From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"RobertB"  wrote in message
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> Rich Gauszka  wrote:
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>> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> > All 163 mb of it
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>> > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304821
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>> Macbook survived the update - now for the mini
>
> I'll probably install it this weekend.

It appears that a samall ( for now) percentage of users have had a problem
with a corrupt download. This link may be of interest.

http://net3x.blogspot.com/2007/03/macos-x-1049-update-killed-my-mac.html

Today I tried to install the 10.4.9 update for MacOS X that Apple has just
released. Unfortunately something went wrong when installing the update and
I got an error message saying that the installation was unsuccessful and
the installer was moved to the Trash. After that I was prompted to restart,
because of other updates.

So I restarted my MacBook Pro and let it run for some time. When I came
back a bit later (at least 10minutes after the restart), I found the
computer stuck at the blue screen, that appears just before the login
screen comes up.

In hopes that another restart will fix everything I powered off the
notebook and started it again. This time it got stuck on the grey screen
with the Apple logo and a wheel spinning forever:

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additional screenshots etc at link
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Fortunately I managed to fix this and this is the way to do it, just in
case more of you get stuck with this issue:

   1. Use another computer (or a live CD/DVD OS) to download the Mac OS X
10.4.9 Combo Update from the Apple website: Intel, PPC
   2. Put the update on a USB key
   3. Boot from Mac OS X Installation Disc (put the disc in, restart and
hold c key)
   4. When the installer starts open a Terminal and copy the update from the
USB key to your computer's hard drive

      cp /Volumes/YOUR_USB_KEY/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.9Intel.dmg
/Volumes/YOUR_HDD/

   5. Mount the dmg file

      hdiutil attach /Volumes/YOUR_HDD/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.9Intel.dmg

   6. Run the update

      /Volumes/YOUR_HDD/usr/bin/open /Applications/Utilities/Installer.app
/Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ 10.4.9\ Combined\ Update\
\(Intel\)/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.9Intel.pkg

   7. Restart your computer when prompted
   8. Delete the dmg file

Credits go to Mike Brooks who inspired me with his post in a forum discussion.

It seems that I'm not the only one who's having this problem. I wonder what
is triggering this and why only certain users are experiencing these
difficulties.

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