[X4U] 10.3.6 is out

John Baltutis baltwo at san.rr.com
Sun Nov 7 15:42:40 PST 2004


On 11/07/04, Jim Freeman <jpfreeman at mac.com> wrote:
>
> It sounds like they are saying it doesn't have anything to do with the
> hardware configuration of the computer, but with modifications of the
> system by 3rd party software. Is that correct?
>
> On 6-Nov-04, at 6:18 PM, John Baltutis wrote:
>
>> On Nov 5, 2004, at 11:44 PM, Jim MacCormaic wrote:
>>>
>>> I installed first on my iBook and yes indeed, that was the size in
>>> that case. But then I turned to my iMac and was surprised to find that
>>> the size had jumped to 34.6 MB. Both machines were at 10.3.5.
>>>
>>> Can anybody explain the discrepancy?
>>
>> Sure. Read <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25799>.

It has to do with modifications to the Mac OS X system by both Apple
updates or third-party apps. For example, if you installed any of Apple's
recent security updates, then, hopefully, the 10.3.6 update won't include
those pieces. However, some computers aren't offered a smaller update.


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