![]() ![]() For example, if you’ve moved Sherlock from its default location in the Apple Menu Items folder, Mac OS 8.6 Installer won’t install the new version. In a few cases, it won’t install the new version even if the old version is on your disk. For starters, it won’t install newer versions of certain files unless it finds an older version on your hard disk. The Mac OS Update Installer can be fussy about what it decides to install. But don’t worry, version 1.2 is almost identical. ![]() As a bonus for going the download route, you get software that’s even newer than the versions included on the Mac OS 8.6 CD.įinally, Apple goofed and forgot to put the updated Internet Access extension (version 1.3) in the Mac OS 8.6 Update. Two important files that you have to get elsewhere are Apple’s OpenGL 1.0 ( You’ll find links to most of these files on the Update page, but in a few cases, you’ll have to dig deeper. The files (for $19.95 from Apple if you own OS 8.5 800/795-1000) or get the additional files as separate downloads from Apple’s Web site, at To get the missing software, you have two choices: get the Mac OS 8.6 CD, which includes Some of the software simply isn’t included in the Update. However, if you use the Mac OS 8.6 Update (available free from Apple’s Web site), you’ll find that some of this software, such as ColorSync and Macintosh Runtime for Java, doesn’t get installed. Mac OS 8.6 includes updated versions of system software. ![]() The first trick is to get the OS to install the way you want it to.
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