Upgrading from 10.5.8 to 10.6.6

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Upgrading from 10.5.8 to 10.6.6

Hey guys,
So I know there have been tons of posts like this, but I wanted to make my own so that I can get specific advice for my setup. I have a black macbook from early 2008, that has 2.4 ghz, and 2 GB of ram. I just upgraded to 10.6 a few weeks ago (it installed 10.6.3 and then I installed the system updates), and since then my computer has been freezing constantly and also the internet connection just stops working (this happens with both a wired and wireless setup, like it will say I am still connected but no website will load for a while..). I have restarted my computer multiple times, and repaired the disk permissions, but still no avail. My computer is being really annoying... what should I do? I have 30 GB of space left, but I had even less when I had leopard since I got like 10 gigs back.

Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jan 20, 2011 6:08 PM

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a brody

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Jan 20, 2011 6:17 PM in response to bglick

Sounds like you hit the brick wall of disk space*:

http://www.macmaps.com/diskfull.html

But worse, you may have a router that is not up to date for 10.6, which is why the internet may fail. Try connecting at a WiFi hotspot to see if there is a difference.

- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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bglick Author

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Jan 20, 2011 6:26 PM in response to a brody

I don't think it is this router, because I had the same problem when I was at home (I'm at school now, the problem continues) and it also happens with a wired connection. As for the disk space theory, I had less space when I had 10.5 and had no problems..

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a brody

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Jan 21, 2011 6:26 AM in response to bglick

Run the hardware test that came with the machine.

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bglick Author

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Jan 21, 2011 1:46 PM in response to a brody

where is that?

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Jan 21, 2011 1:53 PM in response to bglick

The install disks which came with the machine. Here are instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509

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bglick Author

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Jan 29, 2011 10:12 PM in response to cathy fasano

I don't have the disks with me, so maybe there are alternate solutions? Does anyone else have some advice? I know I'm not alone in this issue, there are definitely other reports of this, and when I did some quick searches I read like I had to delete some preference files or something? Anyone know what I'm referring to?

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Jan 29, 2011 10:26 PM in response to bglick

If you don't have the install DVD with you then you are hosed.

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bglick Author

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Jan 30, 2011 7:54 PM in response to Allan Eckert

why am i I hosed without the install disks? What type of ****** "upgrade" is this where if my computer was FINE before, and the installation went completely smoothly, I now need to resort to the install disks from my computer? I will try to located them, but isn't there some solution involving deleting certain file preferences or something?

When I was using regular leopard, I had no problems with my computer and thought I could go at least another year without upgrading. Now my computer freezes so often I feel the overwhelming urge to smash it against the wall! This is ridiculous, I thought with 10.6.6 all the bugs and patches would be worked out but they clearly aren't. This is the first time I've ever been so frustrated with Apple and believe me I'm a die hard fan. I know tons of other people have had similar problems.... Why do I need to run a hardware test if my computer wasn't acting up before snow leopard? THis is definitely a software issue. Please help, I'm very desperate.

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noice_T

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Jan 30, 2011 8:03 PM in response to bglick

First off, NEVER upgrade without having a clone backup of some sort. Second, trying running Diskwarrior. If you don't have a copy, you should.

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a brody

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Jan 31, 2011 3:09 AM in response to bglick

Upgrades on the Mac are for feature changes. They are not always essential, though some third party enhancements may eventually require them . Unfortunately this means if any features are not in sync with upgrade improvements, issues can arise. If the machines hardware is marginal, that wiill become more apparent with an upgrade since it may require more hardware enhacements than the version before it.

Disk Warrior is only recommended for backed up systems, since symptoms that require it are the same as a dying hard drive, and there is no way to tell the two apart.

This is why a backup is mandatory before an upgrade*

http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html

As you'll see in my link above, you still have options for data recovery. But call Applecare to get the original system discs so you can examine the hardware.

- * links to my pages may give me compensation

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bglick Author

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Feb 15, 2011 8:52 AM in response to a brody

Hey guys,
so I got the disks, but haven't done anything with them yet. The reason is is because I think I figured out the problem. I've been using Chrome for the last few weeks and everything is back to normal. Anytime I try to open safari it takes forever to finally load, and then everything else slows down. Safari worked great until I upgraded, anyone know why it changed all of a sudden?

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a brody

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Feb 15, 2011 9:00 AM in response to bglick

Probably some corrupt cookies, cache, or out of date plugins that didn't get updated with the package. If you moved any of the files from their preinstalled location, they may not have updated when you did the upgrade.

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bglick Author

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Feb 15, 2011 3:46 PM in response to a brody

I didn't move or change anything though.

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a brody

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Feb 15, 2011 3:54 PM in response to bglick

I didn't move or change anything though.

OK, so you erase installed 10.5 on your Mac with the discs that came with the Mac, and installed 10.6 retail, and didn't use any web browser or any other application until after the upgrade, nor migrate data from another Mac. If you can't say this is true, then your former statement is not true either. Any modification as a result of use could be suspect.

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bglick Author

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Feb 15, 2011 10:17 PM in response to a brody

Let me clarify by what I mean.

I had 10.5.8--> Inserted the Install Snow Leopard Discs--> Followed the very obvious instructions and installed it without changing any default options (in essence, I followed whatever Apple deemed to be the "correct settings" to upgrade. Immediately, Safari's performance was noticeably affected and would cause the whole system to freeze constantly. Since switching to google chrome, problem solved, but I liked using Safari better (better keyboard shortcuts, for example) in 10.5.8. So no I didn't change any settings, so there is no reason why Safari should have suffered so badly.

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