Apple may have done this "fix" for HackIntosh's but not likely. They have refused to even recognize that HackIntosh's exist . The current clones could have changed that but despite the movement growing the Hacks are still small potatoes compared to the Millions of Macs sold . If it was on purpose it was more of a game play on Apples part. They know Hacks really can't be stopped so why waste their time and resources . The Genie is out of the bottle and there is no going back without major expense on Apples part and doing a Microsoft on security which will only piss off the Apple faithful . Despite Windows draconian security measures which greatly affects the user experience it is the most pirated software in the world . Apple knows this only too well . This doesn't mean they won't find a solution that works in the future but have it seems decided not to follow Microsoft in spending billions on security that doesn't work and compromises the user experience.
Having said/ranted all that ;-) It took the HackIntosh hackers/ software experts all of 5 minutes to fix the Mac OS X 10.5.5 install crash issue. They are like the Linux crowd devotion that money can't buy . If Microsoft had employees like Linux and HackIntosh hackers their product would be amazing with bugs fixed over night etc. Apple is one of the best at this of any of the big commerical companies. The fix for the crash while installing 10.5.5 on HacIntosh machines (it's not likely to happen on a real Mac G4, G5 or Intel ) After the install you need to remove the extension (called kext in OSX ) "AppleIntelCPUPowermanagement.kext" located in System/Library/Extensions . This kext is needed for MacBook & Macbook Pro machines . It is unknown why it installs on some HackIntoshs. It's also not new has shown up on some hack machines since Leopard arrived. If you have another Mac OS drive to boot from you can boot from it and remove the kext from the failed 10..5 install, run disk utility fix permissions then boot should work with 10.5.5 install. There is even a kext to put on your machine that keeps the unwanted kext from being installed in the first place. Yes the kernel is updated to 9.5 from 9.4 in 10.5.4 . Vanilla kernel users should be fine others need to keep the 9.4 kernel they are using in 10.5.4 . Insanelymac.com is the place to read & learn more not here. Sorry for this one time off topic post here. No follow up here from me . Will S On Sep 16, 7:36 am, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Apple may have finally come up with the proverbial "silver > bullet" which renders OS X86 boxes useless. > > Although other OS X86 users have reported "no problema" with the > 10.5.5 Delta Update (for bringing a Hackintosh running the > "Vanilla" [ retail DVD ] version of Mac OS 10.5.4 up to 10.5.5), my > Hackintosh, equivalent to an OpenPro/MacPro, got a kernel panic > during the Software Update process itself, thereafter leaving the > partially updated system completely unusable. Fortunately, I have an > identical 1 TB disk as an on-line back-up to my usual boot disk. And, > fortunately, I had "synched" the two just before applying the update. > > I am, therefore, hesitant to apply the update to my G4s (I have no > G5s, nor do I have any Intel Macs). > > It is believed that 10.5.5 does update the MacOS kernel, but this was > "no problema" for the 10.5.4 update, which also updated the kernel. > > I will likely "age" the update, and try again, after others running > G4s, and others running Hackintoshes, too, report positive results. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
