Hi Ronni
Thankyou very much for the very useful reminder on doing updates. I
think I need to print and pin up your list in my office!!
I see you have an i7 MacBook Pro 17".
Im thinking of upgrading my machine and had a look on the Apple
website at the 15" models. As part of their options they have an i7
2.8ghz addition, extra 4gb ram (which seems expensive) as well as the
SSD (solid state drives) up to 500gb.
Do you or any other muggers have experience with using these SS drives
in terms of speed, reliability and long term use? I spoke to a local
bloke down here who says they are just amazing, albeit very expensive.
He mentioned they are quieter, faster and produce less heat. I would
hope they would also be safer in the long term for data integrity?
Thanks for any advice and best regards to all
Chris
Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: [email protected]
On 07/01/2011, at 8:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi WAMUG Members,
I probably don't need to remind people as I've have posted this
warning numerous times, but just in case, I'll post it one last
time ;-)
Install OS X Updates correctly:
DON’T FORGET:
1. Backup your system BEFORE installing the Combo Update (or Update).
2. Repair Permissions before and after installing the Combo Update
(or Update).
3. Turn OFF Time Machine in System Preferences
4. Unmount & Disconnect any External USB & Firewire Drives / Time
Machine
5. Install the Combo Update (or Update)
6. Run Software Update after installing the Updates
7. Repair Permissions
8. Connect your Backup Drive
8. Go to System Preferences > Time Machine and Turn Time Machine ON
Let Time Machine complete a backup.
** Apple warning for installing Updates:
Do not interrupt the installation process once you have started to
update your system.
As I have said numerous times on WAMUG List “Do Not Upgrade if
anything is amiss with your system”.
As is the case with all updates, if there’s anything at all amiss
with your system before the update, the update is likely to expose
them.
<http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1349>
Apple’s support downloads page
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7
2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm
OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
On 07/01/2011, at 12:01 AM, Pete Smith wrote:
Thanks Warren.
I'm doing the combo update download now also.
For those interested, the combo update is 1 GB in size!
<http://support.apple.com/downloads/#macosx106>
Regards,
Pete Smith
iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
750GB Hdrive OS X 10.6.2
On 06/01/2011, at 22:08 PM, Warren Jones wrote:
downloading now
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