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Apple Pulls 10.2.8 Software Updater

Just recovering from w/ 10.2.8

I am one of the ones who lost my ethernet and DSL.

Apple Tech Support told me to reload 10.2 with archiving of old system and then download 10.2.6 and get back to where I was. Permissions repair, rebooting, Disk Warrior, resetting the network -none helped.
 
Re: My first problem!

Originally posted by MacAficionado
I never had a problem with my Mac until updating to 2.8.
I hope it does not become a problem, but yesterday I went to wake my MDD 867 from sleep and the hard drive started spinning as normal, but I did not get anything on the screen.
And it does not respond to key strokes or the force shutdown by pressing the power button for a few seconds.
I have noticed a speed increase in most things but this worries me, I don't want it to become annoying.
It has happened twice already, anybody have any suggestions?

Thank you
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I have this happen every time I sleep. This is my solution. Unplug your monitor, wait a sec, and plug it back in. That's what I have to do. It works for me every time.
 
I can no longer import from my digital still camera into iPhoto. iPhoto gets an application error and quits. This has never happened before. Is this a 10.2.8 ill effect or a coincidence?
 
I hate this.....My tibook wont wake up after sleep.Just spins the drive and nothing on the monitor.I have to press the power button to kill it then reboot every time.
 
My camera imported fine, but I don't use iPhoto because it insists on its own naming conventions, if i recall right...
 
My Powerbook 12 revision 1, battery life is now horrible.

Not just the meter, but I have dropped from getting around 3.5 hours on reduced processer, spin down on, sleep in 5 minutes.... to about 2.3 hours.

I have re-calibrated the battery (one of my two), and no improvement. I haven't re-set the APM yet. I am waiting for the 10.2.8 "fix" to come out, hopefully Apple won't wait another week.

I am tempted to "downgrade" but I am not sure if I will have to re-install all my apps (dreamweaver, photoshop, keynote, office, the list goes on).

Has anyone "downgraded" using the "archive" feature and been able to keep from re-installing their apps?

Words cannot describe how dissapointed I am with this update.
 
The update totally messed up my Powerbook 17. Thing would kernel crash every 5 minutes, or freeze; screen would flicker, but network worked fine. Apple suggested archive restore thing; that left my computer in this strange neutered state where some things worked, others didnt (aka internet, airport, some programs) Got out the old Lacie drive, put everything on it, and had to do a clean install.

NOT IMPRESSED.

and of course, I have to eat my words to my PC friends about macs being so much more stable..LOL :D
 
There had to be something defective with the update. Maybe someone accidently posted the wrong build. And maybe someone is now looking for a new job.
 
What to do?

733 MHz G4 and 12" PB linked via airport extreme. Neither will print giving me a 'limitcheck' error name on my Brother HL-5079N.

I note the failure with an archive and install so won't do that.

My 12" PB I didn't upgrade from 10.2.6 but it gives the same printed error, so where is the problem?

I changed my link to the printer from ethernet to USB and from my Netgear ADSL hub to the airport but the problem remains. Why is the PB screwed though?
 
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OK, so I booted up from a secondary internal HD which was running 10.2.5. I upgraded to 10.2.6 and printed a few things off to check it was .8 that was the bad 'un.

The PB printed ok too. I booted back into 10.2.8 and hey presto, printing now works. Why, I do not know.

Word seems a little flakey as it crashed twice on one document but was ok on another. Text Edit was fine.

Wossit all abaht then?
 
No probs

Must be lucky but a Ti Pb 667, Lacie Fw HDD, iPod, 2nd display, USB hub, palm m130, usb floppy.... 10.2.8 combo from 10.2.6 and all is fine.

battery life changes dramatically by dropping screen brightness 3 points.
 
Well, I'm boned.....

I reset the nvram and re-calibrated the battery and it just keeps getting worse.

Now I am only getting 1:58 on a full charge with power saving enabled, reduced processor performance, and the screen three tics up from completely off. It's almost like the power saving function is completely disabled.

I guess I'm going back to 10.2.6, since Apple apparantly isn't acknowleging anything but an ethernet problem, so I'm not betting it's going to be fixed in the update. A search on usenet, confirms that I'm not alone.

What I don't understand is why they haven't released an "oops we f***ed up, here's a rollback to 10.2.6 patch"
 
Originally posted by kikimus
Well, I'm boned.....

I reset the nvram and re-calibrated the battery and it just keeps getting worse.

Now I am only getting 1:58 on a full charge with power saving enabled, reduced processor performance, and the screen three tics up from completely off. It's almost like the power saving function is completely disabled.

