Leopard 10.5.6 installing failed!

I Just got iLife 09 when I install it says update to 10.5.6 so It downloads then when it restarts to install it goes into that screen with the leopard background and the loading bar but it saying indexing or something like that one update. I left it for 5 hours and it doesn't change. also my battery isn't charging at all is that to do with it? Thankw

Be sure to plug in you laptop when you do any updating. You may want to manually download the update (10.5.6 Combo) from Apple's Download Site. http://www.apple.com/downloads
It should be fine after that. Then install iLife '09

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All, I purchased the Leopard family pack and have successfully installed it on an Intel Macbook Pro and a G5 2.3Ghz DP machine - flawless, no problems during installation or after.
However, any attempt to install on a G4 Dual 1.2Ghz + 2Gb of RAM + just bought a Seagate 500Gb Barracuda internal drive (well within the designated technical requirements), I've tried the following.
1. Booting the G4 off the Leopard install DVD, I get the following error: Failed Install message = "The Installer could not validate the contents of the Essentials Package...".
I can never get beyond this point. After receiving this error, the internal disk isn't even recognized on the bus - I have to pull the disk out, put it in an external case to reformat it. I've even tried a low level format and also had Seagate replace the disk thinking it was defective.
2. I then thought it may be an issue with putting the Seagate disk in cable select mode versus master / slave configuration. The Seagate is the only hard drive in the machine. I have tried both cable select and master/slave configuration - both freeze after install, etc. without fail.
3. Tried installing Leopard on the G4 by connecting it to the G5 in target disk mode. It installed, but routinely just freezes (NEVER had this issue with Tiger on this machine).
I do see lots of people posting issues with the "The Installer could not validate the contents of the Essentials Package..." error.
For the record, after successful Leopard install using technique #1 and #3 - I am also unable to run the Migration assistant - it fails every time with a kernel panic. I'm not having any trouble with the Leopard install media on any of the other 2 machines, nor did I have issues running the migration assistant.
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themdg - you said you put back your 2-512 original RAM cards and tried to install Leopard and the install failed. But my original, factory-installed RAM was third-party RAM which prevented me from installing Leopard, giving the “essentials” error. Only when I purchased RAM from Apple, and used only that RAM to install, could I get it to work correctly.
Check your original RAM. If it is not the Apple brand, it may not work because of that, even if it was the factory-installed RAM.
After I installed Leopard with only the Apple RAM, I added back the third-party RAM and I’ve been running Leopard flawlessly since.
It seems the installation software, which meticulously checks the installer disk for flaws, should also check the RAM to see if the installation will be successful (i.e., check to see if it is going to produce the “essentials” error) and also check to see if you have enough valid RAM to install, before it begins installation, and to let the user know there will be a problem unless the RAM is changed to valid cards.
I “assumed” I had enough valid RAM when I first tried to install Leopard because I had a G5, but it had only 256 MB of non-Apple brand RAM (minimum of 512 is required). A direct check of that by the installer and letting me know it was a problem would have saved me a lot of trouble checking lots of other potential problems, like a bad installer disk, a third-party drive, etc., before I figured out it was insufficient and incompatible RAM for the installation.
I read the minimal requirements for installation of Leopard and probably someone will say I should have checked all those before I tried the installation, but I didn’t, as I’m sure many others have not, because we “assume” Apple had tested it and would prevent us from making any mistake like this.
Previously Apple made their software and hardware to “just work” by providing error messages before we made an error and we have come to rely on that. But they overlooked this problem on this update. It’s the first time I’ve had a problem with an update from Apple.
I’m still a loyal Apple user, but I’ll check requirements a little closer with future updates.

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Install Failed

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The source media you are installing from is damaged. Try installing from a different copy of the source media or contact the manufacturer for a replacement.
Click restart to restart your computer and try installing again.
Now, I've used this disc once before for an upgrade on a laptop and worked fine, just started to fail when used on the G5. The disc is not scratched, nor looks damaged. Not sure why it's saying damaged? Any insightful knowledge would be appreciated.
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The install disks I have are the ones he got with his Mac Mini. Are there different install disks for iMacs? On the disks themselves, it says "for Mac computers."
Do I have to buy an OS which is specifically for iMac?
The discs that came with his computer have only the necessary software pieces needed to run his computer--it lacks the drivers that would be needed run your iMac. (In addition, installing the same copy of the OS on two computers would be a violation of the license, even if it worked.)
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OK great news. I finally got it to install on my G5.
See my previous post for the trial and errors.
Here is what I finally did:
1. Unplugged all external drives.
2. Removed all memory except what shipped with my G5. (don't skip this step because other's have said they found bad memory and that solved their problem too.)
3. Boot from the Leopard installer.
4. Ran disk utility before trying to install.
5. Repaired disk permisions from insaller disk.
6. Cant' recall if I rebooted again or not... sorry.
7. Installed Leopard flawlessly. (this was the first time it made it past about 75% before saying "Installation Failed" ... "this DVD disk is damaged etc."
8. I am back up and running.
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Snow Leopard Install Failed

Tried installing Snow Leopard on MacBook Pro (Intel Core i5). Drive has been repartitioned, however install fails with message "Install Failed - Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer - The Installer could not copy the necessary support files".
Tried several times but same message each time. Can't even seem to eject disc to check it (although brand new so shouldn't be any problems). Help appreciated...

Restart, holding down the mouse key. That should eject the disc. You might have a faulty install disc. Call Apple.

Leopard Upgrade/Install Fails and Fails Miserably

Normally, I love my Mac. It's a Dual G5 PowerMac. I've owned Macs forever. Usually, I don't have any problems. Until now.
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Leopard install fails - No Previous systems - packages all over desktop

*My basic question is this*...+Can I hack into the "packages" and other weird files that the Leopard install has left all over my hard disk (in a mid-install failure) to try to retrieve, photos, stickies, and AppleMail?+
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a true horror story. i can only commiserate. I'm not at all sure your pictures and other stuff are actually in one of the packages that are left but you can use [Pacifist|http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12743] to open them up and restore anything useful you find inside.

Snow Leopard Install Failed on iMac

I have a late 2006 iMac and cannot get SL to install. Every time I try something different I still get the "Could not install the necessary support files" error. Here is what I have tried:
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A 2006 24" iMac should be the same as mine and I installed SL on 2 of them with no problems at all. It's really very weird that you should be having this problem even after reformatting the drive.
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I encountered the exact same problem - I had upgraded to CS2 from a previous version of Photoshop, back
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CS2 always ran flawlessly, through all those systems.
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First, this shows that their software is flawed.
They managed to allow this problem to occur due to inept programming.
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Opera, and firefox unexpectidy quit as well.
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I use corbonite, you can search for it on your own, or time machine ect, whatever works best for you.
Sorry I may have been rude, I have always liked Adobe products and I have no doubt that the people at Adobe are working hard to keep everything working, it must be quite hard to deal with irate customers all day.
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