My iMac (about two weeks old) continually reboots after installing the 10.5.5 update. I am currently downloading the stand alone combo update on my macbook to try that. Not sure what the deal is, but the only way to get it to stop is to hold down the power button, and then it starts up normally with 10.5.4. Only weird thing is, is that when it starts up with 10.5.4 spotlight re-indexes all of my hard drives.
My Aluminum iMac rebooted, and then rebooted again automatically mid-start-up. I am assuming that is not a good sign.
Once everything was up and running, everything appears to be running slower.
Suggestions?
-Fitz
The double-restart is normal. As for everything running slower, did you notice that Spotlight might be re-indexing? That happened to me and would cause a temporary slowdown.
hey my imac rebooted twice as well - mid start-up.
but i do notice it a bit slower
coming from a windows machine, i have had lots of problems with mac os x series...
i think its karma for me switching to mac lol
Computers, particularly Macs, have been increasingly complex, and along wit this will come an increasing challenge to keep things running perfectly. Add to this the huge growth of the Mac, and the increasing pressure on Apple to keep innovating, and you can begin to see why things may not be as smooth as they were a few years ago.
Not making excuses, but it's a fact. The world is becoming increasingly connected, and this puts demands on our computers that weren't there before.
To all the posters with machines having the reboot and slowness issues,
What Macs do you have? For example, iMac from the April 2008 update, or MacBook from the February 2008 update. It seems that the people with these issues have the newest Macs. If it's related only to the new iMacs then it could be an issue with them.
My Aluminum iMac rebooted, and then rebooted again automatically mid-start-up. I am assuming that is not a good sign.
Once everything was up and running, everything appears to be running slower.
Suggestions?
-Fitz
I have two iMacs; 24" 3.06Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo and 20" Intel Core Duo. Both Rebooted twice, the second reboot taking place midway the first. Everything is super fine but snappier !!!
Should I bother with 10.5.5? I seem to remember I didn't install 10.5.4 because people said it was too slow on this computer. I wonder if the same is true for this update?
Should I bother with 10.5.5? I seem to remember I didn't install 10.5.4 because people said it was too slow on this computer. I wonder if the same is true for this update?
The smart thing to do is:
Make a complete bootable backup of your 10.5.3 system, using Carbon Copy Cloner, to an external firewire drive.
Then update your system to 10.5.5 and use it for a week or two.
If it last's, is stable and you see improvements, leave good alone.
Otherwise, just resort back to your 10.5.3 backup and restore your machine to the 10.5.3 state.
Can someone explain to me once and for all, what repairing permissions actually does? It seems that whenever someone has a seemingly inexplicable problem, the recommended solution is always repair permissions.
First I updated an old PowerBook and everything went OK. Then I did the Mini (1.67 Core Duo). Rebooted OK, but with beach ball icon and couldn't do anything (dock, apps, menu all unresponsive). Couldn't connect with Remote Management or SSH as I usually do. Didn't want to hurt the disk too much so I put it to sleep (was still responding to single click of hardware switch) and then pulled the plug. On boot, folder with question mark. Booted from DVD, went to disk utility and the internal drive shows no partitions. Any ideas?
Well, now it reminds me that it happened several times to me. I set my iMac to sleep before I went to bed and found out that it was somehow power on in midnight. I would definitely freak out if I witnessed it. I hope the update does fix this.
My iMac regularly wakes overnight for it's own purposes, it always has even when Tiger was on it. It seems to be whenever my MacBook wakes on the same network, but it will also wake on it's own.
I wonder if at long last they have Permissions Repair actually fixed so that you don't have to wait around for the time it takes to prepare a four course dinner, eat it, and still have room for Dolphin on Toast.
Anybody?
Try un-checking the box to show progress during the permission fix. This should make the process proceed much faster. Re-checking the box afterwards, or looking in your logs, will show you what was corrected. YMMV.
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weird.
but i do notice it a bit slower
coming from a windows machine, i have had lots of problems with mac os x series...
i think its karma for me switching to mac lol
Hey folks,
Just wanted to add the data.
