I forgot to add another good reason for manual log file updates is if you use Combo installers from Apple. The Software Update.log is only auto updated by files installed by the Software Updater. If you updated OS X from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 using the MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.7.dmg, it will not show up in your Installed Updates.
Dick On Saturday6/27/09 4:04 PM, "Richard Kriss" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think Microsoft did away with the update log showing what was > updated and when it was updated with Office 2008. I like having > a log so I amended my OS X log file to document (for my own use) > that I reinstalled OS X 10.5.7 as well as Office 2008 on June 26, > 2009. > > Too bad YouTalk will not display screen shots but the two entries > now show up under System Preferences/Software Update/Installed > Updates. The entries show up as: > > Friday6/26/09 9:00 AM Reinstalled MacOSXUpdCombo 10.5.7 > Friday6/26/09 5:30 PM Reinstalled Office 2008 12.1.9 > > The text file I edited is located at > > Macintosh HD/Library/Logs/Software Update.log > > and the following text was added: > > 2009-06-26 09:00:00 -0500: Installed "Reinstalled MacOSXUpdCombo" (10.5.7) > 2009-06-26 17:30:00 -0500: Installed "Reinstalled Office 2008" (12.1.9) > > I like to keep a record of what I did and this works for me. It was > a big deal to reinstall both. > > Dick > > > > -- > YouTalk mailing list > List address: [email protected] > List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html > List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] > To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe -- YouTalk mailing list List address: [email protected] List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
