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February 27, 2008 12:42 PM PST
Mac OS X 10.5.2 Special Report: Determining whether problems are caused by Mac OS X 10.5.2 or Leopard Graphics update
A number of issues covered in this report -- particularly those regarding wake-from-sleep, display resolutions missing and DVD Player freezes -- may be caused by the Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 rather than Mac OS X 10.5.2. Since the two updates were released and applied by users simultaneously, there is some difficulty in deciphering the culpable software release.
See our tutorial on reinstalling the system, then update to Mac OS X 10.5.2 (but ignore the graphics update). If the problem persists, Mac OS X 10.5.2 is the cause of your problem. If it's gone, the Leopard Graphics update was the cause of your problem.
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)
