QotD: Update Procedure
Posted April 12th, 2006 @ 04:00pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: What is your (Mac OS X) software update procedure?
My Answer: I download the software update. I let it install. Sometimes I put off rebooting for a day if I'm doing a lot of work. Eventually, I click "restart" and let it restart. That's it.
This question came about as a result of the "repair permissions" chatter in the Mac Web. I repair my permissions every night as part of a cron job, right before my backup script kicks in, simply because it can't hurt anything and I want to make sure my backup is bootable and complete.
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Posted 12 Apr 2006 at 5:26pm #
I download it and install it.
and just for effect, i bang 2 smooth rocks together when i restart it.
cant hurt. (er, i suppose it could, but it hasn't yet.) 😛
Posted 13 Apr 2006 at 7:23pm #
My permissions, when they have been 'broken', have not been broken as much as CHANGED, by some action that should not have changed them; usually some badly written installation procedure, be it shareware, or even Apple Update. This actually did happen frequently before OS 10.2, enough time for any 'superstitious ritual' to develop as wide spread habit.
I tend to share John Gruber's present views on the issue more or less now, but I certainly understand why and how the habit evolved, and why the voodoo might still be justified for those that are regularly mucking about under the hood whether via coding software, or exercising their 1337 terminal skillz.
Posted 15 Apr 2006 at 1:03am #
Yeah. Why not? Can't hurt. The one time I didn't on a client's system, the update ate the system. It was 10.3.something. Don't recall, but it scared me into doing it anytime I update a system or back it up. It wouldn't be something you could do if there wasn't a reason, eh?