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Here we go again....10.6.7 doesn't kill anything

In the words of the famous fictitious spy series protagonist, James Bond, "Always have a backup plan." That is true regardless of what computer you have, anytime you install anything new, you should have at least two backups present. They can be printed or digital, but the point is, you don't have to recreate anything from scratch. 10.6.7, like any update is there to improve or add features of an operating system. It is not there to fix pre-existing conditions that make a system slow, or inoperable. If your system is unhealthy, backup, or use data recovery, and then ask for help here how to solve your problem. Make sure all your software and hardware is known to work with the update before applying it. Ask here if uncertain first. And remember updates don't kill anything, they only shed light on hardware or software that may already be marginal because they are sensitive to that.

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Posted on Mar 22, 2011 4:56 AM

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Mar 25, 2011 3:27 AM in response to a brody

Not to be too snarky but Peter and a couple of others are on to something about credibility. Straight from the TOU:

"5. Test your answer. When possible, make sure your Submission works on your own computer before you post it."

I think this is why some folks limit themselves to answering only in forums where they have the requisite hardware, software and experience

Mar 25, 2011 3:30 AM in response to R C-R

Doh! Missed this before I replied but you are spot on.

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Mar 26, 2011 6:25 AM in response to benwiggy

benwiggy wrote:
The fact that only some people experience the bug is not necessarily an indicator that the update is blameless. Plenty of bugs affect only some combinations of hardware and software.

True, but often the bug is not in the update & instead somewhere in a common set of third party softwares that many users have installed.

Sometimes the only way we discover this is through user reports that include info about what they have installed on their Macs more detailed that the common "all my software is up to date," which may be true but doesn't automatically preclude it all as the source of the problem. The same sometimes applies to the bugs that really are in an update & affect only some hardware/software combinations.

It is like any other murder mystery: the more info we have to work with, the better are our chances of solving the mystery. 🙂

Mar 26, 2011 9:37 AM in response to a brody

I have been a Mac user and advocate since the Mac Plus. And it
does seem like as time went on, there seemed to be more and more
problems with OSX. Well yes, the number of problems have increased
but put a little perspective on it.

OSX is made up of millions of lines of code. There are thousands of
applications out there for the Mac. Many of them with 100's of thousands
of lines of code. There are many more configurations of Mac hardware now.
Multiply all that by the millions of Macs out there. Then multiply that by the
number of users on those Macs.

So with that said, statistics would tell you that you could get thousands of
users with problems. Any engineer will tell you, no matter how well you design
something, there will always be someone who will break it. Even Rolls Royces break down!

So, as the original poster stated, you should just have a plan because you may
be the unfortunate one to have a problem.

Mar 26, 2011 7:11 PM in response to woodmeister50

Well most of the updates lately are not osx but having osx work with iphones, iosx, etc etc.

That is all good. I have not updated to 10.6.7 just because I am not in a hurry to. Will let some time go by. Read the forums and do it when I feel good about it.

Aug 12, 2011 5:33 AM in response to woodmeister50

woodmeister50,

I have exactly the same freezing problem with MacMini(2010)/iTunes/hdmi/Dolby from 10.6.7. Hoped Lion would fix it but no. Did you find any solution? I have given up on iTunes and now use Plex.

Here we go again....10.6.7 doesn't kill anything