In addition to what Netamicky said, if you have a chance to download it
somewhere else over broadband and either burn it to CD/DVD or put it on
a USB key and copy it over to her computer that way, it will go much
smoother.
My sister used to be on dial-up, so I used to download all the updaters
this way and mail her a CD.
Stephen
On 8/1/10 6:26 AM, Nestamicky wrote:
On 01/08/10 8:01 AM, Linda wrote:
I have my sister's iMac running 10.5.5: 2.4 GHz Intel core duo processor
she doesn't deserve a machine like this!
she has dial up and has not updated since she bought this computer a few
years ago.
Anyway I had her bring it to me since I have a cable connection. I ran
system updater but when I got the system 10 update combined for 10.5.8 I
can't seem to get it to install.
I set it up last night and this morning only about a tenth of the
install bar had completed. the file is 768MB large. How long should
this take? She was hoping to take it home this afternoon.
Linda in Ohio
It has taken more than it should. I will go directly to Apple's
downloads and download the update as you would from, say, Version
Tracker. Then run the .dmg update file and update the machine that way.
I think it's called Combo update on Apple's website, but once you're
there, read closely, you'd get it. Besides, using the direct updater has
been known to result in errors.
It's nice of you to update her machine.
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