This may be a temporary glitch, but if it isn’t, I thought it’s important enough to post this in a new thread:
CAUTION !
I have repeatedly tried downloading the 10.3.4 Combined Update from the Apple site, and It consistently gives me a tiny 64K file. This leads me to believe that the update may have been withdrawn. (Remember the first release of 10.2.8?)
The regular update (39.5 MB) downloads normally, in about 5 minutes.
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I know that the notes say that about the updaters, and this has been discussed extensively in the Apple Discussions. However, the answer is that you can use either version if you are already on 10.3.3 — and the Combo version can be safer if your System is not in perfect condition.
I think that you either ran into a busy server, some sort of firewall, or clicked on a bad link.
Well, maybe a busy server but not a bad link. I tried several links at the Apple site and, besides, the tiny file that downloaded had the proper dmg icon and the correct name.
I haven’t run into any problems with this update but do disconnect any firewire peripherals before installing because the installation requires a restart and you should never do that before ejecting external drives.
I understand that. But since the Combo Update can be run on 10.3.3 too –and many experienced users recommend doing that– I’m a little suspicious that 10.3.3 is not explicitly included.
In fact I let Cocktail do everything it possibly could. Before. And after.
I KNOW that one is supposed to do this when installing software.
I would just like to know why in the world such precautions are necessary when running an update of the OS itself from the maker of the OS? If anyone should be able to prepare the system and check that it is in the correct state for updating, and that after updating, all is as it should be, shouldn’t that be Apple?
Shouldn’t the OS updater handle such important matters?
How is it that the programmers of Cocktail, et al, are more reliable to set all system parameters to some golden condition than the brain trust at Apple?
The mere fact that permissions need to be repaired before and after installing anything that requires an installer points to a major shortcoming in the implementation of Apples overall plan for the OS.
I am beginning to wonder if Ramon might be right. Since running this update I’m having more applications crash than I did before… even ImageReady and GoLive 6 have been crashing, which may be a first since running then with Panther.
I have not had a single crash, in any program, since installing the Combo update and I get the impression that this has been the experience of just about everyone else who contributes to this Forum.
I am quite certain that Linda’s problem lies elsewhere — like being a member of the "Save Old Fonts Society"?
I seriously suggest that the time has come to finally jettison those senile fonts — and to run Cocktail.
Definitely keep those fonts off your new G5 when it comes or I am absolutely certain that you will infect it with all of your G4’s diseases.
I have not had a single crash, in any program, since installing the Combo update and I get the impression that this has been the experience of just about everyone else who contributes to this Forum.
I’ve been on 10.3.4 for a little over 48 hours, and I have not seen any malfunctions or slowdowns. Knock on wood.
As for fonts, I do have a bunch of very old fonts, together with newer ones, and they are all behaving normally. I did redo the original Optima in Fontographer and saved it as Zoptima (Zapf Optima). The problem with that particular font was that it had two completely different fonts included in the same file (one for LaserWriter and one for Imagesetters); I believe early versions of ITC Eras had the same idiosyncrasy.
When I switched from 9.x to Panther, I did have to get rid of a few Monotype fonts that got corrupted (Bodoni Ultra Bold, New Berolina, Old English Text, etc.)
Are you still working on the Ann Diet? I’m about ready to try it. I almost collapsed this week from not eating enough. Took me two full days to recover.
<< I almost collapsed this week from not eating enough. >>
That was what I feared — one celery stick dipped in mustard does not a Dinner make!
Now go out and buy yourself some smoked salmon, some raspberries and cream and even some dark Belgian chocolate. Feeling better?!
Remember the secret is small helpings, NO nibbling between meals, and a whole range of foods that you really like — except for grains. All things in moderation or you will drop dead before you even get to unpack that G5.
[By the way, another "bad" font was also from Monotype: Times NewRoman MT.]
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