10.5.6 problem

Ok, so when Apple released the update 10.5.6, I was ready to jump on it as soon as I got home. I got on the Apple website, went to the download, and clicked download. It downloaded fine, no problems there, and now it's time to reboot. When I went to reboot, it was about halfway done when I accidently closed my screen, as it is a habit for me to close my screen when I leave my computer. When I opened it back up, it was frozen. I shut it off. Now when ever I turn it on, I get a panic screen. I have tried resetting the Pram, with no avail. Has anybody experienced this? Does anybody know what the problem is, as I am suspecting it is a Kernal Panic. Does anybody know any solutions? Thanks!

 

I did that once, tried to turn it back on but got the same results as you.

I just did a cold shut down, (pressed and hold power buttom for 5 secs) until it shut down, then started it back up and it went into the OS and continued with the procedure.

Not sure why its not working for you

 

Yeah I was assuming that it would just reboot with a cold shutdown, but nothing happened but the same screen. I am worried that it might be something serious enough that I cannot fix it. My only other option is to take it to the Apple Store and get it fixed for a flat fee of $49.95, but I don't want to spend that if I don't really have to.

 

Try taking the battery out

 

Ok I'll try that.

 

Do you have important information in your hard drive? if not, If it was me, I would rather format and reinstall the Mac OS than paying some cash...

 

I've tried to format the HDD and also reinstall Mac OS X onto it, but halfway through the installation, it will go directly back to the error screen. I'm going to try to restore my HDD back to where it was before I tried to update it using Time Machine, to see if that helps. Thanks for the replies guys!

 

You can also try resetting the SMC. Shut down, take out the power and battery, and hold down the power button for 5 seconds. This is separate from resetting the PRAM.

Updates that require a restart actually install critical components during the reboot probably because it can't overwrite files when they are in use so they wait to do it on reboot before they load. Sleeping on restart would probably mess up the update and could corrupt the OS. That doesn't explain why you are having trouble reinstalling OS X from scratch though. A corrupt firmware update could explain it, but Apple usually doesn't bundle them with OS updates and keeps them separate to allow people to be more careful with them.

 

I ended up using Time Machine to restore the system to a week ago through my external drive, so things are back to normal for the moment. I'm going to try to install 10.5.6 a bit later, and I'll MAKE SURE that the screen doesn't accidently get closed . Thanks for the replies!

 

Okay, so I didn't have quite this kind of problem. But ever since the update, my MacBook won't boot to OS X by default. After it's been shut down, when I turn it back on, it goes to a black screen saying "No bootable device found. Insert bootable disk and press any key to continue..." The only way to get into OS X is to hold the option button down when turning it on and manually select Macintosh HD.

This leads me to believe it's a problem with Boot Camp. I don't have Windows installed, but I tried once. Unfortunately, my spare XP disc was only SP1 so it wouldn't install. So I deleted the Boot Camp partition in OS X, and I didn't notice any problems until after the update, but they could have been there ever since then (I'm not sure if I had actually shut the computer down since the failed attempt). Any ideas on what I can fix?

 

Just solved this problem the other day because I was having the same issue following the 10.5.6 install. Go to System Prefs -> Startup Disk -> Select Mac OS X disk. Restart.

Should do the trick.