March 24, 2004

Uptime

So, I realized that there were a few software updates out there I hadn't grabbed and I got into Software Update to take a look. iChat, iDVD, iPhoto, OS X 10.3.3...

Then I looked down at the Konfabulator widget that shows me how long it's been since I've rebooted.

32 days.

Wow. In OS 9 I used to have my machine reboot every day automatically just to clear memory of accumulated garbage.

I read an interview with Jef Raskin a few days ago and he said he had to reboot in OS X several times a week.

What's he doing wrong? Sure, maybe an interface guru needs to do some bizarre things to his machine, but if you're doing weird shit anyway you shouldn't be bitching about how many times you have to reboot. Particularly when someone such as myself, who plays games, does some coding, and runs the occasional sudo command can keep his system up for 32 fucking days.

Anyway, I thought, fuck it, and quit out of Software Update. I'm not loading anything.

Why screw with a good thing?

Posted by John at March 24, 2004 07:25 PM
Comments

>Why screw with a good thing?

Security Updates?

Posted by: LKM at March 24, 2004 10:40 PM

I generally do load security updates, but even those have to be balanced against potential conflicts with devices. If I suddenly can't print (and this has happened to both myself and a friend after loading security updates), it's not worth it to protect myself against a possible threat. You don't want to give away the farm, but you also don't want to accidentally shoot your livestock.

Posted by: John Moltz at March 25, 2004 08:03 AM

yes, but i mean... you do backups, don't you? i usually "clone" my (mission-critical-) Mac *before* i install anything... if anything goes wrong i just load the old configuration and hey presto! sure, it's a shlepp, but it's safe.

Posted by: anna at March 25, 2004 08:19 AM