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Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update
Date 2016-01-21 01:58 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2016-01-20, John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> wrote:
> On 1/20/16 5:57 PM, Neill Massello wrote:
>> John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>
>>> If I'm going to do a system update, I'd rather choose a time when I can
>>> spare the bandwidth for the download. I'd want a time when I can be
>>> without the computer for an hour or longer. I'd want everything backed
>>> up, right to the minute.
>>
>> Whenever possible, I use standalone updaters. That gives me more control
>> over what gets installed and when, and it allows for a faster,
>> non-network update should I need to reinstall something.
>>
>> General experience is that the combo system updaters are more reliable
>> than the deltas or the App Store.
>>
> Where can I get a standalone updater?

Like I said earlier:

<https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1859>

Best to look for the "combo" updaters, since they contain all point
updates since the initial release (10.11.0, for instance).

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JR

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Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2016-01-20 01:39 +0000
  Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-20 04:32 +0000
    Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-20 19:24 +0000
  Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-01-19 23:44 -0700
    Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2016-01-20 17:17 -0500
      Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-01-20 15:57 -0700
        Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-20 18:22 -0500
        Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2016-01-20 18:32 -0500
          Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-20 18:35 -0500
          Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-01-20 17:36 -0700
            Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2016-01-20 21:17 -0500
          Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-21 01:58 +0000
        Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid> - 2016-01-21 18:05 +0000
    Re: Trouble with OS 10.11.3 update dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2016-01-21 07:40 +0000

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