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PPC architecture - Monolingual woes

White trying to save space on my MacBook Pro, I deleted the PPC architecture using Monolingual in addition to several languages I would never use. Then the following happened -

1. Office 2004 stopped working - uninstalled it and cannot re-install it - installation icon just bounces on dock and quits.
2. Photoshop CS3 - Installs but icon just bounces and does not open

Is there any way to restore the PPC architecture without having to re-install OS X all over again ?

If I do start re-installing (last case scenario), can I directly upgrade from 10.4.5 to the existing 10.4.8 or do I have to download each and every update ?

MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 GHz Intel Core Duo, 1 GB SDRAM

Posted on Feb 4, 2007 7:00 AM

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Posted on Feb 4, 2007 8:19 AM

Big mistake. By doing what you've done there's no alternative but to erase and install. There is no recovery (as the warning said when you used Monolingual.)

You can directly upgrade to 10.4.8 by simply downloading the 10.4.8 Combo (Intel) updater from Apple's download site. Or just run Software Update. It will provide all the required updates including 10.4.8 Combo updater.



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Kappy
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Feb 4, 2007 8:19 AM in response to Konark

Big mistake. By doing what you've done there's no alternative but to erase and install. There is no recovery (as the warning said when you used Monolingual.)

You can directly upgrade to 10.4.8 by simply downloading the 10.4.8 Combo (Intel) updater from Apple's download site. Or just run Software Update. It will provide all the required updates including 10.4.8 Combo updater.



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