Oh yeah. I don't even want to tell you how I blue up my recovery partition but
that was a id10t error on my part. but he is right. Back up back up back up
before *any* update big or small. that montra has saved me about a few hundred
hours of pulling out my hair in screaming frustration.
Tc al
Hi James
On 9 Sep 2012, at 21:11, JAMES AUSTIN wrote:
I was not aware of this, thank you for for letting me know. :)
Let me give you an example of something which happened to Lynne quite recently.
Apple recently released an update to their Remote Desktop manager admin
application. There was
On 9 Sep 2012, at 21:09, James AUSTIN wrote:
Hi Gordon,
On 9 Sep 2012, at 17:19, Gordon Smith wrote:
Respectfully, I disagree on this point, and I'll tell you why. If, as
sometimes happens, updated versions make changes to preference files which
point to the same application name as the olde
Hi James
Respectfully, I disagree on this point, and I'll tell you why. If, as
sometimes happens, updated versions make changes to preference files which
point to the same application name as the older versions did, but which have
distinctly updated formatting, replacing the older app won't so
Hi Phil
Sorry to sound like a broken old record here, but the usual recommendation
applies. Make, and retain, a current full backup of your system. Use
something like Super Duper! or Carbon Copy Cloner to accomplish this.
That way, you'd know whether the update breaks anything and, if it does
y
Subject: Backing off Apple software updates
There is an update to iMovie, but I'm reluctant to install it as I finally
have iMovie figured out and am afraid Apple may break some of the
accessibility in the new version. Is there a way to back off an update and
revert to a previous versi
On 9 Sep 2012, at 16:40, James AUSTIN wrote:
Hi Phil,
On 9 Sep 2012, at 16:27, Phil Halton wrote:
Is there a way to back off an update and revert to a previous version once
you've installed the update?
Before updating, make a copy of the previous version. That way, if the new
version breaks
There is an update to iMovie, but I'm reluctant to install it as I finally
have iMovie figured out and am afraid Apple may break some of the
accessibility in the new version. Is there a way to back off an update and
revert to a previous version once you've installed the update?
On the iPhone I
