On 10/08/2008, at 5:08 PM, John Daniels wrote:
Following my reinstallation from the upgrade disc I now have 10.5 as
the OS.
Prior to the problem I had 10.5.4
1) When I archived and installed, would my previous OS (10.5.4) have
been
retained on the HDD.
You should be able to find a " Previous system " folder on the hard
drive
2) I do have a backup on Time Machine back to June. Would that help
to get
10.5.4 updates without downloading the combo afresh?
3) I did have a folder in the dock for downloads with stacks but I
inadvertently dragged it into the desktop and lost it.
You should not have lost the folder ... but where it is ..... ?
When you said you lost the above folder did it disappear in a " puff
of smoke "
which would mean that was an alias .
Try looking ... previous system ... users - your name - for Downloads
folder
What you need is the Mac OSX Combo 10.5.4 update , and then you do
not have to worry about the
increments in between
Bob
getting that folder and stacks back in the dock?
I hope someone has the time and patience to answer the above
Cheers
John
On 9/8/08 6:24 PM, "John Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all
The only Leopard disc I had is the upgrade disc from Tiger. So I have
reinstalled Leopard (Archive and Install). This seems to have
worked. After
installation I ran repair permissions. I'm not sure whether I have
permanently cured the problem, we shall see.
Anyway thankyou all for your help.
Cheers
John
On 9/8/08 3:08 PM, "Robert Howells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 09/08/2008, at 2:50 PM, John Daniels wrote:
Hi Bob
No, I could not force it either with C or Option keys. It stayed in
the
slot.
John
On 9/8/08 2:39 PM, "Robert Howells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 09/08/2008, at 2:33 PM, John Daniels wrote:
No luck Bob
The Leopard upgrade DVD does not show up anywhere on the desktop.
Cheers
John
Yep ..... I think I found the same problem with an UPGRADE CD
IF I remember correctly you actually have to be running the previous
OS for the upgrade to mount.
Do you happen to have the last COMBO update on your hard drive ?
You may be able to re run that ! ?
Not sure what happens when you run that over a later security
update !
Seems like you really need a Leopard INSTAL disk rather than an
upgrade disk ,
or connect via firewire and set up Target Disk mode to
another PPC
mac with Leopard
or Connect an external Hard Drive ( which has Leopard
installed )
via firewire
so you can start up from it.
You cannot run Permissions from Disk Warrior CD ... wrong versions !
You might startup from Disk Warrior 4.1 which runs on Tiger but can
repair Leopard structure .
Disk Warrior Version 4 is Tiger only .. NO GOOD for Leopard
Bob
Did you force a start up from the CD
That is .... get the CD in the Mac
in iniate a restart and hold down the C key ,
OR the Option key in lieu of the C key
The giggle might be keeping the DVD in the slot while you do the
restart
Bob
On 9/8/08 2:23 PM, "Robert Howells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On 09/08/2008, at 12:56 PM, John Daniels wrote:
Thanks Ronni
Unfortunately I don't know how I can get to Disk Utility
because
Finder wont
open nor Spotlight
John
John ,
Start up with your system CD and look for Disk Utility under the
Utilities
drop down menu .
Then run Permissions repair
You need the same flavour instal CD as your system on your HD .
Bob
On 9/8/08 11:23 AM, "Ronda Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 08/08/2008, at 8:24 PM, John Daniels wrote:
Hi Folks
I updated my table lamp running 10.5.4 with the 2008-5
security
update
yesterday.
Now Spotlight has quit unexpectedly and the message telling
me
this
keeps
appearing over everything else every 15 seconds. In addition
Finder
fails to
launch I have restarted but still the same.
Hi John,
I think you might have some directory problems.
a) Startup in Safe Mode, this will take awhile longer to
startup
because OSX is actually scanning your entire hard drive for
problems.
b) After starting up in Safe Mode, restart your computer
normally
and
then repair permissions using Disk Utility.
To startup in Safe Mode:
To start up into Safe Mode (to "Safe Boot"), do this:
1. Be sure the computer is shut down.
2. Press the power button.
3. Immediately after you hear the startup tone, press and hold
the
Shift key.
The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the
startup
tone but not before.
4. Release the Shift key when you see the grey Apple and
progress
indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
Cheers,
Ronni
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