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His Dudeness · Dec 25, 2002, 05:56 AM

For those of us poor people still on dial up, how the hell are we supposed to wait up to 5 hours for this beast to download? Isn't it broken up into segments somewhere? This is freakin reediculous.

JNI · Dec 25, 2002, 06:13 AM

Don't you have a friend or local dealer that can help you out? It's a free update, so a dealer shouldn't have any problem setting you up.

I think you can order an update on CD also. Check with Apple. Or have someone else burn you a CD and drop it in the mail.

It's big because it has a lot of new and improved code. You shouldn't complain that they updated a lot - that's a good thing!

His Dudeness · Dec 25, 2002, 06:20 AM

I've heard a nasty rumor that there are graphics drivers for my G3 Powerbook... Any truth to the rumors?

Angus_D · Dec 25, 2002, 06:28 AM

I think the Software Update app should be able to cope with resuming downloads... I filed a feature request with Apple on that a year or so ago, and it was closed before 10.2. Of course, I can't test, I'm on ADSL now

His Dudeness · Dec 25, 2002, 06:33 AM

Oh, to be on broadband...

I'm just gonna have to go to CompUSA or something. Maybe they can hook me up.

Developer · Dec 25, 2002, 07:14 AM

Originally posted by Angus_D:
I think the Software Update app should be able to cope with resuming downloads... I filed a feature request with Apple on that a year or so ago, and it was closed before 10.2. Of course, I can't test, I'm on ADSL now

You should be able to close the connection before the download finishes even on ADSL.

KaptainKaya · Dec 25, 2002, 09:23 AM

Suffer with the download, or order the update on cd.

mbryda · Dec 25, 2002, 11:25 AM

Apple Store + CD-RW + 10-20 mins = copy of 10.2.3....

atomised · Dec 25, 2002, 05:03 PM

i'm on a modem + the thing took about 8 hours (i know that sounds silly but its true)

though it picked up from where it was before i lost connection twice! (i have a four hour limit)

that's at least some good news...

:XI: · Dec 25, 2002, 05:13 PM

I used interarchy, it supports resumable downloads over http. worked a treat.
*note i downloaded twice via software update, thinking it could resume the download. it couldn't. 153mb update

Angus_D · Dec 25, 2002, 06:17 PM

Originally posted by Developer:
You should be able to close the connection before the download finishes even on ADSL.

Ah, but why would I want to?

His Dudeness · Dec 26, 2002, 12:13 PM

Originally posted by JNI:
Don't you have a friend or local dealer that can help you out? It's a free update, so a dealer shouldn't have any problem setting you up.

I think you can order an update on CD also. Check with Apple. Or have someone else burn you a CD and drop it in the mail.

It's big because it has a lot of new and improved code. You shouldn't complain that they updated a lot - that's a good thing!

I just went to CompUSA. It took only 5 freakin minutes to download the 10.2.3 update, vice ONLY 7 hours or so on my dial up connection.

I also loaded up an entire cd-r full of stuff while I was there, including Open Office, which only took 25 minutes to download.

I love CompUSA.

Anomalous · Dec 26, 2002, 05:48 PM

You think 10.2.3 is bad - the new dev tools are 300 MB!

nelliott · Dec 27, 2002, 04:44 AM

As someone else said, Software Update is able to resume downloads if disconnected (or if you decide to cancel it), so problem solved.

jamm · Dec 29, 2002, 06:31 AM

why don't you quit bitching? Are apple supposed to compromise their updates by making them as small as possible. Use a download resuming tool or try broadband. You never know - you may like it

monkeybrain · Dec 29, 2002, 06:52 AM

Why the hell don't apple let magazines put the update on their cds like they used to? It's ridiculous.

littlegreenspud · Dec 29, 2002, 10:56 AM

oh for the chance to have Broadband...

freakin BT

hyperizer · Dec 29, 2002, 11:32 AM

I tried stopping and starting the update on my computer since my DSL was acting up and the download kept timing out. Although it appeared from the status bar that the download was being resumed, a quick look in the cache revealed that somehow 100+ MB had been downloaded thanks to it starting over several times. So at least on my machine, Software Update does not resume downloads properly.

Sven G · Dec 29, 2002, 11:49 AM

Originally posted by monkeybrain:
Why the hell don't apple let magazines put the update on their cds like they used to? It's ridiculous.

Yes, indeed: putting the updates on magazines would solve the problems of those without broadband - and at the same time favor the mac magazines, and, thus, indirectly, also Apple itself.

Apple sometimes does very odd things, almost against itself (see also the iDVD "restriction", for example)!