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LionelD Author

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Are there known issues in 10.8.5

Hi everyone, I'm new here and hoping to get some assistance please.

I updated from 10.8.4 to 10.8.5 today, and since then my MacBook Pro (circa 2008, but apparently compatible with this update) has just hung, at least twice. Are there any known issues with 10.8.5 that might account for this?

I've done a Command-R restart and used Disk Utility to verify permissions on, and repair the built-in disk; Disk Utility reported that the disk was good, did not need to do any repairs. (Did this once).

After a subsequent restart I my MBP hung again while I was using Finder and Preview. The spinning blue ball goes solid, and both the magic mouse and the touchpad do not respond. I'm actually a little surprised and rather hopeful now I've managed to get to this point.

I have a current Time Machine backup and Install OS X Mountain Lion.App (10.8.4) on a USB drive - just in case.

Thanks in advance

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Sep 13, 2013 3:48 PM

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vawiha

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Dec 10, 2013 7:45 PM in response to LionelD

Apple decided not to support third party apps like skype in 10.8.5. Can't wait for the law suit against them.

Csound1

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Dec 11, 2013 5:40 AM in response to vawiha

vawiha wrote:

Apple decided not to support third party apps like skype in 10.8.5. Can't wait for the law suit against them.

On what grounds would this imaginary lawsuit be filed?

Dec 23, 2013 6:52 AM in response to mark1026

Hello Mark,

Please see if the information in this thread posting helps you:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5603415?answerId=24163772022#24163772022

In this case, disabling wi-fi on older Macs like your resulted in similar freeze issues as your.

Regards,

Ira

mark1026

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Feb 16, 2014 12:56 PM in response to Ira Wolf 81

Hi Ira,

Thank You for the post. Man, I whish I had that before doing all the troubleshooting and several SuperDuper restores. lol

I havn't had a boot problem (or any other) after turning off all ipv6 throught the terminal commands and dissabling "show WiFi status in menu bar" to help preventing toggling WiFi off, as described in this post by Xiao Doudou before updating 10.8.4 to 10.8.5 at http:/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5474520?start=15&tstart=0

This has worked perfectly and allows me to install updates:

Use Finder to open the Applications folder
Select the "Utilities" folder
Select "Terminal"
A screen will open. At the prompt, enter the following command to determine all of your Mac's network interfaces: networksetup -listallnetworkservices
To disable IPv6 for wireless, enter the following command: networksetup -setv6off Wi-Fi
To disable IPv6 for Ethernet, enter the following command: networksetup -setv6off Ethernet
To exit the terminal window, open the "Terminal" menu next to the Apple menu at the top left of the screen and select "Quit Terminal"

I don't plan on going to Mavericks until this issue (and others in Mavericks) are fixed. But for the meantime, your post will be a bigtime help if an update resets those terminal changes and the boot hangs again. THANK YOU!

Are there known issues in 10.8.5