Thank you very much, Ronni, I was not aware of the macOS Sierra app — it must be a new method since I installed Yosemite. I was confused by the name being so similar to the later updates.
It took a long time to download and install, but things on my computer are mostly back to normal. I have a few small gripes: it doesn’t seem possible now to view emails before they are downloaded. That was a feature I liked very much — weed out the recognizable bad ones before they hit my desktop. Folders have been shuffled into different locations, and my custom icons have been removed, but that just takes a little time to fix. Again, many thanks! Pat > On 3 Jun 2017, at 22:02, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Pat, > > You are upgrading from Yosemite to Sierra, you first require to install macOS > Sierra.app - NOT the Sierra Combo 10.12.5 > Combo Updates update the base version of a Mac OS X release to the version > specified in the Combo Update, including all intermediate updates. > For example, the Combo Update updates any earlier version of macOS Sierra > 10.12.0 > to macOS Sierra 10.12.5 using a single installer, as opposed to installing > the individual 10.12.1, 10.12.2, 10.12.3, and 10.12.4 updates. > Go to this link <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201475 > <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201475>> > > Make sure you do backups, check updates for applications you use that they > are compatible, do the preparation! > > Cheers, > Ronni > > > ----------- > > >> On 3 Jun 2017, at 6:39 pm, Pat <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I also am having a problem updating from OSX 10.10.5. I first downloaded >> the latest Sierra Combo to 10.12.5. When I tried to install it, the message >> said it could only be installed on 10.12.2. So I downloaded the Combo >> installer for that. When I tried to install it, it said it could only be >> installed on 10.11.1. >> >> I have downloaded that Combo now, but it still says it has to be installed >> on 10.11.0. I have searched for such a Combo installer without success. >> >> Need some advice as to what to do. I thought Combo installations should work >> on any previous OS. Certainly, Yosemite is the last iteration of OSX 10. The >> Apple "support help" has not provided any information. >> >> Hopefully, >> Pat >> >> > > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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