Re: OS X updates - checking permissions prior to...

[Al Poulin]

This is really OT, but David Pogue has been dealing with Service Pack 2 
for Windows XP for the past three weeks in his weekly series for the 
New York Times.  What a can of worms!  But to the point of Larry's 
comment, Pogue's latest remarks include that it is very important to 
run chkdsk (looks like our Disk Utility First Aid) to repair hard drive 
damage before doing any maintenance on Windows machines, especially 
before doing a large update.

The previous weekly item included eight steps of basic computer hygiene 
to work through before attempting to install SP2.  Of course, we 
practice most of these steps on our Macs anyway.  But if anyone is 
interested, I'll forward the three weeklies.  Note that I am in digest 
mode, so this could take a day or so.  If you address me directly, 
using the above subject line might catch my eye when I check the Junk 
Folder.

Al Poulin
Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, 
proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.

On Nov 6, 2004, at 3:33 PM, iMac List wrote:
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From: "Larry le Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OS X updates - checking permissions prior to...
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 17:56:26 +0100
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From: Tim Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

It's sort of sad that there are so many people who resist following a 
few
simple precautions before doing an update.
It's not strange though considering how Apple and everyone else
bangs on about how simple and flawless the Mac OS is...
In Windows no such checks are required when updating (to the
best of my knowledge/experience, though it's limited to W2K).

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