Why is updating such a pain and so confusing
In my post below you will notice I am currently using 9.1 I downloaded the updates for 9.2.1 and 9.2.2
I click on the 9.2.1 and I get a start up disk with very confusing instructions. Where is this disk supposed to go and then since this is the 1st fragment of 6 ...what do I do with the others?
What lies ahead in these fragments remaining in 9.2.1 and what am I going to see in 9.2.2 that will cause a problem.
It seems llike a very confusing method of updating a computer.. I have been at this for days now and am still not up and running
Can ANYONE Out there clear this mess up? I hate to keep making posts here but I have no idea where to go from here or what I am supposed to do. Remember I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE SO PLEASE BE AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE
Thanks
John
The reason for the fragments is because back in the days when Mac OS 9 was new, most people had slow dial-up connections, so it was difficult to download a "huge" 82MB updater in one shot. If the connect was broken during download, you had to start all over again. If the download itself was broken into fragments, then a broken connection did not require a complete start-over on the download.
For future reference, if you need to download again and you have a broadband connection, the download page for the Mac OS 9.2.1 updater has both the multi-part (fragmented) and one-piece downloads.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120030
If you get the single download, you don't have to deal with the fragments.
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