Mac OS X 10.2: Can‘t update to 10.2.8 after Archive and Install of 10.2

• Software Update won't install the Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update. When you try, this alert message appears:

  "The installation has encountered a problem. None of the checked updates were successfully installed. To try again, choose Download Checked Items in the Update menu and open the package from the desktop."

  What a downer!

• The standalone Installer from Apple Downloads doesn't work either. It tells you:

  "There were errors installing the software. Please try installing again."

  (Even if you dutifully try again, you do not succeed.)

• If you're the adventuresome type who reads Console log, you might see something like this:

  Software Updates {405} *** NSTimer ignoring exception 'NSRangeException' (reason '*** -{NSCFArray objectAtIndex:}: index (0) beyond bounds (0)') that raised during posting of timer with target 1ba0e50 and selector 'taskCompleted:'

  Tip: Don't worry about what all that means.

Solution

1. Get a different 10.2 update from Apple Downloads, such as the Mac OS X 10.2.6 Update. Note: 10.2.7 is not available.
   
   
2. Install the update, and restart when installation is complete.
   
   
3. Now you can update to 10.2.8 using either Software Update or Apple Downloads.

If everything installs, you're all done!

"Disk Copy Helper has unexpectedly terminated" message

If you see that, you're not quite done yet. You could see this when trying to open the downloaded disk image file (.dmg), for example. To fix this:

1. Open the Utilities folder, which is in the Applications folder.
2. Adjust the Utilities folder window so that you can see Disk Copy.
3. Drag the image file (.dmg) on top of Disk Copy. The mounted image should then appear alongside other available disks, like your hard disk, and you should be able to use package file (.pkg) on it to update your software.

Tip: If the installation package file (.pkg) won't open either, drag it directly onto the Installer, which is also in the Utilities folder.