Otra cosa, si no uso todos esos programas para el update, ¿es necesario actualizar?

Parece ser que al actualizar vía “Actualización de Software”, este causa un error al reiniciar en algunas macs y provoca que la actualización no se descargue.

Lo pueden actualizar correctamente, si bajan el update primero desde la página de apple y lo ejecutan. Asi se podrá actualizar sin problemas.

Por una mac feliz….

Beto.

Apple Loses Some Shine as Mac Sales Slow Discounts Are Avoided Even as Rivals Slash Prices and Consumers Pull Back

By YUKARI IWATANI KANE and JUSTIN SCHECK Even Apple Inc. is beginning to suffer in this year’s dismal holiday season, and worries are mounting the recession will weigh on its business next year.

Apple, which has outpaced the overall personal computer market this year despite its strategy of eschewing discounts, showed its first signs of weakness in November.

Sales of Macs in U.S. stores last month declined 1% from a year ago, while industry-wide PC sales rose 2%, according to research firm NPD Group Inc., which tracks retail sales.

NPD analyst Steve Baker blamed a 35% drop in sales of desktop Macs, noting growth in Apple’s laptops still outpaced rivals.

The decline marks a sharp reversal for Apple, which has enjoyed robust demand this year for its Macs, even as spending on Windows-based PCs slowed along with sales of other electronics like flat-panel TVs. To drive sales of its iPhone, analysts expect Apple to begin selling it at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., possibly at a discount.

Some analysts are worried that sales will slow after the holidays as consumers pull back. On Monday, Goldman Sachs analyst David Bailey cut his estimate for Apple’s 2009 profit, warning “some nicks have started to emerge.” Mr. Bailey warned the company faces “a tougher environment” in the first two quarters of next year, when he believes consumer demand will further deteriorate.

Until last month, Apple’s premium-pricing strategy seemed to be paying off, as the company boosted profit and gained market share from Windows-based PC rivals like Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. at a steady rate. In October, for example, Apple shipments grew 28% from a year earlier-four times the growth rate of the overall market, according to NPD.

An Apple spokesman said the Cupertino, Calif., company doesn’t comment on monthly sales. The company’s shares, which were above $150 in September, closed Monday at $94.75, down 3.6% for the day.

The November data indicate that falling prices for Windows-based PCs, and the rise of low-priced computers like netbooks — mini notebooks that cost as little as $300 — have finally tripped Apple, said Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray, who still expects Apple to continue outpacing the market over the next year. “What you’re seeing in the numbers is price sensitivity with the consumer,” he said.

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs told analysts in October the company wasn’t cutting prices on Macs, which make up 46% of the company’s revenue, because “we’re not tremendously worried” the downturn will drive customers to cheaper PCs.

Apple has steered away from the low-margin netbook market in favor of higher-end computers. “We don’t know how to make a $500 computer that’s not a piece of junk,” Mr. Jobs said in October when the company reported earnings.

Apple rivals like H-P and Dell offered discounts weeks earlier than usual this holiday season, dropping some prices by as much as 50%. Mr. Munster said since last December, the average Windows PC price is down 35% to 45%; in contrast, Apple has offered only modest discounts of 5% to 10% on its PCs, analysts said.

The strategy translates to a big bite into consumers’ wallets. On Amazon.com last week, an H-P Pavilion laptop with a 14.1-inch screen was marked down from $1,074 to $760. In contrast, an Apple MacBook with a 13.3-inch screen, less memory and less storage capacity was $966, just $33 below its list price.

Apple has also held the line on its desktop iMac lineup, which starts at $1,199. Meanwhile, Dell’s all-in-one XPS One desktop machines start at $899 In October, Apple lowered the price of its entry-level white MacBook laptop to $999 from $1,099 and refreshed its main MacBook line by packing higher-end features — like an aluminum frame and better graphics performance — into models starting at $1,299.

NPD’s data tracks in-store sales, including Apple’s own outlets, but doesn’t include data from Wal-Mart, which doesn’t sell Macs. Retail sales account for at least 70% of consumer PC purchases, said Needham & Co. analyst Charlie Wolf.

The withering economy has weighed heavily on PC sales. Earlier this month, research firm IDC lowered its 2009 PC growth forecast, saying revenue would fall 5.3% from this year. Earlier, IDC had estimated 4.5% revenue growth.

Piper Jaffray’s Mr. Munster said he expects the company to recover in coming months, and said he is maintaining his prediction that Apple next year will increase shipments by 10%, while the rest of the industry falls 5%.

Shaw Wu, an analyst at Kaufman Brothers, expects Apple to sell 2.7 million computers in the current quarter ending in late December, a 17% increase from a year ago. He expects industry-wide PC shipments this quarter to be about 85 million.

Despite short-term weakness, analysts expect Apple’s products to remain more profitable than many rivals’ computers. The MacBooks are forecast to deliver close to 20% profit margins, compared with 6% or less for competitors, said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein & Co.

—Ben Charny contributed to this article. Write to Yukari Iwatani Kane at yukari.iwatani@wsj.com and Justin Scheck at justin.scheck@wsj.com

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Saludos

Gracias Herfblack y también a los demás, en efecto, acudí a Apple.com y en la sección de downloads descargué la actualización de este 15 de diciembe, son 372mb, es el Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update, presenta el Download ID: 22651

Una vez que se descargaron los 372mb aparece una guía para instalar la actualización, una vez que se completan todos los pasos se nos pide que aceptemos el reinicio del sistema y termina de instalarse, pero muy rápido, tal vez menos de un minuto desde que se reinicia.

Gracias de nuevo

Me estoy actualizando con el Delta y aparte bajando la Combo para futuras necesidades, gracias!!

Ayuda por favor!

Aprovecho también para mostraros la web que estoy diseñando sobre juegos para mac e ipod, decidme que os parece , busco tambien alguien que me ayude para los analisis de iPod Touch/iPhone que desgradiadamente no tengo ninguno interesados contactar a iadmin@iapplegames.com!!

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Hola Unodeaqui, ¿me podrías decir cuanto tardó el proceso “configurando la instalación?

Gracias de antemano, mi Mac tiene de vuelta más de 10 min y nada

Saludos desde Tijuana

¿Cuál será el defecto? Gracias de antemano por la información…