This item just appeared in Software Update but the description is a bit
shorter than usually and there is no link to a technote or anything. I
also couldn't find any info about the update on Apple's Web site.

Does anybody know what exactly it does?

-- 
Andrew J. Brehm
Fan of Woody Allen
PowerPC User
Supporter of Pepperoni Pizza

In article <1fx6h5j.17w28v51oewkh6N%andrew@netneurotic.de>,
 andrew@netneurotic.de (Andrew J. Brehm) wrote:

> Does anybody know what exactly it does?

Something about increasing life of some hard drives.  Mine (dual G4/450) 
wasn't one of them.

Note of caution:  If you run the updater and it says yours is one that 
needs it, make a complete backup before you continue.  There are reports 
of users running the updater and then being completely unable to use the 
drive again.

-- 
Larry Fransson
Seattle, WA

Larry Fransson <newsgroups@larryandjenny.net> wrote:

> In article <1fx6h5j.17w28v51oewkh6N%andrew@netneurotic.de>,
>  andrew@netneurotic.de (Andrew J. Brehm) wrote:
> 
> > Does anybody know what exactly it does?
> 
> Something about increasing life of some hard drives.  Mine (dual G4/450)
> wasn't one of them.

Dual G4/450 here too. So the original 30 GB drive probably won't need
it.

> Note of caution:  If you run the updater and it says yours is one that
> needs it, make a complete backup before you continue.  There are reports
> of users running the updater and then being completely unable to use the
> drive again.

Thanks.

In that case I better don't download it. My newer drive is 120 GB and
playing back the backup would probably bother me than maybe having to
buy a new drive in six years rather than seven. :-(

-- 
Andrew J. Brehm
Fan of Woody Allen
PowerPC User
Supporter of Pepperoni Pizza