Is this "locate" term something new in Leopard? On Tiger all it does is screw up the results.
It's quicker, easier, and far more productive to just enter the name of the thing you are looking for and forget the "locate" part (at least on Tiger).
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Leopard Install Blue Screen - CONFIRMED Solution
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It's quicker, easier, and far more productive to just enter the name of the thing you are looking for and forget the "locate" part (at least on Tiger).
Definitely in single user mode. I re-booted using the Leopard disk, ran Repair Permissions. Nothing came up as repaired. Weird. So now I'm reinstalling Leopard. If I get the dreaded Blue Screen again, I guess I'll consider wiping the drive. Makes me think back with fondness to the entire night it took me to install Windows 95!
lawguy51
Well that was fun.
Yep, I forgot I had the Application Enhancer to make my dock clear. Yes, folks I just spent two hours fiddling around because I wanted my dock clear.
The paths were different on my machine so attacking the problem from Single User Mode didn't work as well as just hunting down the software once I rebooted from my backup drive.
Things are working now.
Yep, I forgot I had the Application Enhancer to make my dock clear. Yes, folks I just spent two hours fiddling around because I wanted my dock clear.
The paths were different on my machine so attacking the problem from Single User Mode didn't work as well as just hunting down the software once I rebooted from my backup drive.
Things are working now.
No, they're useful apps, but they suck when you do an upgrade. Lesson learned:
Turn off all kinds of 'helper' or 'enhancer' apps before installing Leopard. PS this happened with Tiger and Panther also.
Well what I'm not grasping is how could a tiny piece of background software that some people didn't even know got installed grind the installation of "the world's most advanced operating system" to a total halt? What does that sound like to you? A virus or lousy security? Not even Windows is that bad. Somebody's head should roll.
OK. SuperDuper!'s done! It's off to the zoo to feed the Leopards!
Bob
uninstal
i have not yet installed leopard.
I have removed all unsanity sw with their uninstal option,
Also removed everything i could find with 'ApplicationEnhancer' or 'unsanity' in it by dragging them in the trash.
did not use any command lines
am i save to instal leopard now?
i have not yet installed leopard.
I have removed all unsanity sw with their uninstal option,
Also removed everything i could find with 'ApplicationEnhancer' or 'unsanity' in it by dragging them in the trash.
did not use any command lines
am i save to instal leopard now?
by doing the steps in the first post, are we deleting the unsanity files?
i'm asking because i ran the locate command in terminal after rebooting into leopard, and there were 2 hits for unsanity.plist files.
One i was able to find, the other, is still hiding from me
i'm asking because i ran the locate command in terminal after rebooting into leopard, and there were 2 hits for unsanity.plist files.
One i was able to find, the other, is still hiding from me
I had APE installed on my MBP because I use Cleardock. I removed Cleardock from the APE listing in my System Preferences and then installed Leopard. No problems. The screen paused on the blue screen for about a minute or less before the cursor appeared, but that was it. Nothing out of the ordinary. No Shapeshifter or anything like that. I want less than Apple provides, not more.
I have the Logitech Revolution installed on my Imac and have had no trouble installing Leopard.
I have the application enhancer and everything (from installing LCC)...the only thing i dont have from the suite is the Preference Pane.
Maybe it is that particular thing causing the problem? Good job too....just spent £60 on the mouse that worked fine in Tiger...be gutted if it didnt work in Leopard./
I have the application enhancer and everything (from installing LCC)...the only thing i dont have from the suite is the Preference Pane.
Maybe it is that particular thing causing the problem? Good job too....just spent £60 on the mouse that worked fine in Tiger...be gutted if it didnt work in Leopard./
Well, I've done the steps, and still have the blue screen!
Looks like I'm doing an Archive/install then. Fingers crossed...
Looks like I'm doing an Archive/install then. Fingers crossed...
I hate that stupid Enhancer. From the site i followed the uninstall instructions, i hope it deletes all the files but i think its a good uninstall. I'm glad i waited a few day to install Leopard.
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Version 2.0 and newer:
Click on Application Enhancer in System Preferences. Click the "Troubleshooting..." button in the About tab. Click the "Uninstall Application Enhancer..." button and follow the instructions.
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Version 2.0 and newer:
Click on Application Enhancer in System Preferences. Click the "Troubleshooting..." button in the About tab. Click the "Uninstall Application Enhancer..." button and follow the instructions.
Fixed it!
OK, I don't know if this will work for anybody else, but here is what I did. I didn't have any luck with the command line steps at the beginning of this thread so I held the C down and got back to the Leopard Installer. Then I went into Disk Utilities and repaired permissions. It actually didn't show that it repaired any. Then I re-installed Leopard, (which I don't think did anything because after 2 hours I still had the blue screen). So then I shut down and did the single user steps above and this time, instead of getting read-only lists when I tried to delete the Frameworks directory, it deleted the files. Exited and up came Leopard.
So I don't know, maybe it was the repair permissions step.
