Chuck, Geno, G-Listas All G'day! G-List wrote: > G-List Digest #1991
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:06:47 -0400 > Subject: Re: [G] I broke OS-X! string, TechTool branch > From: Charles Davis > > On Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at 09:02 PM, Geno wrote: > > There is a bit of 1984 paranoia and angst about all of this, don=B9t = > you > > think? Not too much Geno.;-/ No really, it's just the way I'm useto doin' things, ol' habits are at least of some comfort to me in this new to me OSX, but I don't believe that I'm alone on this, and here's where Chuck has kindly helped me out. > >> Does it seem to Anyone else; that since OSX.3 hit the streets > >> that All is being tied to the Apple site via Software Update?, > >> and moving away from allowing the straight downloads and > >> letting us pick n choose then install them ourselves from our > >> own DT at leisure, all the while requiring that each of our > >> Macs being fully config'd(call home?) and Net connected? > >> Or am I just stuck in the ways of yore?, and still wanting to > >> do it in my pat 'ol n somewhat ancient time proven ways? snip > That's why I now do all "Software Updates" by way of "Download to=20 > desktop" & then self install. > > It also lets me keep the 'updates' for later use on other systems=20 > WITHOUT the 'timewasting' download/install of "Software Update". I heartily Thank You Chuck for your timely chime in on this, and will be doing likewise, while also burning those saved DLs to CD media for safe keeping and more than likely re-use later. Thanx again! Respectful of GURUs Bill Cornett cornettATgolDOTcom "Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us be thankful."-Buddha / -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
