[G4] Updating Guidance (was: User Report on the new Security Update 2006-004)

[Richard Ramsowr]

John

Thanks man... this is going to help a lot!

Rick
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--- John Baltutis <baltwo at san.rr.com> wrote:

> On 08/03/06, Richard Ramsowr
> <r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > John
> >
> > I found my clock after a second restart. But you
> are
> > the first to put reason to the fact that I've got
> a
> > real speed bump out of this security update and
> thats
> > a good thing Thanks.
> >
> > I'm currently running a Power PC G4 733 MHz
> > QuickSilver with 1.5 GB of Ram using OS x
> (10.3.9).
> >
> > I've also got software in the mail to upgrade to
> Tiger
> > - so hopefully this weekend I'll start the prep
> work
> > to make the move. Any ideas to make that change
> over
> > run better are always welcome.
> >
> > But the botom line is this old girl is running
> faster
> > and acting a whole lot younger!
> 
> These should get you started:
> <http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/install/>,
> <http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html>, and
> <http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/installswupdates.html>.
> 
> Bottom line. Make a bootable backup, run Disk
> Utility and Apple Hardware Test
> (Tiger is finicky about RAM specs), disconnect
> peripherals except keyboard and
> mouse, install Tiger using the update previous
> version option, run Software
> Update, apply the updates, run it again until there
> are no more,  after
> restart, run Disk Utility and repair permissions,
> and update any 3rd-party
> applications.
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