Good luck
Lawguy51
OK, I don't know if this will work for anybody else, but here is what I did. I didn't have any luck with the command line steps at the beginning of this thread so I held the C down and got back to the Leopard Installer. Then I went into Disk Utilities and repaired permissions. It actually didn't show that it repaired any. Then I re-installed Leopard, (which I don't think did anything because after 2 hours I still had the blue screen). So then I shut down and did the single user steps above and this time, instead of getting read-only lists when I tried to delete the Frameworks directory, it deleted the files. Exited and up came Leopard.
So I don't know, maybe it was the repair permissions step.
Good luck
Lawguy51
It's not "never use Unsanity products," it's more like, "remove any and all system hacks--haxies, input, managers, etc...--before installing a new version of an OS."
Clarification: APE 2.0.3 itself won't affect a 10.5 install since it checks the OS version. If you're running 10.5, APE simply won't load.
I didn't had ShapeShifter installed, I was using UNO and even unistalled and restored and also erased from my System I get the Blue hanging screen, so I erase and install and everythings cool! but I lost everything! I don't know why I'm happy though, but It seems I'm still in the middle of the halo effect now, and I doesn't care that I lost all my valuable information. Am I crazy?
More help needed
Can anyone add more detailed instructions to the directions below? I type in the following command all in one line: /sbin/fsck -fy /sbin/mount -uw /
First of all, is this supposed to be written all in one line? If I click enter after each command my computer starts checking catalog files, multi-linked files etc.
Am I supposed to be clicking tab or enter after each command?
Second, if I click tab after the full command, I get a list of 4 columns with 9 rows of names like .DS_Store, .Spotlight-V100/, Library/, Network/, home/, etc/
What do I do after this? How do I delete the files? Is there another command for deleting?
Obviously I need help BIG TIME. Please Help!
Can anyone add more detailed instructions to the directions below? I type in the following command all in one line: /sbin/fsck -fy /sbin/mount -uw /
First of all, is this supposed to be written all in one line? If I click enter after each command my computer starts checking catalog files, multi-linked files etc.
Am I supposed to be clicking tab or enter after each command?
Second, if I click tab after the full command, I get a list of 4 columns with 9 rows of names like .DS_Store, .Spotlight-V100/, Library/, Network/, home/, etc/
What do I do after this? How do I delete the files? Is there another command for deleting?
Obviously I need help BIG TIME. Please Help!
thats great!! know i am on a microsoft keyboard what commands do i use to get to single mode on my mac???? i got the blue death screen i had application enhancer installed. I hope i dont need to reformatt the whole drive Anyone hello??? since no one um understood what i worte i got itt o work dont ask okay i am unable to explain its a awesome OS well done.
Aha! I do use a Logitech S530 keyboard and mouse. If this is true, I have one for sale as soon as I get another setup.
I have the Logitech kb&mouse combo, and I've never installed Shape Shifter on my Mac (I do use Tinker Tool, though -- does it come with APE?). I just searched for Application Enhancer in Spotlight and yes, it's there
. I've not upgraded to 10.5 yet, but I'm wondering if the Logitech kb&mouse will work after I do a clean install? If not, I think I'll skip 10.5 -- not enough there to justify spending $129 + buying new kb& mouse. Like the man said, if it ain't broke...The two commands should be on separate lines. Type them exactly as they appear, the space backslash is important as it is stating the command should be executed on the root of the drive.
Code:
fsck -fy /
/sbin/mount -uw /The rm command removes files.
Hope this helps.
I don't have Application Enhancer or Logitech installed and I get a blue screen upon start up. It lasts there for maybe 5 or so seconds (no progress bar like in Tiger) and then goes straight to my desktop like it should. Is this something separate from what is mentioned in this thread?
My solution
I tried all the solutions mentioned in the forums. Because of my newbieness to unix I was not able to have my fingers type the correct commands
My solution was to remove the 160gig drive from my macbook and reinstall the original still bootable 60gig drive and boot to tiger and then insert the 160 gig drive in a sata external sleeve, plug it in the usb port of the macbook and used finder to get to the following files posted elsewhere and delete them.
Library/Preference Panes/Application Enhancer.prefpane
Library/Frameworks/Application Enhancer.framework
System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Application Enhancer.bundle
Library/Preferences/com.unsanity.ape.plist
I reinstalled the 160gig drive and it booted to leopard with no problems.
This may help the other keyboard skill challenged people out there.
Toolmangler
I tried all the solutions mentioned in the forums. Because of my newbieness to unix I was not able to have my fingers type the correct commands
My solution was to remove the 160gig drive from my macbook and reinstall the original still bootable 60gig drive and boot to tiger and then insert the 160 gig drive in a sata external sleeve, plug it in the usb port of the macbook and used finder to get to the following files posted elsewhere and delete them.
Library/Preference Panes/Application Enhancer.prefpane
Library/Frameworks/Application Enhancer.framework
System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Application Enhancer.bundle
Library/Preferences/com.unsanity.ape.plist
I reinstalled the 160gig drive and it booted to leopard with no problems.
This may help the other keyboard skill challenged people out there.
Toolmangler