[X4U] 10.3.7 available via Software Update

[Wayne Wilkin]

Really dis-heartning. I have my images on firewire drives that I use 
CCC on.


On Dec 15, 2004, at 7:40 PM, Nick Scalise wrote:

> On Dec 15, 2004, at 6:04 PM, Kansas Territory wrote:
>
>> On Dec 15, 2004, at 5:38 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>>
>>> "If you have a third-party FireWire hard drive connected, turn it 
>>> off and
>>> disconnect it before installing this update. Reconnect it and turn 
>>> it back
>>> on after installation is complete and you've restarted."
>>>
>>> Is this kind of warning normal?  I'm I the only one that finds this 
>>> more
>>> than a little frightening?  I think I'll be holding off on 
>>> updating...
>>
>> yea.. that bothered me a bit as well..   I'll give it a few days 
>> myself.
>
> I updated just fine. I did unplug my firewire drive first. However, I 
> did not unplug my hard drive on the 10.3.6 update and that went fine 
> also.
>
> I think they are recommending it special this time because this update 
> specifically addresses firewire hard drive issues that were introduced 
> in 10.3.6, and there may be something that 'touches' the firewire port 
> on the install/reboot sequence.
>
> --
> Nick Scalise
> nickscalise at mac.com
>
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