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From: xkp on 8 Jan 2010 10:49 How can i check and eventually update the drivers of my video card on mac osx? I have a nvidia 9400 and i have never updated drivers. usually on PC i update them often in order to solve different problems. How can i do that on mac os X? Thanks in advance
From: J.J. O'Shea on 8 Jan 2010 11:07 On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:49:53 -0500, xkp wrote (in article <b5deeef1-95d5-4cfd-9915-8f680b9601d3(a)z41g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>): > How can i check and eventually update the drivers of my video card on > mac osx? > I have a nvidia 9400 and i have never updated drivers. > usually on PC i update them often in order to solve different > problems. > How can i do that on mac os X? > Thanks in advance What problems are you having why you need to update drivers? -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: David Empson on 8 Jan 2010 16:42 xkp <veidt1(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > How can i check and eventually update the drivers of my video card on > mac osx? > I have a nvidia 9400 and i have never updated drivers. > usually on PC i update them often in order to solve different > problems. > How can i do that on mac os X? For all video hardware supplied by Apple, updated drivers are supplied as part of numbered system version updates like 10.5.8 or 10.6.2, if Apple has made any changes to the drivers. I also recall a handful of cases where a separate video driver update was supplied. There might occasionally be video driver updates as part of a security update, if there is a security issue in the video driver. You would check for and install them using Software Update, just like all other Apple-supplied updates. If Software Update says there are no updates available, then Apple has not supplied any updates for your system version. As J.J. said, what problem are you experiencing which makes you think you need to update your video driver? -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: xkp on 11 Jan 2010 01:51 On 8 Gen, 22:42, demp...(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote: > xkp <vei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > How can i check and eventually update the drivers of my video card on > > mac osx? > > I have a nvidia 9400 and i have never updated drivers. > > usually on PC i update them often in order to solve different > > problems. > > How can i do that on mac os X? > > For all video hardware supplied by Apple, updated drivers are supplied > as part of numbered system version updates like 10.5.8 or 10.6.2, if > Apple has made any changes to the drivers. I also recall a handful of > cases where a separate video driver update was supplied. There might > occasionally be video driver updates as part of a security update, if > there is a security issue in the video driver. > > You would check for and install them using Software Update, just like > all other Apple-supplied updates. If Software Update says there are no > updates available, then Apple has not supplied any updates for your > system version. > > As J.J. said, what problem are you experiencing which makes you think > you need to update your video driver? > > -- > David Empson > demp...(a)actrix.gen.nz typical openGL problems which very often under windows is fixed installing drivers updates. they used to call them bugs, and they exists on windows as well as on macinotsh computer. thanks for your help, i feared we have just to wait mr apple to fix them....
From: J.J. O'Shea on 11 Jan 2010 08:41
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:51:26 -0500, xkp wrote (in article <d8daf174-ef7f-49e1-832d-a3c9af291b8a(a)k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>): > On 8 Gen, 22:42, demp...(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote: >> xkp <vei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> How can i check and eventually update the drivers of my video card on >>> mac osx? >>> I have a nvidia 9400 and i have never updated drivers. >>> usually on PC i update them often in order to solve different >>> problems. >>> How can i do that on mac os X? >> >> For all video hardware supplied by Apple, updated drivers are supplied >> as part of numbered system version updates like 10.5.8 or 10.6.2, if >> Apple has made any changes to the drivers. I also recall a handful of >> cases where a separate video driver update was supplied. There might >> occasionally be video driver updates as part of a security update, if >> there is a security issue in the video driver. >> >> You would check for and install them using Software Update, just like >> all other Apple-supplied updates. If Software Update says there are no >> updates available, then Apple has not supplied any updates for your >> system version. >> >> As J.J. said, what problem are you experiencing which makes you think >> you need to update your video driver? >> >> -- >> David Empson >> demp...(a)actrix.gen.nz > > typical openGL problems You _still_ haven't said what kind of problems... > which > very often under windows is fixed installing drivers updates. Maybe so, but as you _still haven't said what kind of problems you're having, no-one here can tell if there's a way to fix them_. > they used to call them bugs, > and they exists on windows as well as on macinotsh computer. And which 'bugs' would you be talking about? And why do you think that there's just one way to fix them? > thanks for your help, i feared we have just to wait mr apple to fix > them.... Well, if the 'bugs' in question are sufficiently insignificant that few other people know about them, you'll be waiting fo a Very Long Time. If, however here is another way to work around the problem you will _also_ be waiting for a Very Long Time because _you still haven't said what the problem is_! We don't even know if it is a video problem or something else! -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com. |