At 9:42 AM -0700 11/24/2010, Walter Sheluk wrote:
On 10-11-24 9:28 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
A software update CAN NOT KILL A HARD DRIVE.
Not so sure about that
No, Bruce is correct.
because my brand new external firewire harddrive froze and locked up
after the latest apple software update via Software update...?
Such devices should be *disconnected* when installing Apple updates.
Having such connected can sometimes cause Apple's installer to hang
for a long time, while it's looking around for components. They can
also cause difficulties if the Mac's firmware is being updated
because that process often includes "zapping" the nvram -- which can
then make the Mac spend an inordinate amount of time sniffing those
peripherals during the reboot.
See Bruce's reply *10.
- Dan.
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