All I've been seeing on this and other forums and what I'm hearing from students is the mess 10.5.2 is making. A few people who have been calling tech support says they can't solve their problems. Even Rush made an appeal to Steve Jobs as he has problems that tech support couldn't fix! Why would Apple release such a batch of problems? Think I'll keep Tiger for a long time yet.

If it gives Rush problems then I am in full support of this version of OS X.


"Rush made an appeal to Steve Jobs as he has problems that tech support couldn't fix!"

I'd pay money to listen to that conversation.


Chopp

No problems here on 2 intel Macs and 1 PPC Mac.

Repairing Permissions on the PPC unit takes an hour or so, but does finish.

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Ed (modelamac)

I think I will just put an OUT OF ORDER
sticker on my head and call it a day.

No problem here, either . . . some people just need to cry out for attention!

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Bill
Flagler Beach, FL 32136

Carpe Vino!

Fermentation may have been a greater discovery than fire.
— David Rains Wallace

I've had students and an IT guy saying something quit working when they installed 10.5.2 and haven't yet been able to solve it. One student lost her iCal and Apple tech support couldn't solve it. The IT guy says he's got a few problems to fix on school computers.

I've had no troubles with it yet -- which is surprising, if so many are whining.

I've noticed a few changes --- the dialog boxes are different in sys prefs for Sharing and ARD, and I still think the damn machine takes too long to shut down, relative to when you first get it ---- and that's with all software closed before shut-down.

I realize that there are things to do, house-keeping, but in reality, I added only Photoshop CS3 and ID CS3, and Orafice 2008. (VMware and Winduds sit there, but if they aren't running, how big of an issue can they be?)

Oh--- and Netscape/Firefox.

This has been a very sparse disc for installing things thus far -- I tend to experiment with
a lot of software, so my needs to nuke and pave are often the result of my own doing, so I don't complain about it much. I'm just amazed that having 45GB of stuff including the OS requires so much additional time (relatively speaking) to repair permissions, to shut down, etc., vs. the materials put down on a virgin install.

I took one look at the size and used the combo updater. I repaired permissions before and after and haven't any problems and I have a lot of things installed on an Intel MacBook.

No problems here.

no problems for me, either.

absolutely no issues here as well.

Zero problems on 10.4.11 ;)

10.5.2 updater removed/moved all my Python custom library installs. It moved the site packages folder from /usr/lib to /Library. I spent two hours last night trying to sort all this out, but I still don't have all my scripts working again.

Never any problems with Leopard until 10.5.2. I updated via Software Update on the 11th, and I thought everything was fine and went to bed. I came home from work on the 12th and logged into my iMac 2.8Ghz with 4GB of RAM machine and everything looked normal on my desktop. THEN the problems started. EVERY single application, other than the Finder, Disk Utility and EyeTV, that I clicked on to launch would quit. Disk Utility did not solve the problem. Repair of permissions did nothing. I now see the ACL error. I Can't use TechTool, and don't have a update to my Disk Warrior 4.0 disk yet from Alsoft. This went on for an hour before I just decided to whip out my original Leopard disk and reinstall 10.5. I did that and then downloaded the standalone combo updater. It got me back to 10.5.2 and so far, everything is working well again. This episode now makes me a believer in using the standalone installer vice Software updated for a major update.

no problems here so far on a core2 macbook. In fact, 10.5.2 seems to have fixed an issue with the Transmission app. I'm liking the new old list-view folders in the dock.

A. The front line Apple Tech support is a collective bunch of dopey bouncers who's knowledge dosen't run any deeper than the tech notes Apple publishes online, and who's real purpose is not to solve complex issues, but to get you of the freaking phone by blaming you or your 3rd party app...even if the issue is with the OS and not a 3rd party app.

B. There are issues with EVERY update. When you have a complex system like an OS and you tinker with one part, that change is bound to affect something else. People that use the issues a few vocal people have as an excuse not to upgrade are just lying to themselves that they are not luddites and don't accept change.

