Can i go back to 10.5.2?!

[ki2594]

The wireless "bug" happens now to me a few times a day and its annoying. It will disconnect...search...reconnect again and again sometimes and it sucks. This seems to have happened only after i updated to 10.5.3. Is there ANY way i can go back without a backup?
Thanks!

 

[LowMach]

i seem to have my wifi woes fixed:

removed the com.apple.airport.preferences.plist & removed my home wifi from the airport network preferred settings then reboot

also
brought down my wifi network and then started over with the same settings

i have now been 24 hours with no trouble *knocks on wood*

i think it has something to do with the encryption because i could hook up to unsecured wifi with no trouble while having trouble with my modest wep security and mac compare.

 

[me_94501]

The wireless "bug" happens now to me a few times a day and its annoying. It will disconnect...search...reconnect again and again sometimes and it sucks. This seems to have happened only after i updated to 10.5.3. Is there ANY way i can go back without a backup?
Thanks!

Odd, 10.5.3 seemed to have *fixed* that issue for me. Could be a coincidence, but I don't think it's cropped up for me since upgrading.

Uh, as for downgrading, the one way I know for sure would work is backing everything up, erasing the drive, installing 10.5 off the install disc, upgrading to 10.5.2, and restoring from the backup, but that's really time-consuming.

Does anyone know if one can "Archive and Install" off the Leopard disc to downgrade? I would guess you could, but I've never tried it.

 

[ki2594]

yeah i know many used to have that problem but i got it right when i updated to 5.3 so i mite try what the first replier said.

 

[ki2594]

ive also noticed this problem only occurs when in desktop mode. It hasn't ever happened when i've normally used the macbook. But it happens like once or twice a day. and what was the com.apple thing you deleted. I can't find it!

 

[me_94501]

ive also noticed this problem only occurs when in desktop mode. It hasn't ever happened when i've normally used the macbook. But it happens like once or twice a day. and what was the com.apple thing you deleted. I can't find it!

Easiest way to get to it:
1. From the Finder, select the Go menu -> Go to Folder
2. type "/Library/Preferences/" (minus quotes) and press enter. The file should be in there.

 

[ki2594]

weird...that folder or file isn't there?? i went in the preferences but no airport there.

 

[me_94501]

weird...that folder or file isn't there?? i went in the preferences but no airport there.

Oops! I just double-checked. The folder I should have given you is "/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/".

Sorry about that.

 

[ki2594]

thanks and sure enough so far...no problems