On 6/13/10, Don Montalvo <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan Shoop <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Jun 12, 2010, at 11:54 PM, Don Montalvo wrote: >>> Since Apple doesn't provide post-10.6.3 device drivers to the public, all >>> you can do is start with the OSX install that came on that computer and >>> migrate your stuff over manually. Or, as you stated, wait for 10.6.4. >>> Heck, if you have an ADC login... ;) >> >> Note, as I said, this is not purely a driver issue (not that we have real >> drivers in OS X anyway) and 10.6.4 may not resolve this, you may need to >> wait for the next bootable release, not just an update. >> >> Your best options in order are: >> >> (1) Clean install from the Installer CD/DVD, reinstall any third party >> app, copy over your $HOME and data. >> >> (2) Clean install from the Installer, as root (preferably in SUM, logged >> in via ssh or the Terminal) copy over any missing applications (which >> should be self-contained .apps or should have supporting code in >> /Library), and everything in /Library. You shouldn't have anything in >> /System that doesn't belong to Apple. Then copy over your $HOME and data. >> >> This presumes this is a single user machine. Otherwise you could restore >> OD too, but better to just recreate accounts and copy over their $HOMEs. >> >> -d > > Hi Dan, > > Yes, good point (re: kernel supporting new architecture). I just finished > making a new NetBoot image from 27" Late 2009 iMac...and we were golden. > Then we got a shipment of the new i5/i7 MacBook Pro laptops that have an > even more recent build. I wish Apple would just release patches to upgrade > our images.
Can't we just open finder binary in TextEdit and type in the support like apple does? I don't see why we have to wait for them to do what we can already. > > Don_______________________________________________ > MacOSX-admin mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin > -- Best Regards, John Musbach _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
