Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There have been several essays on the topic of OS X and the update process recently. You might find them interesting: The base article: <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/mac_os_x/shock_and_awe.php> Arstechnica's take on the issue: <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/03/19/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-update> I think John Gruber, though, has the best balance: <http://daringfireball.net/2004/12/software_update> Personally I think it's all just magic and I have a wizard come in and wave a wand, do some incantations, and it's all good. That and backing up... Adam On 3/20/07, e. nitka <enitka1@comcast.net> wrote: > A cautionary tale - I updated from 10.4.8 to 10.4.9 and it was a > disaster - couldn't open WORD, PHOTOSHOP and lost my printer. The fault > is mine as I didn't do all the prep work they advise - in the past I > never did and the updates went flawlessly. SO......Anyone out there > contemplating updating should pay close attention to the pre and post > updating protocols on the Apple web site. > > ernie > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >