But the conversion process - which has to take every file on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and convert it over to the new file system - takes time. But given the fact that if it goes wrong then you've lost your data, it's for the best it takes all the time it needs! My advice is to do the update when you have a few hours to spare, and plug your device into the power outlet and let it do its work. Don't fiddle with it while it's updating, and don't panic if it seems to be taking forever or if it seems to have frozen - just give it time.
Question: Q: OS X 10.6.4 Update taking FOREVER to download Just got a brand new Macbook a few days ago, running OS X 10.6.3. When I run software update and try to download the 10.6.4 update, it will literally take days to download. Help -- trying to install on a Mac I am away from home and thought i would be able to still get some time playing but. Its a brand new mac mini with osX.
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Slow Apple downloads My guess is buying a Mac won't help. Now, I don't know what software you're comparing it to.
My experience with Apple software, on the Windows platform, is that their downloads just tend to be fairly large. They tend to be bigger downloads An update for iTunes or Safari tends to download more data than an update for various other programs. That's not to say it's absolutely this way all the time; it is not! There are definitely software packages under Windows for PCs that also typically have very large downloads. My guess however is that you just don't have any of those. You may have common software packages that update themselves fairly quickly.
Large files take longer to download Like I said, I have just noticed that the downloads seem to be bigger. So ultimately, they are probably downloading just as fast. It's just that there is that much more to download.
Therefore, it takes more time. Snert May 6, 2012 1:15 AM I noticed in the question/comment the type of connection wasn't mentioned. Dial-up seems like it takes forever. Mac stuff takes longer than PC stuff. Hmm, I wonder if the computer is being snotty. (chuckle). Comments on this entry are closed.
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