My Aluminum iMac rebooted, and then rebooted again automatically mid-start-up. I am assuming that is not a good sign.
Once everything was up and running, everything appears to be running slower.
Suggestions?
-Fitz
The double-restart is normal. As for everything running slower, did you notice that Spotlight might be re-indexing? That happened to me and would cause a temporary slowdown.
hey my imac rebooted twice as well - mid start-up.
but i do notice it a bit slower
coming from a windows machine, i have had lots of problems with mac os x series...
i think its karma for me switching to mac lol
Computers, particularly Macs, have been increasingly complex, and along wit this will come an increasing challenge to keep things running perfectly. Add to this the huge growth of the Mac, and the increasing pressure on Apple to keep innovating, and you can begin to see why things may not be as smooth as they were a few years ago.
Not making excuses, but it's a fact. The world is becoming increasingly connected, and this puts demands on our computers that weren't there before.
What Macs do you have? For example, iMac from the April 2008 update, or MacBook from the February 2008 update. It seems that the people with these issues have the newest Macs. If it's related only to the new iMacs then it could be an issue with them.
Hey folks,
Just wanted to add the data.
My Aluminum iMac rebooted, and then rebooted again automatically mid-start-up. I am assuming that is not a good sign.
Once everything was up and running, everything appears to be running slower.
Suggestions?
-Fitz
I have two iMacs; 24" 3.06Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo and 20" Intel Core Duo. Both Rebooted twice, the second reboot taking place midway the first. Everything is super fine but snappier !!!
Should I bother with 10.5.5? I seem to remember I didn't install 10.5.4 because people said it was too slow on this computer. I wonder if the same is true for this update?
12" PowerBook rev A 867mHz running 10.5.3
Should I bother with 10.5.5? I seem to remember I didn't install 10.5.4 because people said it was too slow on this computer. I wonder if the same is true for this update?
The smart thing to do is:
Make a complete bootable backup of your 10.5.3 system, using Carbon Copy Cloner, to an external firewire drive.
Then update your system to 10.5.5 and use it for a week or two.
If it last's, is stable and you see improvements, leave good alone.
Otherwise, just resort back to your 10.5.3 backup and restore your machine to the 10.5.3 state.
Easy Peasy.
New notebooks on Tuesday, anyone?
That was my first thought as well.
Hopefully some form of hardware bump, at least.
Does not fix issues with InDesign.
I'm wondering if it's up to Adobe to fix that issue?
Still doesn't explain why those same issues didn't exist with 10.4, though?
The problem seems to go back to the last firmware update (EFI 1.5.1) or more likely the keyboard update (1.0), anybody out there have the same issue?
Is it possible to revert back to an earlier firmware version (EFI 1.4) or remove the keyboard update?
Cheers!
Installed the update hoping his would solve the problem with my MacBook Pro regularly refusing to type the letter "T" - it doesn't appear to have.
The problem seems to go back to the last firmware update (EFI 1.5.1) or more likely the keyboard update (1.0), anybody out there have the same issue?
Is it possible to revert back to an earlier firmware version (EFI 1.4) or remove the keyboard update?
Cheers!
It is more likely to be a faulty key.
Well, now it reminds me that it happened several times to me. I set my iMac to sleep before I went to bed and found out that it was somehow power on in midnight. I would definitely freak out if I witnessed it. I hope the update does fix this.
My iMac regularly wakes overnight for it's own purposes, it always has even when Tiger was on it. It seems to be whenever my MacBook wakes on the same network, but it will also wake on it's own.
Hmmmm,
I wonder if at long last they have Permissions Repair actually fixed so that you don't have to wait around for the time it takes to prepare a four course dinner, eat it, and still have room for Dolphin on Toast.
Anybody?
Try un-checking the box to show progress during the permission fix. This should make the process proceed much faster. Re-checking the box afterwards, or looking in your logs, will show you what was corrected. YMMV.
It is more likely to be a faulty key.
I had a new keyboard fitted about ten months ago, it worked fine after replacement. Something to look into though...