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Sorry folks, it would take an eternity to search the forum for an answer to this little bundle of joy (not!), but I did try.
G3 iMac, 450 MHz, OS 10.4.10
An elderly friend invited me to "fix her computer" after her granddaughter had "done something to it". That took an hour of sorting and restoring.
Then came the update to 10.4.11. Downloaded just fine, and the installation began. After 30 minutes I had to leave. 3 hours later the rotating cog was still at it, my friend informed me.
I know, the computer is old, and Tiger is probably not appropriate for it, but she bought it in good faith (read 'ignorance'), and has had relatively trouble free use of it, aside from her own mistakes.
So what is to be done about the OS upgrade installation? It should have finished within an hour, even with that old, slow processor. There are no original installation disks, the computer was bought at auction.
G3 iMac, 450 MHz, OS 10.4.10
An elderly friend invited me to "fix her computer" after her granddaughter had "done something to it". That took an hour of sorting and restoring.
Then came the update to 10.4.11. Downloaded just fine, and the installation began. After 30 minutes I had to leave. 3 hours later the rotating cog was still at it, my friend informed me.
I know, the computer is old, and Tiger is probably not appropriate for it, but she bought it in good faith (read 'ignorance'), and has had relatively trouble free use of it, aside from her own mistakes.
So what is to be done about the OS upgrade installation? It should have finished within an hour, even with that old, slow processor. There are no original installation disks, the computer was bought at auction.