[HM] Re: AppleWorks upgrade won't install

[Adam Bass]

Hmm, that's interesting about the network activity.

I actually installed it on my iBook and it worked fine. (The first 
time, I had tried it on my Power Mac G4). It hanged for a little while 
on the preparing the install message, but I'm not sure exactly how 
long, because I just left it sitting there at the update and used my 
Power Mac for awhile. So, if I had left it running on my tower for long 
enough, it probably would have worked eventually. In any case, now that 
it's installed on my iBook I can easily just transfer it over to the 
Power Mac over the LAN.

Thanks to everyone who replied. :)

Adam


On Jan 24, 2004, at 10:05 AM, Charles Turner wrote:

> On Jan 24, 2004, at 7:15 AM, Home Macintosh Users List wrote:
>
>> From: Adam Bass <abasscube at mac.com>
>> Subject: [HM] Re: AppleWorks upgrade won't install
>> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 21:59:41 -0500
>>
>> I have a problem with the AppleWorks 6.2.9 update as well. I don't get
>> an error message, but it just hangs when it says it's preparing the
>> install.
>
> Something I noticed while installing this update is curious and may be 
> a clue. I run the Net Monitor utility
> <http://homepage.mac.com/rominar/net.html>
> which displays network activity in the menu bar at the top of the 
> desktop.
>
> I got to a point in the AppleWorks update where it seemed to be 
> stalled, just sitting and doing nothing. However, at the same time I 
> noticed that Net Monitor was showing a blast of incoming network 
> traffic. So I just waited to see what might happen. After a few 
> minutes the network activity stopped and the install proceeded on to 
> completion.
>
> Was the install downloading something over the network? I have a 
> cable-modem setup so downloads are pretty quick. Someone who has run 
> this upgrade and who uses dial-up modem connections might comment on 
> their experience, i.e. did the install want to dial and connect to the 
> network?
>
> -ct
>
>
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