Mac firmware updater

[Riverwind]

I downloaded the Mac firmware updater for the Classic but when I unpack it the files are unrecognizable by my Mac. Is there a application to use these with in order to update from a Mac?

[boB]

In the README_Python.txt   file  there is some information near the bottom.....

It shows that you will need to download a program  from   pyserial.sourceforge.net
that is the application I think you are talking about.  Unfortunately we do not
have a python GUI application yet for this so it will have to be run from your
unix shell I think.

Here is that text but I will see if I can get someone that has done this more than I have to
comment more.
boB


mnupdate.py will work for Linux and OSX. Ubuntu and Debian distributions will be the easiers from our experience.

Updating with Apple Mac OSX ....

The catch with OSX is that the python and the pyserial module (see pyserial link below)
will have to be installed manually.

The classic usb device shows up as a different file (deadC0D or similar) instead of /dev/ttyACM0 as in Linux.


Resources:
http://www.midnitesolar.com/
http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/

[Riverwind]

Thanks boB. For now I'll stick with my ancient pc for the updates. It's the only thing I use it for besides a doorstop. Maybe someday you'll find a gui for the Mac. I don't want to be fiddling with command lines and not being certain that the updates went correctly.

[laszlo]

Thanks for the Mac updater, Midnite. I will try this soon - should be pretty straightforward to load the pyserial and the midnite installer images.

[boB]

Yes, I just assumed that OSX users were unix shell wizards since that is what
is underneath the Mac OSX OS.

It's kind of a pain rather than using a GUI but I guess it keeps people off the streets !

boB