[Macpartners] 10.3.6

[Albert Willis]

On Nov 19, 2004, at 3:47 PM, Helen Rose wrote:

> At 13:44 -0500 2004-11-19, Phyllis Collymore wrote:
>> hello out there,
>>
>> is there any reason NOT to take the 10.3.6 upgrade?
>
> I've got it running on about ~80 machines with no hitches (at least, 
> after a slight snag with an Apple Remote Desktop managed install).
>
> --Helen

I agree with Helen--10.3.6 seems fine to upgrade to. I've upgraded a 
few machines (including my own) and haven't run into any problems.

That's not to suggest that people haven't had any problems--just go to 
Macintouch to see the reader reports.

I suspect that users with machines that already had issues ran into 
problems when they did the upgrade. You also don't hear from the tens 
of thousands of people who upgraded with no problems.

As usual, you have take the normal precautions:

- have a current backup of any production machine
- avoid software that modifies the system (haxies, user interface 
modifications, etc.)
- use Disk Utility and run repair permissions after doing the install

There's a detailed look at 10.3.6 (worth reading if you're interested) 
at http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/11/10/osxupdate/index.php

   -- Al

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Albert Willis
Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
awillis at mit.edu