Mac OS X 10.5.2 Special Report: Advice at work

One MacFixIt reader had a number of serious problems with Mac OS X 10.5.2 that were solved, in quick succession, by fixes posted here. In case you're experiencing similar issues, here is his report:

"After updating to 10.5.2 I had a kernel panic just after the inital startup. As suggested by MacFixIt i unplugged the only thing connected to my iMac 2.4 which is a 500GB WD Hard drive [Ed.- Suggested here], that seemed to solve the problem. I then found a firmware update [Ed.- Suggested here] for the drive and that seems to have solved the hard drive and kernel panics. I was also getting an error message from Time Machine under 10.5.1 and possibly 10.5.2, so after updating I erased the external hard drive [Ed.- Suggested here] and started again with Time Machine. No more kernel panics or problems with Time Machine."

Index:

• Release Notes an update procedure recommendations
• Determining whether problems are caused by Mac OS X 10.5.2 or Leopard Graphics update
• Downgrading to Mac OS X 10.5.1

• "ACL found but not expected" in Disk Utility
• Active Directory issues
• Adobe application slowness, fixes
• Advice at work
• AirPort slowness, disconnects and more
• Applications fail to launch
• Clicks from speakers
• Finder not starting
• Freezes when using DVD Player
• iCal calendars disappearing
• iPhone syncing problems
• Mail.app issues
• Microsoft Office applications slow to launch
• Missing display resolutions
• Poor Performance: Slow startups; general sluggishness
• Override automatic disk shutdown mechanism
• Parallels problems
• Repair Disk/Permissions to the rescue, again
• Screen savers not asking for passwords
• Slow LAN transfers
• Startup stalls or fails
• System utilities (Cocktail, LCC) must be updated
• Misc. third-party application, device problems (Bluetooth, etc.)
• Time Machine not work properly
• Trackpad, mice, keyboard not working -- reset SMC
• Undocumented fixes
• Wake-from-sleep issues (inadvertent restarts, more)

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