Mac software updates

Simon · Mar 13, 2011, 13:25:37

zappaDPJ · Mar 14, 2011, 02:28:43

I have a question. I accidentally updated (I thought I was updating the iTunes) my iPhone OS a couple of weeks ago which appeared to wipe everything stored on the phone and then restored it again. Is this to be expected every time I update the OS? Everything appears to be intact but it didn't appear that the phone was synced before the OS was updated.

Steve · Mar 14, 2011, 06:32:38

I always back up the phone before an update, I'm pretty sure my last update did not involve any wipe/restore.

Lance · Mar 14, 2011, 07:35:53

I've never had a wipe an restore on upgrade either. Normally it just installs and that's it.

Simon · Mar 14, 2011, 10:19:22

I was under the impression that iTunes backed everything up, loaded the new OS, then restored. This is why jailbreaks are wiped when you upgrade the OS.

Gary · Mar 14, 2011, 11:08:18

Quote from: Simon on Mar 14, 2011, 10:19:22
I was under the impression that iTunes backed everything up, loaded the new OS, then restored. This is why jailbreaks are wiped when you upgrade the OS.

It does that when restoring, Simon. When I updated to 4.3 the only thing it reloaded was my photos, everything else was left intact but of course updating firmware and software will wipe your jailbreak.

zappaDPJ · Mar 14, 2011, 12:44:05

It sounds like what happened shouldn't have happened then. I'd deliberately not upgraded the OS just in case I wanted to jailbreak the phone so I was a least three upgrades behind.

As I'm still one update behind and the damage is done, I'll go get it now and see what happens. Thanks for the replies

zappaDPJ · Mar 14, 2011, 13:26:53

It updated without wiping the data this time so why that happened last time I really don't know. Anyway everything seems to be in order including my reminder that I'm meeting a client for a late lunch at a posh French restaurant. TTFN, I might be gone a while as the client is paying

Simon · Mar 14, 2011, 13:50:10

Enjoy!

Lance · Mar 14, 2011, 14:53:05

I wonder if it was because the phone was a few versions out of date? Wouldn't have thought it matters though.

zappaDPJ · Mar 14, 2011, 16:43:31

Quote from: Simon on Mar 14, 2011, 13:50:10
Enjoy!

Thanks, I did

What did make me laugh is my client appears to have the same taste in food as my other half and ordered a galvanised bucket of par-boiled crustaceans floating in bilge water

Quote from: Lance on Mar 14, 2011, 14:53:05
I wonder if it was because the phone was a few versions out of date? Wouldn't have thought it matters though.

That's all I could think of Lance. It did worry me a little at the time but all my data seems to be intact.

Rik · Mar 14, 2011, 17:05:08

Quote from: zappaDPJ on Mar 14, 2011, 16:43:31
Thanks, I did

What did make me laugh is my client appears to have the same taste in food as my other half and ordered a galvanised bucket of par-boiled crustaceans floating in bilge water

What did you go for, Zap?

zappaDPJ · Mar 14, 2011, 17:17:28

I had marinated salmon with grapefruit, cucumber and fennel to start, navarin of lamb with braised red cabbage main course and plum tart with clotted cream to finish. It was all rather nice and ridiculously expensive at £235 for two (no alcohol)

Glenn · Mar 14, 2011, 17:23:46

indeed

Rik · Mar 14, 2011, 17:25:27

Nice but not cheap, let alone reasonable.

Glenn · Mar 14, 2011, 17:28:39

Who was the chef Michel Roux?

Rik · Mar 14, 2011, 17:34:26

He's the guy who chopped down a couple of trees without obtaining permission.

Gary · Mar 21, 2011, 22:32:05

OS X 10.6.7 released

Bill · Mar 22, 2011, 11:41:53

Cheers Gary.

Installed without fuss on iMac and MacBook, doesn't seem to have broken anything

Gary · Mar 22, 2011, 19:13:33

Quote from: Bill on Mar 22, 2011, 11:41:53
Cheers Gary.

Installed without fuss on iMac and MacBook, doesn't seem to have broken anything

Same here, although if you open the app store you get a console spew now about bitmap context

Bill · Mar 22, 2011, 22:42:55

Quote from: Gary on Mar 22, 2011, 19:13:33
Same here, although if you open the app store you get a console spew now about bitmap context

Same here... but it still seems to work OK so sod it

I try to avoid looking in the system log, practically everything seems to shove some sort of error message in there without anything actually mattering

Gary · Mar 23, 2011, 07:29:50

Quote from: Bill on Mar 22, 2011, 22:42:55
Same here... but it still seems to work OK so sod it

I try to avoid looking in the system log, practically everything seems to shove some sort of error message in there without anything actually mattering

Have to agree what you don't see does not harm

Niall · Mar 27, 2011, 00:02:08

4.3.1 is out for the iphone. I've been checking every day curious to see how long it will take them to fix the wireless problem on the ipad2. No idea what it fixed as it didn't tell me

Ah well. Lets see if my phone battery is dead in the morning.

Gary · Mar 27, 2011, 09:50:08

Quote from: Niall on Mar 27, 2011, 00:02:08
4.3.1 is out for the iphone. I've been checking every day curious to see how long it will take them to fix the wireless problem on the ipad2. No idea what it fixed as it didn't tell me

Ah well. Lets see if my phone battery is dead in the morning.

Look on the apple site, as to phone battery draining, I never had your issue, but it seems to be better anyway on 4.3.1 so maybe it should, I get just about two days out of my iphone 4 with wifi on 24/7 browsing app usage etc.

Niall · Mar 29, 2011, 11:58:12

Battery life is MUCH better now. I left the phone on overnight (I'm off work I'll, so I've got nothing better to do!) and it used 11% with wireless enabled. Pre update you'd be lucky if the phone had more than 20% left with that on, overnight.