Major problems after 10.4.11 update!

I'm having the same problem and it's really upsetting. I hope there is going to be a patch.

I had very 'interesting' problems immediately. As soon as I booted with 10.4.11, Finder began a repetetive pattern of launching and crashing, every few seconds. My desktop icons would alternate from visible to invisible with each iteration.

Safari worked well enough to look up basic info, but I just ended up re-installing OS X to the version on my Install disc...tried the update again and had more problems...OS X would not even start.

I read that one user found success when they reset their PRAM, but I have to say that Apple have some reworking to do with 10.4.11.

I recommend extreme caution before going ahead with this update.

This update has caused my two Mac's to slow to a crawl. I repaired permissions before and after update. Also lost all mail contact information outside of e-mail address's in Gmail (phone numbers/street addys gone). No more predictive e-mail address when typing in the first couple of letters.

Safari is now useless. I'm on firefox now, which is not my 1st choice of browser. I feel like I'm on a slow PC. Pages are taking forever to open, Scroll bars are not working. I can no longer pull down a page by holding pointer on scroll bars in any application. Highlighting is no longer working. Can't highlight image files in a folder and drag them elsewhere any longer.

If apple doesn't offer a fix for this problem soon, I'll be forced to restore Tiger.

my macbook wont even start up i just get the apple symbol and the little loading circle and it just stays on that screen *** is going on?? im stumped on what to do

I have the "grayscreen" freeze about twice a day since I updated. (Which I never got..maybe once every 3-4 months)

Everything else seems fine for me.

My (black) MacBook intel core duo 2 Airport card is not dropping the internet every 15-40 min now. But the grayscreen is just as annoying...so I went from one problem to another.

Yes, do not update! I KNEW that the timing (right after the release of Leopard) was suspicious and I knew that I shouldn't have updated. This is clearly an attempt to sell more copies of Leopard and I think a class action law suit is in order if they don't fix this ASAP.

A few things that happened to my computer:
Firefox won't launch
iTunes is messed up -- deleted all my podcasts & playlists
Safari is barely working, it's slow and won't download complex things like PDFs
The dock was reset

I've never had any problems before. Nor did I have any third party enhancements installed.

I'm having the same problem. Upgrading to 10.4.11 worked fine, but after rebooting I get a kernel panic within a few minutes... EVERY time. Booting in safe mode works, but that's pretty useless.

Wiping the disk will be my last resort...

Same ever since upgrading to 10.4.11 I am getting Gray screen crashes alot about every hour mostly seems to be triggered using safari.

Here is the error message I am getting.



Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x000000007C671B8C PC=0x000000000009AD24
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x4FAF1780)
PC=0x0009AD24; MSR=0x00001030; DAR=0x7C671B8C; DSISR=0x00200000; LR=0x0009AC00; R1=0x36F3B500; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x000F000C 0x00099EE4 0x00098C94 0x0006ACEC 0x0006B3D8 0x0006B8C8
0x00038348 0x00266E58 0x002738D4 0x000252AC 0x000ABFB8 0x00026D50 0x000A89BC 0x000A877C
0x000ABB80
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFBCF0

Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x4FAF1780)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x4EDC4A00)
PC=0xFFFF9374; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x005E7F58; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x90A40C00; R1=0xBFFF9310; XCP=0x00000003 (Unknown)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x4FAF1780)
PC=0x0009AD24; MSR=0x00001030; DAR=0x7C671B8C; DSISR=0x00200000; LR=0x0009AC00; R1=0x36F3B500; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x000F000C 0x00099EE4 0x00098C94 0x0006ACEC 0x0006B3D8 0x0006B8C8
0x00038348 0x00266E58 0x002738D4 0x000252AC 0x000ABFB8 0x00026D50 0x000A89BC 0x000A877C
0x000ABB80
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFBCF0

Exception state (sv=0x4EDC4A00)
PC=0xFFFF9374; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x005E7F58; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x90A40C00; R1=0xBFFF9310; XCP=0x00000003 (Unknown)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPCModel: PowerMac7,2, BootROM 5.1.5f1, 1 processors, PowerPC 970 (2.2), 1.8 GHz, 2.5 GB
Graphics: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, ATY,R350, AGP, 256 MB
Memory Module: DIMM0/J11, 256 MB, DDR SDRAM, PC3200U-30330
Memory Module: DIMM1/J12, 256 MB, DDR SDRAM, PC3200U-30330
Memory Module: DIMM2/J13, 512 MB, DDR SDRAM, PC3200U-30330
Memory Module: DIMM3/J14, 512 MB, DDR SDRAM, PC3200U-30330
Memory Module: DIMM4/J41, 512 MB, DDR SDRAM, PC3200U-30330
Memory Module: DIMM5/J42, 512 MB, DDR SDRAM, PC3200U-30330
AirPort: AirPort Extreme, 405.1 (3.90.34.0.p18)
Modem: MicroDash, Australia, V.92, 7.0, APPLE VERSION 2.6.6
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST3160023AS, 149.05 GB
Serial ATA Device: Maxtor 6L300S0, 279.48 GB
Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D, 2.15 GB
USB Device: Hub in Apple Pro Keyboard, Mitsumi Electric, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: Apple Pro Keyboard, Mitsumi Electric, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 250 mA
USB Device: Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM), Microsoft, Up to 1.5 Mb/sec, 500 mA

Ok... I upgraded and was not even able to make it through the entire upgrade process before the whole OS froze up.

Im currently using my macbook with bootcamp.

Whoops did a bad post here..trying to edit it. Sorry

Message was edited by: David Johnson16

Whoops...my bad. Wrong post. I mis read the **** topic. SOMEONE PULL MY POSTING. Sorry guys.
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Yes, I wish I'd known about this beforehand only in my case, it's Bluetooth that's stopped working and is causing Kernel panics. I updated from 10.4.10 without a hitch except that I got the Apple Welcome show that normally only appears after a fresh install! Then I tried connecting via BT to my phone...kernel panic! Rebooted OK and tried again....kernel panic again. Rebooted, repaired permissions and tried to connect to another device via BT....kernel panic. It's completely ridiculous; all was fine before this wretched update!!!

Since my last message, I ran the 10.4.11 combo over my original 10.4.11 update. This also went smoothly apart from two automatic restarts but trying to connect to anything via Bluetooth still ends up with a kernel panic....grrrrr!!!

I'm also having problems since the update in question! It doesn't recognize an USB modem (Telemodem Z020) that was perfectly working previously, the battery seems to last much less, the computer also seems slower and I had several crashes in iTunes that never had before! Is there a simple way to go back?!

Message was edited by: helloluci

I am also having all these problems. Disk Warrior repaired some things, but Safari and SOftware Update still won't launch. I can't even reinstall because it keeps crashing. Permissions have been repaired, and HD checks out ok. Happened on the iBook first, but I was able to reinstall there, and everything was fine. So I decided it was ok to go on the PowerPCG4, but I am stuck in limbo here.

I'll keep watching here for solutions.