Hi Derek,
I’ve included FYI my post to WAMUG back on 30 June 2011 Subject: Installing
10.6.8 update:
Follow these instructions and you should not experience any problems.
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Download the OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo from here:
<http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399>
Install OS X Updates correctly:
DON’T FORGET:
1. Backup your system BEFORE installing the Combo Update (or Update).
2. Repair Permissions before and after installing the Combo Update (or Update).
3. Turn OFF Time Machine in System Preferences
4. Unmount & Disconnect any External USB & Firewire Drives / Time Machine
5. Install the Combo Update (or Update)
6. Run Software Update after installing the Updates
7. Repair Permissions
8. Connect your Backup Drive
9. Go to System Preferences > Time Machine and Turn Time Machine ON
Let Time Machine complete a backup.
** Apple warning for installing Updates:
Do not interrupt the installation process once you have started to update your
system.
As I have said numerous times on WAMUG List “Do Not Upgrade if anything is
amiss with your system”.
As is the case with all updates, if there’s anything at all amiss with your
system before the update, the update is likely to expose them.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 02/07/2011, at 4:18 PM, Derek Perry wrote:
> Hi Ronda,
> Thanks very much for clarifying that for me, will be heading off to the Apple
> site, to download combo, as soon as i'm up, on an off peak period time,
> (iinet).
> Regards
> Derek
>
> On 02/07/2011, at 4:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>
>> Hi Derek,
>>
>> The “Combo" updates contain all incremental updates and will update files
>> that could have become corrupted.
>> A combo update is every previous update in a single update package. You can
>> update any 10.6 version to 10.6.8.
>>
>> Combo updaters will install on the same version as they're applying--no need
>> to roll back or do a clean install.
>> So if you think you've got a bad 10.6.7 install from a regular update, just
>> run the 10.6.7 Combo Updater on that system.
>>
>> "Delta" updaters can only take you from one version to the next. For
>> example: 10.6.7 to 10.6.8.
>> If somehow the 10.6.7 is missing something it should have, and that
>> something isn't changed between 10.6.7 and 10.6.8 it will still be bad after
>> the delta update.
>>
>> I always recommended going to the Apple site and manually downloading the
>> Combo system upgrades; the only way to be sure that everything that needs to
>> be in place is in place.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>>
>> On 02/07/2011, at 3:16 PM, Derek Perry wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Just had a reminder to update from OSX 10.6.7 to OSX 10.6.8, size 478.3 MB,
>>> what does the combo consist of, that makes it 1.09 GB, as mentioned below,
>>> this did not come up as an option on update.
>>> Regards
>>> Derek Perry
>>> imac 27 inch, 3.4GHz i7 Quadcore, 8GB ram, 1TB hard-drive, 2GB Graphics.
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