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Upgrading to 5.0.5
Authored by: mlynn on Jan 10, '02 04:39:42AM

I *think* the way my system upgraded to 5.0.5 involved me going into 'QuickTime' under the Systems Prefs and choosing the option 'Install new 3rd-party QuickTime software'.

It pops up a window saying that all the software is up to date, but you can click on the 'Custom' button on the lower left and are provided with a menu consisting of ''QuickTime Update', 'On2 Support' and one or two instances (seems to be a bug/random) of 'ZyGoVideo Support'. I think the first time I did this I had a few other options as well, including something mentioning DV, not sure.

Anyhow, I just selected them all (never can have enough features :)) and updated. Some things downloaded, others seemed to download 0 kbytes/nothing, but things installed and now I'm up to version 5.0.5.

Someone care to try this out ? I think the 'QuickTime Update' check box forces an update to the most recent version.

PS: As to the error msg when you try to do the standard 'update' that sub-launches the Software Update and tells you about something incorrectly installed, I noticed two ways to make it go away (only 1 is permanent, neither useful): 1. Click on the menubar as it's checking for updates ... it'll complete as it should and tell you if there are any like you would expect it to. Unfortunately, you have to do this every time. 2. Don't install something using Software Update. Right now I haven't downloaded those 200 megs of printer drivers and it tells me about my 5 inactive updates instead of an error. Seems like a bug in how Software Update is being launched. Software Update needs to be updated :) Again :)

- Mike



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