From: Nick Naym on
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?




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