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Rob van dam · May 4, 2006, 11:02 AM

I got a copy of osx 10.4 from a salesman today and later proceded to update to 10.4.6 when i got home.I ran software update and just before the combo 10.4.6 began i put the machine to sleep.Upon waking the machine the 10.4.6 update had a red dot next to it.Everything downloaded fine however when it asked to restart my machine it said that one the updates was not succssefull.I later proceded to update 10.4.6 again without problems however my paranoia has kicked in that i may have overwritten something or scerwed up.Did i screw something up? should i calm down? Was i right in assuming that putting my machine to sleep would never causes this?

Also are the crons handled different to what i have read online as opposed in panther.Should i continue to use a third party such as http://www.santasw.com/products.html called main menu.Or should i learn to do this from the terminal.

Thank you for any feedback boys and girls.

TETENAL · May 4, 2006, 11:08 AM

1.) Calm down. If the update to 10.4.6 run again and said it was successfully then just trust it.
2.) Periodic tasks run automatically. Don't bother with "system maintenance" applications. The system maintains itself.

CharlesS · May 4, 2006, 11:15 AM

When you put the machine to sleep, the hard drive spins down. Consequently, it would be impossible to install an update. This is why the first update failed. If the second one went through all right, you're fine.

Rob van dam · May 4, 2006, 10:11 PM

ok silly me.I would have thought the harddrive had nothing to do with it.But then i realised my modem was no loger flashing.So i am safe in assuming i havent hurt my computer in any way?

Rob van dam · May 4, 2006, 10:32 PM

One last question when looking through the activity monitor i have come across something called ATSS SERVER. I have never seen this before and i have looked before.Does anyone know what it is?
Am i conected to something i am not supposed to be conected to.

CharlesS · May 5, 2006, 01:25 AM

Originally Posted by Rob van dam

ok silly me.I would have thought the harddrive had nothing to do with it.But then i realised my modem was no loger flashing.So i am safe in assuming i havent hurt my computer in any way?

Since you put the machine to sleep before the update could apply, nothing happened at all. You're fine.

Even if you had caused some problem, running the update again would have overwritten the damage anyway.

tooki · May 5, 2006, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by Rob van dam

One last question when looking through the activity monitor i have come across something called ATSS SERVER. I have never seen this before and i have looked before.Does anyone know what it is?
Am i conected to something i am not supposed to be conected to.

ATSServer is the Apple Type Solutions Server. It has something to do with font services. (Remember, in the UNIX world, "server" does NOT necessarily mean a network server. It just means a "thing" that offers a "service" to other "things". In this case, it offers text rendering services to applications.)

tooki

Rob van dam · May 5, 2006, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by tooki

ATSServer is the Apple Type Solutions Server. It has something to do with font services. (Remember, in the UNIX world, "server" does NOT necessarily mean a network server. It just means a "thing" that offers a "service" to other "things". In this case, it offers text rendering services to applications.)

tooki

Thanks for the feedback tooki.You see i also browse a site were the initials are also ATSS.And i thought i must of been connected to them or something.