just my 2c
was it 2-3 weeks ago i had problems with java & after a for & back
with our very own macintosh professor Ronni it boiled down to the
fact that software update is not as reliable is it should be
in my case all the missing java updates where not recognized & i had
to update in 6 steps all manually
also all professional apps made by apple are not included in the
software update
James
On 14/08/2009, at 9:03, Daniel Kerr wrote:
On 14/8/09 8:09 AM, "Peter Hinchliffe" <hinch...@multiline.com.au>
wrote:
On 13/08/2009, at 9:10 PM, Bob Jackson wrote:
When installing Apple software updates it is often necessary to
restart the computer. This becomes irksome if a separate restart is
required for each of many updates. Is it possible to install a
number of updates using only one restart?
Bob
Generally, those installations which require a restart are installing
or patching vital components which exist at the System level of the
operating system. These components are typically loaded at startup
time, not when launching applications or any other "on-the-fly"
activity.
The problem is that updates can make changes to some of these
resources such that the code is significantly altered is ways that
will affect already-running software to the point where it might
crash, or worse, become damaged in some way.
To safeguard against all this, Software Update requires a restart
after installing components which might potentially cause such
issues.
In fact, Leopard takes this a step further by requiring you to quit
everything BEFORE installing anything. By the same token, SU also
informs of which updates will require a restart. You have the choice
of installing these independently of those that don't.
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Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
With some of these updates, yes I agree. But if they are all listed in
Software Update, then surely you're doing the same thing it's
doing,.it
downloads all say 10 updates (even if 3 need restarts) all at the
same time,
then it restarts once, once all of them are upgraded.
Doing it manually, surely would be doing the same thing?
Happy to be proven wrong and change my method, but can't say I've
ever had a
problem yet.
If it's an EFI or say Bluetooth Firmware Update then I'll do those
separately to patch Firmware individually with a restart after each
one.
Kind Regards
Daniel
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