Glad you solved it. I'm never a big fan of those sorts of things. Always causes some problem somewhere sometime, conflicts with something,..or just chews up memory or CPU usage. :) But hey, that's just me :) These days I run my systems pretty lean with not many add on or anything now. ;o) ( I used to from OS9 days and before,...then just started to trim back as things got more "advanced" or more updates more often. Less to have to worry about.)
But glad you got it working, that's always a good outcome. Kind Regards Daniel On 13/11/10 7:00 PM, "Tim Law" <t...@peoplehelp.com.au> wrote: > > All, > > I seem to have resolved the problem. In the end I kept on not being able to > wake up from sleep without creating a major video drama. Flashing screens, > bits of windows all over the place. > > I reinstalled the update in Safe Boot mode, reset the PRAM, reset the video > preferences and the final trick seems to have been turning off a nice > background application called My Living Desktop has done the trick. What a > drama..... > > This desktop app plays gentle video in the background and clearly doesn't like > 10.6.5. I'll report it to them. > > Thanks for your help Daniel. > > Tim > > > > On 13/11/2010, at 4:08 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > >> >> Hi Tim >> >> Could be. >> Should be fine off Safe Boot Mode, though can't remember off the top of my >> head if it turns off a couple of things needed to run the install. Had an >> idea something did, but I could be thinking of another install I did that >> needed something turned on. >> But yes, should be fine. >> >> Kind Regards >> Daniel >> >> >> On 13/11/10 3:47 PM, "Tim Law" <t...@peoplehelp.com.au> wrote: >> >>> >>> Done that Daniel. I'm wondering if a special Finder background image app I >>> have may have caused problems. It's a moving video of various scenes. I also >>> forgot to unplug a USB backup drive the first time. >>> >>> Is it okay to run the updated in safe boot mode to stop any background >>> oddities interfering? >>> >>> T >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 13/11/2010, at 3:33 PM, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Tim >>>> >>>> I'd reinstall the OSX 10.6.5 update from the dmg file just to play it safe. >>>> Shouldn't hurt it, but may fix anything that wasn't installed 100% the >>>> first >>>> time. >>>> >>>> Kind Regards >>>> Daniel >>>> >>>> >>>> On 13/11/10 3:12 PM, "Tim Law" <t...@peoplehelp.com.au> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >> >> --- >> Daniel Kerr >> MacWizardry >> >> Phone: 0414 795 960 >> Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> >> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >> >> >> **For everything Macintosh** >> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > > > -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
