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Reminder: Backup before installing new Leopard 10.5.2 update

by infomatique | February 11, 2008 at 10:33 pm | 334 views | add comment

Today Apple released its Mac OS X 10.5.2 update, which addresses many annoying bugs as well as tackling a number of interface issues that bugged longtime users.

According to the technote on the release, users should backup before installing the update (this is really important). And Apple suggested that customers be patient with the updater software.

The installation process should not be interrupted, even if the progress bar remains unchanged for several minutes. If a power outage or other interruption occurs during installation, use the standalone installer from Apple Support Downloads to update.

I upgraded today and, of course, I did not make a backup. After installing the upgrade I could not get the machine to shutdown and restart. Eventually I had to power-down using the on/off button. The machine took about 15 minutes to reboot and fortunately everything appears to be OK. Don't follow my bad example ... backup, before you upgrade.

As soon as you complete this upgrade you will discover that there is a "Graphics Upgrade" which requires 10.5.2