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is 10.5.3 safe to download for the (Jan 08) Mac Pro?

fluidedge

fluidedge

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I'm sure it's not a disaster, but has anyone done it yet?

I might just give it a week and see what others say just to make sure.
 
This has always puzzled me.

Why would it be unsafe to download and install a software update from Apple?? They wouldn't release it if there were problems, right?

Just install it. Worked fine for my MacBook and iMac.
 
Working fine so far, using the 8800GT aswell. Will report if I notice anything out of the blue.
 
NO DON'T IT WILL KILL YOUR MACHINE AND BLOW YOUR POWER SUPPLY.

oh wait that lemonade, oops, nevermind, carry on.

It's fine, just ignore the smoke coming out the exhaust fan afterwards.
 
Installed tonight, no problems running on 10.3.5 thus far; it doesn't fix the Office/Spaces issue(s) for me though :(

I did have problems with the Software Updater as it kept giving me an error that "The Installer could not validate the contents of the 'MacOSXUpd10.5.3' package." I tried it a few times and then finally gave up and downloaded the disk image from the Apple site (also 420MB) - that mounted in disk utility and verified fine (I was paranoid by that point), and then it installed fine.
 
worked fine for me. and.i tested cinebench 5 times before and 5 after, the average was a bit over 100 more after than before. this is with the 8800.
 
No problem for me too. (Combo Updater used)

Time Machine continues to backup/open AirDisk on my AEBS.
 
fluidedge said:
I'm sure it's not a disaster, but has anyone done it yet? I might just give it a week and see what others say just to make sure.
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Hi,

I've downloaded the 10.5.3 combo and installed it on G4, G5, MBP and MP. Everything fine, although I haven't seen any noticeable improvement yet. I've used to have an issue with mail app crashing in the background quite frequently (under 10.5.x), hope it's been worked out.

sash
 
I've read that it is better to download the combo update rather than use the software update on OSX. How do they dioffer once they are installed?
 
ekwipt said:
I've read that it is better to download the combo update rather than use the software update on OSX. How do they dioffer once they are installed?
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Hi,

I don't think they differ in any way (once installed); combo just contains all the previous updates and thus is a bit more practical thing to have in case you'll need to reinstall your system in the future, especially if you do it more or less frequently.

sash
 
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