All, Instead of relying on Software Update to upgrade to 10.6.5 on my Mac Mini as I normally do, I thought I'd try the combo update route promoted here and downloaded the 10.6.5 combo update file which ran to a 1Gb file.
i diligently repaired permissions, twice, and went ahead with confidence, having never had any problems with an upgrade. Once I checked the upgrade was running smoothly I went away only to be alerted to 'the computers having a spaz attack' by an alert family member. The screen was flashing in a way I'd never seen it before. Only the top of the screen was visible, and only momentarily in between flashes. I have uploaded a short movie (5mb) of the fault to: http://gallery.me.com/peoplehelp/100247 I've no idea why the image is upside down on Gallery. That's odd!! The only way I could control the Mac Mini was to hold down the power button until it turned off. No keyboard shortcuts would make a difference On restart the finder came back as expected. But once the screen went to sleep, it wouldn't wake, so another hard restart was needed. I checked under "about this Mac" and it is indicating I am now running 10.6.5 and the computer seems to be functioning as expected. I have repaired permissions again, twice I have confirmed that when I put the system to sleep, then wake it by hitting the escape button on the keyboard, the screen wakes up only to the blue screen and nothing else happens. I have to have a forced restart. This remains the same after a couple of restarts. I've run Software Update and only found iTunes to be updated, so have done that. This computer had a new logic board fitted a month or so ago under AppleCare warranty after a period of problems.. At the time the disk was cleared and rebuilt. Naturally I am not all that happy to have done an upgrade and got new problems. Apart from the wake from sleep issue, the computer seems fine, but it shouldn't be like this. I am tempted to rerun the updater to make sure that has done what is was supposed to do. Feedback welcomed! Ta Tim On 11/11/2010, at 11:33 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: > > Ok Hugh, you get the gold star on the forehead. Thanks, I'll do the > update tonight. > > Regards > > Pete... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Hugh Griffiths > Sent: Thursday, 11 November 2010 11:16 AM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: RE: 10.6.5 > > > its out now > > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1324 > > > Hugh > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Ronda Brown [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, 11 November 2010 11:01 AM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: 10.6.5 > > Sorry Roger, > > I apologise for my error. The OS X v10.6.5 Combo Update is not posted as > yet. > > The v10.6.5 code is so far available only through Software Update. > Filesizes can vary from computer to computer, but one upgrade from > v10.6.4 is noted to weigh in at 517.3MB. Combo updates are substantially > larger. > > As soon as I see the Combo is available I'll post the "Correct" Link. > I have to stop trying to do too many things at once ... as I stuffed up > here ;-) > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 11/11/2010, at 9:35 AM, Roger Kortas wrote: > > Hi Ronnie > > Just tried your link and it goes to the 10.6.4 update and so far am > unable to find the 10.6.5!! > > Must have had a late night and still asleep :) > > Roger > > On 11/11/2010, at 7:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > I always download and install the Combo Update. > This is the link for the Combo Update which is a 887.37 MB download. > > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1048 > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 > 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm > > OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > On 11/11/2010, at 7:03 AM, Eugene wrote: > > As expected 10.6.5 update became available overnight. 517 Mb download. > > Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.5, the fifth maintenance update for > Snow Leopard, via Software Update. The update offers a number of fixes > implemented since the release of Mac OS X 10.6.4 in > mid-June<http://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/15/apple-releases-mac-os-x-10- > 6-4/>. > > The 10.6.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow > Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the > stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes > that: > > - improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers > - address performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and > Aperture > - address stability and performance of graphics applications and games > - resolve a delay between print jobs > - address a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an AirPort > Extreme > - resolve an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal > - address an issue where dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock > to not automatically hide > - resolve an issue with Wikipedia information not displaying correctly > in Dictionary > - improve performance of MainStage on certain Mac systems > - resolve spacing issues with OpenType fonts > - improve reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays > - resolve a VoiceOver issue when browsing some web sites with Safari 5 > > For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4250<http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http > %3A%2F%2Fsupport.apple.com%2Fkb%2FHT4250&t=1289430002>. > For information on the security content of this update, please visit: > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222<http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http > %3A%2F%2Fsupport.apple.com%2Fkb%2FHT1222&t=1289430002>. > > The public release is the same Build > 10H574<http://www.macrumors.com/2010/11/08/mac-os-x-10-6-5-build-10h574- > seeded-to-developers/> that was seeded to developers on Monday, and > multiple users are reporting that AirPrint to printers shared via their > computers using the iOS 4.2 golden master is in fact NOT working, as had > been > rumored<http://www.macrumors.com/2010/11/10/apple-delays-or-cancels-supp > ort-for-airprint-via-shared-printers-on-macs-and-pcs>. > > I was expecting an updated iTunes as well since they anticipate an > iPhone iOS update any day now. > > Regards, > Eugene > <(null) 4.tiff> > > > > > > ________________________________ > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and > privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. 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