Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 3/20/07 2:04 PM, "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> typed: > At 10:41 AM -0700 3/20/07, e. nitka wrote: >> A cautionary tale - I updated from 10.4.8 to 10.4.9 and it was a >> disaster - couldn't open WORD, PHOTOSHOP and lost my printer. The >> fault is mine as I didn't do all the prep work they advise - in the >> past I never did and the updates went flawlessly. SO......Anyone >> out there contemplating updating should pay close attention to the >> pre and post updating protocols on the Apple web site. >> >> ernie > > I always run a good directory maintenance/repair utility such as > Diskwarrior, and then a good clean-up script like applejack before > major upgrades. I also try to have a fully up to date image backup of > my main drive on hand. If your basic disk structure has a couple of > little problems, they readily turn into major things when you do a > big upgrade. I Tech tool Pro 4 my PowerBook G4 12" which I got December 2005. It used to be I'd run into major trouble and have to Disk warrior. Really saved my but on a few occasions. But the Tech tool with these latter systems seems to have everything under control. Got to get it updated though. New CD and everything. Otherwise it thinks its fixing a Lisa. Mark Rabiner 8A/109s New York, NY markrabiner.com