10.6.3

Bill · Mar 29, 2010, 18:54:09

Is out.

Rik · Mar 29, 2010, 18:54:56

Thanks, Bill.

kinmel · Mar 29, 2010, 19:02:43

Excellent news

we can start trying to get it to work

Steve · Mar 29, 2010, 20:39:49

Thanks all, work to do then

Steve · Mar 29, 2010, 23:36:02

It took the cautious approach both machines backed up and the HDDs cloned. All file permissions verified and disks checked,1 HDD had an error, on a Mac you can boot the OS from a usb drive containing a clone of the OS (which needed to be done as you cannot run the disk repair utility on the drive its trying to repair) 10.6.3 then installed on both machines without any apparent problems.

Bill · Mar 29, 2010, 23:41:30

Easier to boot from the install CD and Utilities => Disk Utility on the menu bar

Steve · Mar 30, 2010, 00:45:03

I'd have to get out of my chair and find out where the wife's hidden it.

RogerP · Mar 30, 2010, 09:00:33

Hi

Installed with no probs typical Mac just works

RogerP

Gary · Mar 30, 2010, 09:02:42

Installed fine here on 21.5 Mac, new 27" Mac arrived broken by UPS so not happy

Steve · Mar 30, 2010, 11:36:29

Quote from: Bill on Mar 29, 2010, 23:41:30
Easier to boot from the install CD and Utilities => Disk Utility on the menu bar

I think its a quicker boot via the usb clone than the install disk

Steve · Mar 30, 2010, 11:37:13

Quote from: Gary on Mar 30, 2010, 09:02:42
Installed fine here on 21.5 Mac, new 27" Mac arrived broken by UPS so not happy

That's a shame, what did they manage to break?

Tacitus · Mar 30, 2010, 11:37:23

Just done the 10.6.3 update on the MacBook Pro and the 10.5 security patch on the G5. No probs so far, although everything seems dog slow this morning.

Steve · Mar 30, 2010, 11:41:27

Slow, is that the computers or internet?

Tacitus · Mar 30, 2010, 12:43:38

Quote from: Steve on Mar 30, 2010, 11:41:27
Slow, is that the computers or internet?

Internet seemed slow. I imagine there was a lot of pressure on Apple's update servers but it seemed pretty general.

It took a while before this post made it through....

Rik · Mar 30, 2010, 14:11:00

We see patches where the forum slows down due to activity on the other sites hosted on the server, Tac.

Tacitus · Mar 30, 2010, 14:32:42

Quote from: Rik on Mar 30, 2010, 14:11:00
We see patches where the forum slows down due to activity on the other sites hosted on the server, Tac.

Does seem to be better now than it was earlier.

Rik · Mar 30, 2010, 14:37:18

I most commonly see them around 12:30, then 18:00-18:30 and finally around 06:00 when the backups run (I'm pleased to say I rarely see that one

).

Glenn · Mar 30, 2010, 14:42:49

At 6am, I get a 500 error as the back up starts.

Rik · Mar 30, 2010, 14:43:23

For how long, Glenn?

Glenn · Mar 30, 2010, 14:45:00

Around 1 minute maybe less.

Rik · Mar 30, 2010, 14:52:24

Presumably as it's first kicking off, then - I suppose it creates an index of the files it needs to backup, so blocks access while it takes a snapshot. Well, it sounds plausible to me.

Glenn · Mar 30, 2010, 14:59:08

I think it maybe something like that.

Rik · Mar 30, 2010, 15:00:03

I suppose I should find out... one day.

Gary · Mar 31, 2010, 19:57:18

Quote from: Steve on Mar 30, 2010, 11:37:13
That's a shame, what did they manage to break?

The screen and the LCD, tbh I'm not to sad the thing is just to big at least I still have my 21.5" I may just keep that after this mess and ask for some compensation, at least I know my one works.

Simon · Mar 31, 2010, 21:24:23

That's a shame, Gary. I know how you were looking forward to the new one.