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POLL: To 10.5.7 or not to 10.5.7?

POLL: Did you have major problems after installing 10.5.7?

  • Intall went fine. Used Combo Update. Use Safari 3.

    Votes: 26 9.3%

  • Install went fine. Used Software Update. Use Safari 3.

    Votes: 69 24.6%

  • Intall went fine. Used Combo Update. Use Safari 4.

    Votes: 48 17.1%

  • Install went fine. Used Software Update. Use Safari 4.

    Votes: 107 38.1%

  • Major Problems. Combo Update. Use Safari 3

    Votes: 2 0.7%

  • Major Problems. Software Update. Use Safari 3

    Votes: 10 3.6%

  • Major Problems. Combo Update. Use Safari 4

    Votes: 4 1.4%

  • Major Problems. Software Update. Use Safari 4

    Votes: 7 2.5%

  • Install went fine. Combo Update. Have kernel hacks.

    Votes: 3 1.1%

  • Install went fine - Used Software Update. Have kernel hacks.

    Votes: 2 0.7%

  • Major Problems - Combo Update. Have kernel hacks.

    Votes: 2 0.7%

  • Major Problems - Used Software Update. Have kernel hacks.

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Total voters
    281
netdog

netdog

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To 10.5.7 or not to 10.5.7? That is the question?

Did upgrading to 10.5.7 cause you big problems?

Sorry for so many choices, but it seems like Safari 3 vs. Safari 4, kernel hacks, and Combo updates vs. using Software Update may all be contributors to the problems that so many are having.

Haven't seen so many reporting problems with a system update in a very long time, and I am kind of scared to leave the security of 10.5.6.
 
a little help here....

Maybe I have idea can help some people facing problem during update to OS X 10.5.7, as myself have never had any problem by using this method to update my MBP. :D


It's as simple as A,B,C.

A) download the combo update from here:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL827/MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.7.dmg

B) Restart your Mac Book (pro) / iMac / Mac pro into SAFE mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455

C) Install the combo update then Restart your mac again!
Done!

----------------------------


Hope this can help you.
:apple:
 
I am downloading the update through Apple Software update right now. I have Mac OS X 10.5.6 so all I need to do is just install it normally right? This is the first time I have ever done an update on a Macintosh before. It's kind of like a Windows Service pack right? Sorry, I'm kind of a n00b :eek:
 
Where's the, "Install went fine, Used Software Update, Use Firefox"?

:D

I installed the Airport update, the iTunes update, the Mac OS 10.5.7 update, rebooted into Safe mode and then updated Tomato. I now get well over 200Kbps download under Leopard! No more Airport issues!
 
Boy, so far the results here are radically different from the impression one would get reading the main thread on the update announcement.
 
On 10.5.6, very slow download from Software Update, so cancelled download and got Combo Update from Apple instead - far, far faster to download.

Installed OK, went to reboot, got into shutdown hang loop (blue screen with spinny circle thing [not beachball], then plain blue screen, then spinny thing, then plain blue, etc) for 12hr before I reset manually and everything seems fine.
 
Used software update, was quick, then updated Safari. No problems whatsoever.
 
I downloaded from Apple Software update. It took maybe 30 minutes to download and maybe 4 or 5 minutes (maybe less to install) and all is working great ^^
 
Downloaded via software update 2 minutes ( 50MB download speed ).. installed with 2 reboots and all is running fine.
 
Software update was so slow at first the estimated time was like 14 hours. Canceled it, re-ran the update, and everything went fine. No problem so far. I don't use Safari.
 
Well seem to be running great actually and all counts. The system does seem faster and I am running Raid O SSD drives and no issues at all. Interesting I have many connections from my ports . USB powered , 30 inch monitor, Drobo on Firewire 800 connection and e-sata drive which is a big drain on my MBP 15 unibody and before this update i could not boot with everything connected . I had to pull the Drobo offline to boot up than reconnect. That issue seems to have gone away and can fully boot with everything connected and actually a little faster. Of course with SSD and Raid 0 this thing is a rocket on booting. I also tried a test and opened EVERY program I had, which is a lot and big programs like CS4 , InDesign, Quark and more and more. Every program opened either immediately or within 2 seconds as fast as i could hit the the icons. I'm actually thinking of cloning over the 10.5.6 backup already but may give it a few days just to be sure.

I did go ahead and did it automatically through the software update than also did Safari manually than this morning just installed Safari 4 beta and all is good. One thing I have noticed on update the system will try to reboot 2 times before it finally comes up. This seems normal so be patient. When you finally boot up I ran repair permissions immediately and it took several minutes. Key here is patience, don't do this trying to run out the door.
Good luck.

Also do a backup of your system on a external before you do anything, just in case.
 
I got a 2009 iMac (ATI)... the software update downloaded and stuck right at the beginning of "Configuring Installation" so i rebooted and tried the combo ... that installed but rebooted 2 times before it actually booted properly all the way
 
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