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Troubleshooting Roundup: Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update

While Jason D. O'Grady considers anything more than ordinatrix inflagrante to be success when he's installing a new operating system, he and others are still reporting on the various and sundry issues that have cropped up since Tuesday's 10.5.7 update:

  • I can't find my brain: Some users are reporting that their Buffalo (among other) external disks aren't mounting after installing the update. Solution: Nothing concrete, though many people are suggesting installing the combo update you can download from Apple's site, rather than using Software Update. You can participate in Apple's Support Discussion on the topic if you share this problem. [via MacNN.]

  • Blue screen of death: No joke: since the update restarts your computer up to three times, some users are getting hung up on the first blue screen that appears after the gray Apple logo screen. Solution: Wait until disk activity stops, then shut down the computer hard by holding down the power button. [via PowerPage.]

  • I was blind, but now I see: The update is causing some video cards to output non-native display resolutions. Instead of outputting 1920 x 1200, instead Mac OS X will try and output 1920 x 1080 (which works fine for HDMI, but not many widescreen displays). Solution: An oldie-but-goodie: Zap the PRAM by holding down command + option + P + R at startup until the computer restarts a few times, then letting go. [also via PowerPage.]

  • Cold fusion: VMWare is suggesting people hold off on updating if their configuration includes an ATI graphics card and they use Fusion to run 3D Windows apps. (2D apps are just fine.) Slow and poor rendering and general crashiness are symptoms of the problem. Solution: None yet. Apple and ATI are working on an update. [via MacNN.]

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david

I am getting the stuck on blue screen thing each time I power up, and so far pressing apple + e first gives me a cursor then later my regular desktop with dock etc. this is on a G4 MDD Dual 1 Ghz tower.

This is my second attempt I must have put in my e-mail wrong the first time because I never got the e-mail confirmation and password

July 29 2009 at 3:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mischy32

hey guys...
mine update won't even install !!!
After I downloaded the updates using imac software updates, I had to restart my mac to install them. Everything was looking good. Installation launched with no problems but after few minutes I've noticed that the loading bar is not moving forward.
After an hour of waiting there was still no change on loading bar. Only thing i could do was to switch my IMac vie hard reset. ever since when i want to shut my mac down, the update installation is launched and does the same thing.
If anyone had the same problem or doesn't but know what to do pleas help!
thanks

May 26 2009 at 4:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bram

hello i have a huge problem i just bought a new macbok and i was installing MAC OS X and then i cancelled the instalation, and now i cant install it and finder and all the applications arent working properly, and every 8 seconds this message appears on the screen…
the application spotlight quit unexpectedly

mac os x and other applications are not affected

click relaunch to launch the application again. click report to see more details and send a report to apple.

i have click relaunch, and also the report thing. the only thing working is safari so what can i do?

May 25 2009 at 6:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Benjamin

My parents can no longer print with their FujiXerox Docuprint 203A (which apparently is a rebadged Brother printer). I’m not the only one with this problem (http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/1202229.html), but I haven’t seen a solution yet. Help!

May 25 2009 at 12:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
solarpos

iMovie will not import .mp4 after the update. YES my camcorder is an approved model. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

May 20 2009 at 5:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Aek

Phew! I'm usually obsessed about testing out/running the latest update version release of every single software I own but for some reasons I have held off the 10.5.7. I know it's not a guarantee that these faults will develop on every Mac out there, as with many earlier releases that seem to mess up different bits-and-bops on different Macs, but this one sounds kinda severe.

I should continue to monitor this reviews for a little longer as I'm not really troubled by the 10.5.6 I'm running. :D

May 18 2009 at 1:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark Keyes

my iMac wont back up using Time Machine and my external Free Agent HD (also tried it with Time Capsule but same story). It just says preparing and doesnt do anything else. My MacBook (08 version) is fine. and yes I have backed up before I installed 10.5.7

May 18 2009 at 3:47 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pol C.

I can't install safari beta, it says that i need 10.5.4 and up...on 10.5.7 O.o, except that works like a charm on my Macbook (Alu)

May 18 2009 at 3:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
now4real954

Well for me it is a mixed bag of hurt...

my ibook G4 updated with no real problems...but my macbook would not reboot after the update

so I booted from back up and it said the internal drive was messed up...so I had to reformat it and start from scratch...which was a pain...

and now neither of my laptops will stay attached to timemachine backups on Airport Extreme USB drives...keeps giving me error messages...and I have to manually access the AE drives and then if the display goes to sleep the backup doesn’t work...

any ideas on fixing this please help me
I need my backups...I don't want to have to attach them to the individual laptop to do the back ups

thanks guys

May 17 2009 at 2:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matt

Same thing happened to me with the Xbox 360 sharing the internet connection. This sucks. I was about to play a game of halo then I can't connect to LIVE anymore. I hope they can get this fixed ASAP. If anyone knows how this might be fixed, plz email me at wasteitall@cox.net

May 16 2009 at 11:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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