C. Widescale problems are what we see with Vista. 10.5.x does not have any widescale compatibility issues. Most major and still supported s/w that was broken by 10.5 has now been fixed. You can't say the same for PC programs using Vista.

My only issue has been with Moneydance; it has twice brought up a kernel panic. Haven't seen one of those in years.

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Well, it's a good thing all of you first made a backup clone to try the update on, right?

Working fine on my lowly single processor PM G5 & my wife's G5 iMac.

Oh no! Some little piece of software stopped working on someones machine! Call the media! As long as the core OS works and most features on most apps work, I'd call it good enough. You can't possibly expect a major update to work perfectly on every singe Mac with every possible configuration of third party software and utilities to work perfectly right away.

I would even hazard a guess to say that most problems are from developers that didn't follow Apple's software design and use guidelines.

I'm not saying it wouldn't be nice and great if it worked perfectly, but I am realistic.

No problem here. 24" iMac 2.1 duo.

No problems here.

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It is what it is.

I upgraded my MacPro yesterday with 5.2. It has been uneventful.

I haven't noticed anything significant. Spaces was a whole lot snappier. Shifting between windows and going to the full "landscape" view were both instantaneous. But after a few hours, the speed has bogged down to 5.1 levels. I suspect that there was some cache or memory space that is now overloaded. Nonetheless, the speed is plenty fast. I can wait 1/4 -1/2 seconds for changes.

Overall, I am pleased, but not ecstatic, with the Leopard update. Nothing has broken and qualitatively, the system appears to be faster. I use Spaces, but virtually none of the other "improvements." My system is slightly less stable than Tiger. It crashes 2-3 times a month under Leopard. I can live with it.

I use Desktop Transporter and Spyme for remote access (the .mac version strikes me as insecure). Both of these programs are noticeably faster under Leopard. My response times are fast enough that I can actually do productive work on the remote system. This alone was worth the price of the upgrade.

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Billybob
My system is slightly less stable than Tiger. It crashes 2-3 times a month under Leopard. I can live with it.

What!? Dude, zero crashes ever is the acceptable number.

Fix your system.



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No problems so far on my 12" PowerBook. Did the repair disk and permissions thing before installing the combo updater.

I am debating when to roll this one out for my clients, though. Still may hold off another day or two to see what else gets reported by everyone else.

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What!? Dude, zero crashes ever is the acceptable number.

Fix your system.

I'm hoping that this update has fixed my system. However, if it doesn't fix whatever issues I have, I certainly am not going to spend a lot of time trying to figure out what causes sporadic crashes that simply require a 2 minute reboot.

Installed 10.5.2, repaired permissions. Seemed fine, but then I noticed had an issue with Fusion where on my list of virtual machines, my boot camp partition was listed as "Boot Camp partition on /dev/ drive 0" instead of "Boot Camp", and when I tried to run it, Fusion gave a notice saying something along the lines of that my boot camp partition did not "exist on a physical drive" which didn't make any sense to me. I wasn't sure what to do about it, but it miraculously cured itself today (still says Boot Camp partition on /dev/ drive 0 instead of just plain "Boot Camp" but at least it works now).

Otherwise, no issues. YMMV, of course...


Bink.

Only problems I've encountered are the typical Entourage crashes (most likely due to Entourage and not 10.5.2) and my Logitech MX Revolution got wonky ever since I upgraded to Leopard.

I had a problem with it.

After the reboot and subsequent login, setup assistant comes up. I choose quit, and it dumps me back to the login screen. I tried it a couple more times with the same result.

I did another reboot and then everything was fine.

Problem free update. Contrary to many reports update was fast - guess less than one minute. Repair permissions equally as fast. All apps running as prior to update. Of course, I did make a clone just in case, but apparently not going to be needed.

no problems here.

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Bryan
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Mac Studio 2022
MacBook Pro 14 inch 2021
iPhone 14 Pro
Location: Cincinnati

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yeoman
Problem free update. Contrary to many reports update was fast - guess less than one minute.

Mine, too -- much faster than recent updates of both the Leopard and Tiger variety. I was quite surprised.

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It is what it is.