On 10-11-13 8:20 AM, Al Poulin wrote:


Found nothing in Apple's Support pages, but there is mention of using
Safe Mode here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20022511-263.html?tag=mncol;title

Al Poulin


Thanks for the confirmation that there is something wrong with the dot
dmg file because i was working up the courage to run an archival update
of SnowLeopard.

Is there any other utility application that will "mount" a dot dmg file ?



Have you tried downloading it again? Usually if it won't mount it is due 
to file corruption or damage.



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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Bruce Johnson]

On Nov 20, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Tina K. wrote:

> On 2010/11/13 10:08, Walter Sheluk so eloquently wrote:
>> Is there any other utility application that will "mount" a dot dmg file ?
> 
> Disk Utility, which probably use the same core and will give the same result. 
> Some disc burning utilities will mound disc images. You can try Burn, Liquid 
> CD, Toast…



If the disk image doesn't mount in Finder it's corrupted and no utility or 
program will fix this, moreover you would have to be just plain insane to rely 
on a corrupted disk image for a SYTEM UPDATE!!! =8-0

Trash it, and get another copy. It's ok...Apple will make more...

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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Tina K.]

On 2010/11/13 10:08, Walter Sheluk so eloquently wrote:

Is there any other utility application that will "mount" a dot dmg file ?


Disk Utility, which probably use the same core and will give the same 
result. Some disc burning utilities will mound disc images. You can try 
Burn, Liquid CD, Toast…


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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Walter Sheluk]

On 10-11-13 8:20 AM, Al Poulin wrote:


Found nothing in Apple's Support pages, but there is mention of using
Safe Mode here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20022511-263.html?tag=mncol;title

Al Poulin

Thanks for the confirmation that there is something wrong with the dot 
dmg file because i was working up the courage to run an archival update 
of SnowLeopard.


Is there any other utility application that will "mount" a dot dmg file ?

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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Al Poulin]

On Nov 11, 6:56 pm, Walter Sheluk  wrote:
> I downloaded the Combo 10.6.5 from apple and from version tracker but
> both will not mount.
>
> I downloaded several other .dmg files as a test and they all mount.
>
> Any one else with that problem with the Apple Combo today ?
>
> How do get it to mount ?

On second thought, instead of messing around with Safe Mode, I'll just
wait a week or two for Apple to fix the package and try then.

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Re: Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Al Poulin]

On Nov 11, 6:56 pm, Walter Sheluk  wrote:
> I downloaded the Combo 10.6.5 from apple and from version tracker but
> both will not mount.
>
> I downloaded several other .dmg files as a test and they all mount.
>
> Any one else with that problem with the Apple Combo today ?
>
> How do get it to mount ?

Found nothing in Apple's Support pages, but there is mention of using
Safe Mode here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20022511-263.html?tag=mncol;title

Al Poulin

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Combo 10.6.5 download will not mount

[Walter Sheluk]

I downloaded the Combo 10.6.5 from apple and from version tracker but 
both will not mount.


I downloaded several other .dmg files as a test and they all mount.

Any one else with that problem with the Apple Combo today ?

How do get it to mount ?

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