Update 10.8.5 problem, Update 10.8.5 freeze

I have an early 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 2 x 3.0 GHz quad core Intel Xenon with 32 GBs mem. 2 - OCZ Agility 450 GB SSD's on a Sonnet Tempo SSD Pro 6Gb/s SATA PCIe 2.0 Drive Card for SSDs formated as Raid 0, for boot drive and 1 - 2 TB HD for backup, also ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB. My Mac is in great shape and with 2 years use and no problems, I can say, I Luv my Mac. It currently has Mountain Lion build OS X 10.8.4 (12E55).


I apply all apple's updates when released thru App Store, but when Update 10.8.5 come out I had troubles . . . I installed and restarted as instructed,then the problem starts, I can no longer control mouse with my trac pad. There is no connection at all. I rebooted from restore partition and restored system, and now all fine. I tried the update again and got the same results. I rebooted from restore partition and restored system, and now all fine. I attempted the update again but displayed the updates contents and installed one update item at a time to see where the problem was. I was able to install all but the Digital RAW Compatibly Update 4.09 and OS X Update 10.8.5 - these two items would cause install errors and problems with my computer.


I don't think its a hardware issue because I have the same problem with my other Mac at home. I have a 2010 Mac Mini 4,1 2.4 GHz Intel core 2 Duo with 8GBs mem, NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB, 120 GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD. Same problem - different hardware. Any one having similar problem, and is it update issues?

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Sep 24, 2013 3:03 PM

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Sep 25, 2013 1:04 PM in response to DikHead

I found it!

after douzens of reboots and often failiers - even safe boots! I cleaned the PRam

hold down command alt P and R after the chimms on the boot up and make it three times booting up holding down the keys.

then after the third chimms you press SHIFT. it boots up in safe mode.

use your WIFI (ethernet hangs the mac) and download OnyX from titanium. make shure you pick the correct version for your OSX!

http://www.titanium.free.fr/downloadonyx.php


install and run the app.

it fixed all the mess of update 10.8.5.

free at last. -thanks aplle for making an update look like Microsoft.

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