tk31 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 iPC OSX 10.5.6 was supposedly based off a retail DVD. I've also read somewhere, forgotten where, that Retail DVD based versions could be officially upgraded (Apple Software Update) without losing anything, except the custom kext's installed, and not bricking, Apple's equivalent of the bsod. Is this true? I've got a 10.5.7 update ready to go... but im scared of bricking as i actually use OSX 10.5.6 as my main pc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169776-updating-officially/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfatboy Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 I updated mine and there was not any problems. But I have some people have. Backup your system and kexts just in case. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169776-updating-officially/#findComment-1172545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 iPC 10.5.6 is based on a 10.5.4 retail DVD with the 10.5.6 update applied to it. Or something like that anyway, I haven't looked at it. But it doesn't really matter. With most of the Hackintosh distributions it's possible to get a near-retail install, simply by deselecting any patches under 'custom installation' before you start installing. Generally, whether an update will work or not depends on how close your install is to retail. If you depend on lots of patches to get your system working, updating it will most likely break it. The closer you can get to retail, the better. So it pays off to learn about your installation and exactly what modifications you are applying to it in order for it to run on your hardware. And it's a good idea to open the update installer package in Pacifist (google it) and take a look at what will be updated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169776-updating-officially/#findComment-1172749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk31 Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 Ah ok... Im probably better off not upgrading, as mine required a lot of drivers to get started and the PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse patch at install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169776-updating-officially/#findComment-1172904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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