Here comes my philosophy on this,-- you wouldn't think I wouldn't add my mustard to the sandwich, would you?
Knowing little about the intricacies of different Macs, neither the blue one, nor the G3s , also forgot all these cat creatures that roamed the apple forest before Panther and am naive about all the applications in my own machine who might interfere with an update, I hold it thus: as soon as an update appears on my screen, I update it from the update menu. If Jerry's reminder precedes that of my own computer's clock, I download it then. He makes a good case and has solid reasons for his determinations . Then I pray to the super Power that it will work, always with the trust in my fellow Mac-comrades that they will not leave me in the cold in case something goes wrong. Marta, self determined queen of the Mac-User realm ! ( Remember, queens don't need a lot of intelligence, but are essential for ceremonial purposes!) On Nov 7, 2005, at 8:41, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > It helps. > > Thanks. > > Sunday, November 6, 20055:39 PMJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com > >> How best to answer this ... hmm ... >> >> What I have looked for when I relay "No widespread reports of >> problems" about an update is I look at what kinds of problems are >> occurring and being reported. Say for example, an update comes out >> and suddenly a major portion of the Mac OS-X using internet goes >> silent. One would suspect that there is a serious problem, so bad >> that it is keeping folks from even reporting on it, :^) (Uh, there >> was a problem with one release of Safari when it first came out that >> fell into this category, that release was pulled quickly). >> >> Barring that, then next; are there groups of reports that can be >> categorized into ones that affect certain models? If I only hear of >> reports that are fairly isolated instances, then I mention the >> update. One problem with this approach is that it needs (and relies >> on) the reports of the early adopters (I am one of those), so if >> folks do not update and report quickly, then a common problem may not >> show up until later. >> >> With all of that in mind I will tell you that I think it is okay for >> you to do the updates, at least to the G4 Powerbook. >> >> There are some caveats that come with Apple updates one should pay >> attention to: >> 1) Disconnect external firewire drives and what not before updating. >> 2) legacy systems may not take the update well, especially the Blue >> and White G3 Macs (these were not designed to be ran with OS-X in >> mind at all it seems and it is a wonder that Ryan Rempke's patch has >> managed to make OS-X run on these systems. >> >> As far as your friends G3 iBook goes, I must ask which one is it? So >> far, the ones that had the FireWire ports seem to run Tiger pretty >> well (no they do not get the cool graphics and effects in Tiger), but >> the earlier ones seem to be best with Panther. [The core *nix stuff >> in OS-X will run on all systems, even the old PPC Macs, but the >> graphics and audio add ons are the parts that break OS-X for the >> older Macs.] >> >> I suspect with Leopard, all of the G3 Books will formally join their >> Blue and White cousin in the Legacy Lineup. >> >> The Onyx problem is one that will always happen to small third party >> developers and as a discussion topic would take us far from your >> question. >> >> Does that help or make things worse? >> >> Jerry >> >> On Nov 6, 2005, at 4:22 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: >> >>> Jerry, >>> >>> I'm confused about this update! >>> >>> There has been a lot of cross talk about problems occurring after the >>> update - some of which I understand and (fan issues) and some of >>> which I >>> do not understand re: Russell Preston's problem with AppleScript >>> error >>> 1762.... and OnyX maintenance suite - all geek to me. >>> >>> What I want to know is can I safely / should I download and install >>> this >>> update on my G4 Powerbook? What about a friend's G3 iBook? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Harry >>> >>> Wednesday, November 2, 200510:22 PMJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com >>> >>>> So far there does not seem to a large number of reported problems, >>>> so >>>> if you missed the news, Apple has released a few more updates >>>> recently including 10.4.3, but you will most likely want a high >>>> speed >>>> connection to download it, as it is around 93MB in size. >>>> >>>> Get it via SUPP or from Apple's site. >>>> >>>> Jerry >>>> >>>> ----------------------------------- >>>> Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure >>>> if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >>> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> ----------------------------------- >> Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure >> if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. >> >> >> > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
