[X4U] 10.3.7 available via Software Update

[birgit rhoads]

Why would that be dis-heartning?  Unplugging your external drives won't 
change anything.
Birgit
On Dec 15, 2004, at 7:50 PM, Wayne Wilkin wrote:

> 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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