My computer got corrupted when I tried to install the Mac OS X update combined
When I tried to download 5 new updates the download could not be completed it got stuck on the Mac OS X update combined. I have the snow leopard and was advised to reinstall the operating system. Can I do this without loosing what I have? Is there something else that I can do?
You can reinstall Snow Leopard without erasing the disk but hopefully you have a backup of your important files just in case.
Mac OS X 10.6 Help: Reinstalling Mac OS X
Can I do this without loosing what I have?
No guarantees, sorry.
Backup < most important term in computing.
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