bilditup1 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 The update at Apple's site - does it contain the updates for both PPC and X86. If it does, is it worth updating to? Worried about broken support, I am... Doh! put this in the wrong section, sorry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasch Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 The update at Apple's site - does it contain the updates for both PPC and X86. If it does, is it worth updating to? Worried about broken support, I am... Doh! put this in the wrong section, sorry... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I doubt it. If I remember correctly from the info on WDC, OSX for x86 will not be updated and it will stay in the current version (10.4.1) at least until the first mac with intel is released or the devkit is updated. Since the OS is not supposed to be used by regular users (like us) Apple has no intention on releasing new patches to the applications. It's only supposed to be used by developers for testing and re-compiling their applications and testing the platform (not using for everyday use). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enb14 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Yes you are right but what about game development, even developers needs those drivers to test future mac games so everybody needs those drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 What will it hurt... I thought that was the reason we were all posting here. To try and find out every thing about osx86... Well I am downloading it now and if it works... great... if not... oh well I do a rebuild... that takes what??? 6 mins? lol Oh well i am getting it now... see you guys on the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbiusrex Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Good luck man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Oh well that was fun... ... 44meg later and it does not work... It comes back with a msg advising that your mac does not need any updates!... oh well someone had to try it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilditup1 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 Ah well...doesn't really make a difference anyway, thanks for trying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffyDuck Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 (sigh) Under the Apple Menu (the little Blue Apple on the top left), you'll see an option 'Software Update...' Run it. If nothing shows up, then there is nothing available for your available platform. Hence, while 'Software Update' yields a slew of available updates for PPC users, chances are there are none under OSx86's version of 'Software Update' 'cause, Mac OS X is kinda smart that way, to know: - what platform it runs on. - what model number it runs on. - what updates that model needs. - only displaying those. Hence, don't hurt yourself trying to download and forcing updates not meant for you (besides, if you downloaded it, and tried running it, it'd tell you that it's not for you - it's kinda smart that way, you know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatoncat Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Yes, please, run Software Update... when Apple updates mach_kernel and oah750d... you'll all be ensured you're running Geniuine Mac OS Software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackentangled Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 well just an idea, you can update it through pear pc then dd it over to your hard drive... then see if it'll boot.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 lol... oh well. Things have to be tried don't they... otherwise we would still be using punch cards insted of hard drives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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