Mac OS X Update Combined (Intel) 10.4.9 315 MB

hi,
ok how do i update my os (now at 1..4.5) if this update screws up my computer........it's happened twice.......both times involved really long sessions with mac tech to archive and install.........no apple care and no phone left but they helped me anyway???
so - how do i update my OS X 10.4.9 if it screws it up?
the first time it never stopped loading and
the second time i got the "kernel panic"
(the second time someone else was using my computer when the update came up and decided to install it - after less than a minute the "kernel panic" screen showed up..
thanks,
sunny

Do the following:
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. PsynchX 2.1.1 and RsyncX 2.1 (Freeware)
6. Carbon Copy Cloner (Freeware - 3.0 is a Universal Binary)
7. SuperDuper! (Commercial)
The following utilities can also be used for backup, but cannot create bootable clones:
1. Backup (requires a .Mac account with Apple both to get the software and to use it.)
2. Toast
3. Impression
4. arRSync
Apple's Backup is a full backup tool capable of also backing up across multiple media such as CD/DVD. However, it cannot create bootable backups. It is primarily an "archiving" utility as are the other two.
Impression and Toast are disk image based backups, only. Particularly useful if you need to backup to CD/DVD across multiple media.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files.
Once you have a working clone of your system on an external backup drive you can then update your system. If there are problems you can boot from the backup, erase the internal drive, and restore the old system.
Never install new system updates without first repairing the hard drive and permissions. Quit all applications before updating and do not touch the computer until the installation has completed. If you have third-party peripherals attached temporarily remove them. For additional protection boot into safe mode before installing updates. Turn off automatic updates in Software Update to avoid having other users update your system outside of your control.

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Update to The 10.4.11 Update Combined(Intel) impossible

Dear users,
I reinstalled my mac using my Tiger 10.4.4 installation CDs. When I then tried installing the latest update: Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update Combined(Intel) the computer refused.
The following error message appears:
A networking error has occurred: timed out (-1001). Make sure you can connect to the Internet, then try again.
How come ?
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Om Shanti

Hi Om shanti, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Sounds like you were using Software Update!?
I only use Software Update to see what is needed, then get them for real via...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
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http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateintel.html
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http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/installswupdates.html
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compatibility and reliability issues when joining AirPort networks.
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lG

lgcustodio wrote:
I ran the disk utility and saws verify disk ok. I did the same process for repair disk permissions and seems to have problems.
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