Thanks for the advice Sam. I'm a little bit confused about the updater. Should I run the 10.5.8 combo even if I'm running Snow Leopard?
I'm probably just being pedantic but I just wanted to check. Regards Philippe On 1 Jul 2011, at 19:17, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > Reinstall OS X would be the easiest way, boot from the installer DVD then > select an archive and reinstallation (10.5 or lower), 10.6 automatically does > this anyway. > > Once finished, run the 10.5.8 combo updater before any other updates. > > Regards > > Sam > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > [email protected] > > On 1 Jul 2011, at 17:44, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I did a software update this afternoon. It installed the latest version of >> OS X (10.6.8 ?), java and something else whose name has vanished from my >> mind! All this on my Intel 2GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook (black). >> >> It told me I needed to restart so I did and now I see the Apple logo, the >> spinning bars and then some text alluding to a kernel panic followed by the >> dialogue box telling me I need to turn my Mac off and then on again. >> >> I can't get around this. I've repaired permissions, reset the PRAM and >> repaired the disc using Disk Utility. It does start up in safe mode but I >> can't do what Apple suggest as the airport isn't switched on (I'll get an >> Ethernet cable tomorrow. >> >> Is there anything else I should try? >> >> Regards >> Philippe >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
