OS X 10.2.4

[Charles Martin]

> From: Tom Seid <t.seid at attbi.com>
> Just out of curiosity, since upgrading, and running Disk Utility, have 
> you
> tried to download and install anything that is a package installer (not
> through Software Update, but manually)...those ending in ".pkg"...when 
> I
> installed 10.2.4, I also installed the Security Update, then ran Disk
> Utilities, clicking "Repair Permissions"...afterwards, I couldn't 
> install
> anything with "pkg"...i ended up having to reinstall the OS, (minus the
> Security Update) and since haven't had any problems...

Yes. I download shareware and beta stuff all the time (live 
dangerously, that's me!) and try em up. I have routinely installed .pkg 
files since installing iMovie3 with no problems at all.

_Chas_

James Lileks, on Apple's iMovie versus XP's Moviemaker:
"Was [my bro-in-law's] machine cheaper? Yes. But time is money; I've 
never had to claw my way through the sodden mess of a corporate website 
looking for the one driver that will let me do what I want to do. I've 
never had to spend a Sunday afternoon trying to understand what iMovie 
wants me to do, because it does what *I* want it to do. He said that 
Moviemaker made him feel stupid, because he couldn't figure out the 
simplest tasks.
I'll say this for his machine, though: if he ever wants to back up that 
3.3 GB movie file on floppy disks, he's all set."