From: Nick Naym on 25 Dec 2008 16:36 In article arkayREMOVE-07FF44.09281225122008(a)news.houston.sbcglobal.net, aRKay at arkayREMOVE(a)qsl.net wrote on 12/25/08 10:28 AM: > In article <jollyroger-897027.12193724122008(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > >> Well if it's any help, I let SuperDuper back up my entire startup volume >> on my Mac Pro last night, and then first thing this morning applied the >> combo update. Everything seems to have gone without a hitch so far. >> >> I'll evaluate the machine during the next day or two to make sure >> everything is in working order, and will make a decision about whether I >> want to roll out the update to the other machines I manage. > > The test of good install is to see if you can do a Time Machine update. > If it works, you are good to go Seems like a reasonable statement. But what is so "special" about the process that TM uses to make its backups that enables one to use its performance as a "litmus test" for OS updates? -- iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) � OS X (10.5.4) |