Here is an example for you Beth, This comes from MacFixit: (http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20030312020856258#combo)
Importance of the combo updater Though we have covered the issue several times before, we cannot stress enough the importance of Apple's Mac OS X 10.2.4 combination updater for solving a number of minor troubleshooting problems. Even if your 10.2.3 to 10.2.4 update installed smoothly and restarted the machine properly, problems that arise after the process are often solved by applying the larger combo updater. Case in point: We've been receiving several letters from readers lately indicating that some keys (particularly "shift" and "caps lock") do not work after applying the Mac OS X 10.2.4 update. In nearly every one of these cases, following up with the reader and ensuring that they had applied the Mac OS X 10.2.4 combo updater resulted in resolution of the problem. Other issues that have been reported solved by the combo updater include recognition of internal optical drives, mouse failure, and kernel panics soon after startup. You can download the Mac OS X 10.2.4 combo updater [ 76.1 MB ] from Apple's support servers. On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 01:07 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: > It seems to be a collection of problems that are isolated to small > groups. People have been saying for a while in the "fixit forums" > around the web that they would some some strange problem after > installing an update via SUCP that would go away after they downloaded > the combo installer and installed the update. For a while it seemed to > be an urban legend type of thing, but these folks have making their > voices heard. > > After an update comes out, try hitting a few places like macfixit, > xl8yourmac, etc and read the comments about problems. Invariably there > will be several reports of some problem that appears and goes away > after the person downloaded and ran the combo version rather than the > SUCP version. > > Jerry > > On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 08:22 AM, Beth Ernst wrote: > >>>>> b. Mac OS X update 10.2.4 >>>> >>>> Many folks that had problems with the sucp version have had better >>>> results using the combo updater (available on Apple's site). Try the >>>> sucp version, but if you have troubles, download the combo updater >>>> and >>>> re-apply it. >>> >>> >> Is that problems with installing the update or problems after the >> update was installed? What type of problems? >> >> Thanks >> Beth >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> >> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2968 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20030312/3bbff2a6/attachment.bin
