[MACEP] Mac OS X 10.4.7 Update (Combo)

[radams at lane.k12.or.us]

I got my computer back.  MacFixit had a nice 5-page article on how to recover
from an installation that stalls on reboot.  If you are a member of MacFixit,
you can get the whole five pages, but below are the steps that got me back up
with 10.4.7.

Richard Adams
Pleasant Hill School District

How to recover when an OS update stalls on restart:

   It turns out that there is a similar mode (to not loading extensions in OS
7-9) in OS-X, called "safe mode" and
similarly invoked by holding down that shift key after the startup chime.


   Here is what cured my ailing Tiger update: caches and preferences had
become corrupt.  Here is a list of the things to put into the trash:

   Start up in Safe Mode.

   Drag the following files to the trash (you'll have to enter your
administrator password when dragging these files and you'll probably have
to restart)

   1.  com.apple.kernelcaches (a folder in /System/Library/Caches)
   2.  Extensions.kextcache (a file in /System/Library)
   3.  Extensions.mkext (a file in /System/Library)
   4.  com.apple.ATS (a folder in /Library/Caches)
   5.  com.apple.loginwindow.plist (a file in /Library/Preferences/)
   6.  Files that start with com.apple.LaunchServices (in /Library/Caches)
       (I found three of them)


Now I did this while being in OS 9.2.2 so I didn't have to start up in Safe
Mode and I didn't have to give a password.  Still, when I then restarted,
OS-10.4.7 then worked.  It took a while to start up the first time and I found
myself having to log in with my password (I'd had my personal computer set up
with single-user mode which doesn't need a password.  Still, it's probably
better to have the password mode so any thief is going to have problems
getting past the login screen.  You can reset the password if you have a
System Install disk, however.  I keep those hidden).





> Hi,
> I have also been running OS X 10.4.7 since it came out (800 MHz PPC
> G4, 1 GB RAM). Unlike Richard, I have had no problems at all -- my
> system is rock solid and it has been at least two years since I last
> had a system crash!
>
> I am a firm member of the Bleeding Edge Club and install all updates
> as soon as they are available. So far (knock on wood) I have had no
> problems. Your mileage may vary.
>
> I do keep a full backup of my hard drive -- updated every couple of
> week on an external hard drive using SuperDuper! which makes bootable
> copies your current drive, but I have never had to use it to revert
> to a older version of the OS of any program updates.
>
> By the way, I never post any files on the ftp server at MESD until I
> have tested them on my computer first. This, of course, does not mean
> that they will always work on your computer(s).
>
> John
> --
> John Bromley
> (503) 668-3332
>
> "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just
> sit there." -----  Will Rogers
>
>
>
> On Jul 6, 2006, at 2:53 PM, Mark Petersen wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 6, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Brian Kamlin wrote:
>>
>>> I wish I read MACEP before I applied this update. Well back to
>>> 10.4.6. I lost the basic system apps like iCal, Mail, Automater,
>>> iSync,and Preview. Geez what happened?
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> As usual, I took the leap to the update - both via the updater from
>> Apple, which I ran first, and then via John's Combo Update at MESD,
>> which I ran after doing the auto-update.
>>
>> Everything is working fine.  No loss of info or apps.  AND Safari
>> is working better now than after the auto-update from Apple.
>>
>> This is not unusual for some to have trouble with an update and
>> others not.  I've never understood that.  But then I love mysteries.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark
>>
>> Mark Petersen
>> map at mac.com
>>
>> "A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if
>> He knew the facts of the case."
>> Finley Peter Dunne
>>
>>
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