Hi Tim Could be. Should be fine off Safe Boot Mode, though can't remember off the top of my head if it turns off a couple of things needed to run the install. Had an idea something did, but I could be thinking of another install I did that needed something turned on. But yes, should be fine.
Kind Regards Daniel On 13/11/10 3:47 PM, "Tim Law" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Done that Daniel. I'm wondering if a special Finder background image app I > have may have caused problems. It's a moving video of various scenes. I also > forgot to unplug a USB backup drive the first time. > > Is it okay to run the updated in safe boot mode to stop any background > oddities interfering? > > T > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 13/11/2010, at 3:33 PM, Daniel Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi Tim >> >> I'd reinstall the OSX 10.6.5 update from the dmg file just to play it safe. >> Shouldn't hurt it, but may fix anything that wasn't installed 100% the first >> time. >> >> Kind Regards >> Daniel >> >> >> On 13/11/10 3:12 PM, "Tim Law" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> All, >>> >>> Instead of relying on Software Update to upgrade to 10.6.5 on my Mac Mini as >>> I >>> normally do, I thought I'd try the combo update route promoted here and >>> downloaded the 10.6.5 combo update file which ran to a 1Gb file. >>> >>> i diligently repaired permissions, twice, and went ahead with confidence, >>> having never had any problems with an upgrade. >>> >>> Once I checked the upgrade was running smoothly I went away only to be >>> alerted >>> to 'the computers having a spaz attack' by an alert family member. >>> >>> The screen was flashing in a way I'd never seen it before. Only the top of >>> the >>> screen was visible, and only momentarily in between flashes. I have uploaded >>> a >>> short movie (5mb) of the fault to: >>> http://gallery.me.com/peoplehelp/100247 >>> I've no idea why the image is upside down on Gallery. That's odd!! >>> >>> The only way I could control the Mac Mini was to hold down the power button >>> until it turned off. No keyboard shortcuts would make a difference >>> >>> On restart the finder came back as expected. >>> But once the screen went to sleep, it wouldn't wake, so another hard restart >>> was needed. >>> >>> I checked under "about this Mac" and it is indicating I am now running >>> 10.6.5 > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
