Latest software update (I think 10.5.6) caused several problems

So here's what happened:
- I ran Apple Software Update and restarted
- After restart, there was some sort of error that I think was regarding the "Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update" (2.4) update. I re-ran Software Update and restarted again.
- My Mac went right into a kernel panic, so I restarted, and it panicked again.
- Restarted in safe mode.
- I get this error when booting into safe mode: "The application activeSettings quit unexpectedly"
- When I go to "about this mac", it says I'm running 10.5.6, however when I look at "Software Update.log", 10.5.6 isn't listed. Also, when I run Software Update again it says I am up to date. The last 3 lines in the log are:
2008-12-02 09:57:49 -0500: Installed "Safari" (3.2.1)
2008-12-02 09:57:58 -0500: Installed "QuickTime H.264 Compatibility Update" (7.5.5)
2008-12-23 19:08:48 -0500: Installed "Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update" (2.4)
After some Googling and reading this form, it seems like I am also having 10.5.6 issues. I was attempting to run the 10.5.6 combo update here, found here: http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_6_ComboUpdate but my Mac does the same kind of kernel panic whenever it starts to mount the disk, and I have to boot back up into safe mode.
I would greatly appreciate any guidance you guys could give me. For now, I'm going to try and run that update again.

According to the "WHAT'S NEW" section in the MacUpdate NuFile Download page, an updated version fixes a bug in which "NuFile causes finder's open with to crash." From the comments section, it seems there are still crashing problems, even with the updated version. Thus, I would suspect this pref pane as a cause of your problem.
FWIW, I have Perian installed & it has created no problems for me.
In any event, you should make sure you have the latest version of these & any other similar items installed, or disable all of them, do the combo update, & then add them back one or a few at a time to see which if any are not compatible with the updated OS.

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Max Pastchenko wrote:
the question is what has changed in terms of PDF standard, in just the latest patch, to cause this problem for some of our generated PDFs?
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HT4623 Can I update 3 iPhones with the latest software update that are all on thr same iTunes account?

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