I guess I'm going back to 10.2.6, since Apple apparantly isn't acknowleging anything but an ethernet problem, so I'm not betting it's going to be fixed in the update. A search on usenet, confirms that I'm not alone.

What I don't understand is why they haven't released an "oops we f***ed up, here's a rollback to 10.2.6 patch"
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They have:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107669
 
10.2.8 has been the most dangerous update yet, for me. Battery life in the old Powerbook skydived to around 20mins, making it into a desktop machine for now; and I'm sure it's also responsible for breaking my fridge ;)

Anyone know if Apple will address the battery issues as well as the ethernet ones?
 
Battery Life

I dunno about anyone else...

But I operated for who knows how long on my battery today. I lost count on the hours and minutes. I was able to put it back on the power adapter before it even had 20 minutes to go to sleep.

The percentage indicator is very accurate.

Other than that, I'm waiting for Panther.
 
12" Powerbook lost ethernet

Well, I read all the other posts so now I'm going to share my tale of woe. I updated to 10.2.8 on my brand-new 12" Powerbook (rev. 1). Everything was working fine at first. Internet, applications, etc. Then I shut off the Powerbook because I wasn't planning on using it for a couple of days. Last night I booted up and opened internet explorer and got an error message saying it couldn't connect to the server. Checked the switch, cables, everything and nothing would fix it. I know it's not my ISP because the two other computers work fine (BTW, they're PCs). No one else with a Powerbook seemed to have this trouble. Any suggestions as to what the problem could be? I'm really hoping the new update (whenever it comes out) will cure my Powerbook.
 
Re: 12" Powerbook lost ethernet

Originally posted by arizona_kimbo
Well, I read all the other posts so now I'm going to share my tale of woe. I updated to 10.2.8 on my brand-new 12" Powerbook (rev. 1). Everything was working fine at first. Internet, applications, etc. Then I shut off the Powerbook because I wasn't planning on using it for a couple of days. Last night I booted up and opened internet explorer and got an error message saying it couldn't connect to the server. Checked the switch, cables, everything and nothing would fix it. I know it's not my ISP because the two other computers work fine (BTW, they're PCs). No one else with a Powerbook seemed to have this trouble. Any suggestions as to what the problem could be? I'm really hoping the new update (whenever it comes out) will cure my Powerbook.
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Archive and Install Mac OS X:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120

It will restore your original ethernet kernel extension and should fix a few things.
 
Word, Excel and Powerpoint no more!

I have a PowerBook G4. After 10.2.8 the start-up is VERY slow (first one not at all).

My biggest problem though is that Word, Excel and Powerpoint (Office X) no longer works!? I've reinstalled Office X to no avail.

HELP Please!! :confused:
 
Re: Word, Excel and Powerpoint no more!

Originally posted by Dingwall
I have a PowerBook G4. After 10.2.8 the start-up is VERY slow (first one not at all).

My biggest problem though is that Word, Excel and Powerpoint (Office X) no longer works!? I've reinstalled Office X to no avail.

HELP Please!! :confused:
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Repair permissions? I haven't had any trouble with Office X since 10.2.8. I wish I did. I despise using M$ products.
 
Re: Word, Excel and Powerpoint no more!

Originally posted by Dingwall
I have a PowerBook G4. After 10.2.8 the start-up is VERY slow (first one not at all).

My biggest problem though is that Word, Excel and Powerpoint (Office X) no longer works!? I've reinstalled Office X to no avail.

HELP Please!! :confused:
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First:
Run Cocktail: Select System and run PreBind Entire System.
... and then Run Cocktail: Select Pilot, select all 4 items, run them, and then afterwards: reboot.
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If that doesn't fixit: run Dragster and Jaguar Cache Cleaner, and Cocktail again.

If that doesn't fixit: Boot to your Norton Utilities' CD and run Disk Doctor to tweak the files, and Speed Disk to defrag the drive.

NEVER INSTALL ANYTHING FROM THE NORTON CD TO YOUR HARD DRIVE !!!
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You should always REPAIR PERMISSIONS before and after any software update/upgrade.

I always REPAIR PERMISSIONS before and after any software update/upgrade.

I have not had any problems with 10.2.8 or 10.2.8 Build 6R73, and MS Office X latest revision.

Update your MS Office to the latest.
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Slow bootup: Are you connected to an ethernetwork? No? Continue ...

Open System Preferences > click Network > Show, scroll to Built-in Ethernet > go to Configure: change "using DHCP" to any other.

Your IP address is located at the bottom flags in Apple System Profiler.
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JJ on a QuickSilver G4-733
 
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