Many issues after leopard install

iMovie was working fine until I installed Leopard. Since then, I have experienced many issues. First, the sounds of some audio files would not work unless I extracted the audio. For many clips, the audio would not function unless I started playing several seconds before the clip—starting mid-clip was impossible. Clipping audio files seemed to work, but the rest of the audio file still existed. For example, if I used a short part of a ten minute song at the end of a movie, there would be 10 minutes of black silence as a result. Also, several video effects had issues, brightness in contrast in particular. Often, it would kill the sound of an audio clip entirely. Other times, it would make the colors turn bizarre shades. On top of all this, I even had audio from a clip I deleted show up mysteriously in another unrelated clip. The phantom audio could only be deleted if I extracted the audio.
I am running 6.0.3. I saw that there is a 6.0.4, but it is only available for iLife '08 customers. Please help! Has anyone else experienced these issues?

I just completed a project in IM 6 this evening, mainly because I needed to use GeeThree transitions. It took me twice as long to get the project done simply the IM kept crashing when I tried to apply transitions. It would work okay when I applied two or three transitions, but then it would crash. I did all the usual repair stuff, but it never got better.
I'm beginning to wonder if Apple will even continue to support IM 6? I've been using it as part of my business, but now I think it's time to really learn FCE. IM '08 just doesn't cut for business related projects.
IM 6 was working really well for me until the Leopard update. I really wish Apple would bring IM 6 back and keep improving on it.

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Issues after Leopard install.

Hi,
I bought my intel iMac in October. It came with Tiger as the operating system. I recently upgraded to Leopard (after Apple sent me a free upgrade DVD of Leopard). Anyway, I had no problems before I installed Leopard. Since I've installed Leopard I've noticed a few 'glitches'. For example, sometimes there are horizontal lines through some of the application icons when I run my cursor over them in the dock. Also, in Safari, when I right click the mouse to open a new window...a new window won't open and the cursor jumps to the search field in Google (the webpage I already have up).
Has this happened to anyone else? What do you think I should do? I don't really want to do an erase and install...is it easy to put all of my files back where they belong if I do an archive and install? I'd appreciate any help you may have to offer. Thanks.

Hello, two things:
1) In your Utilities folder>Disk Utilities>Repair Disk Permissions.
2) Reset the Pram:
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
Try both of these and report back. They are harmless to your computer and can only help and possibly correct the issues,
Ray

IPhoto issues after Leopard install...

I downloaded Leopard not long ago and I am having some problems iPhoto. It seems like my libraries and photos are there, and I can see the thumbnails. But when I go to view the photo I get the big grey box with a ? in it. Is there a setting I am missing or did something go wrong when I upgraded to Leopard? Any advice or direction will be much appreciated. Thanks.
--Matt

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Where did you download Leopard from? And what version was it?
How did you install it, Archive and Install or Erase and Install?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There's now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

Wireless issues after Leopard install

Hi guys im pretty new to Mac so all new to me . Had a Macbook for about 4 months and has worked from day 1 using wireless connection with my Netgear router. I bought and installed Leopard and it went on like a dream no probs until the RESTART. The wireless connection had gone and was asking me to choose a network which was on screen as netgear which i clicked and asked for password which i can only thnk is my WEP key like it was when i started using mac, but wont have it . Even using the assistant in network wont let me use WEP key keeps saying connection timeout .If i use the diagnostic in set up i can get on line everytime with wepkey i restart the mac and there is nothing there so i have to start again with the diagnostic which works , is there another password i should be using because i didnt before Ive updated the keychain access today but still no good.
anyone got any ideas
cheers nat

apparently Leopard has a inbuilt auto adjusting TCP/IP configuration which is meant to make connections more stable? but it seems to be causing more problems and setting MTU's/RWIN's etc incorrectly, i also have my suspicion that the problem some people saw in Tiger with security enabled on routers might be causing a similar problem in leopard
maybe try manually setting DHCP settings in router config page, and set a static IP for the G5 to connect to and disable security and see what happens, also in the Network preferences pane, > Show: Network configurations > Click the *Gear symbol* next to the + & - and services > and set the Airport to be top of the list so it looks for that as connection first... maybe its dropping off and on and looking for a different connection...
i dunno i'm all out of idea's at this stage, i'm just backing up my Tiger install and then going to install Leopard and have another go.... but i think its a case of sitting back and waiting for Apple to release a software fix as i dont think any configuration's we try will solve it..... & wont be as good as a proper software fix from the developers as it looks like its something to do with the Network coding being messed up... its occurring too often to a lot of people to be a mistake or configuration error on the customers side...

W2K server share issues after Leopard install

We have several shares that our Macs use that are on Windows 2003 servers running SP2.
Under Tiger (10.4.11), Mac users who had "Change" permissions to a share were able to open files make changes and save those changes.
Once we upgraded these users to Leopard (10.5.5) they no longer can save the changes they make.
The fix has been to give these users "Full Control" at the share permission while leaving the file/folder permissions the same as before at "Change".
Has anyone else seen this issue? Thanks

Hello, two things:
1) In your Utilities folder>Disk Utilities>Repair Disk Permissions.
2) Reset the Pram:
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
Try both of these and report back. They are harmless to your computer and can only help and possibly correct the issues,
Ray

Kodak 5500 - cannot print after Leopard install

Just want to throw this printer into the list of printers that do not work after Leopard install. I get a raster stream error. I have reinstalled Kodak software; deleted and readded printer, etc, etc,. Still now printing. Scanning works fine though!

Much to my surprise, I received a reply from Kodak a mere few hours after emailing them on Sunday morning. They advised me that a new version of their all-in-one printer software (1.2.0 Release 3) for Leopard will be available on the web on Monday, October 29th.

Fan problem after Leopard install

PowerMac Dual G5 - after Leopard install, fan between hard drive and optical drive revved up like the computer was going to blast off, faster and faster until I powered down by holding down the power button. Leopard seems to be working fine, but with the fan continuing to go at high speed at all times. I've tried reboot, reinstall, pull plug for a few minutes, remove CMOS battery, and zap PRAM, all to no avail. I haven't put the panel cover back on yet, and that may work, but I won't have time to mess with it for a few days and hope for some insight before I try that.Ideas?

Problem went away. Must have been a ghost in the machine.

After Leopard install I have 2 volumes of equal size

After Leopard install I have 2 volumes of equal size. One has Leopard and the other has Tiger. How can I delete, remove, or get rid of the volume with Tiger on it? As I have upgraded to Leopard how can tell which one I have, i.e., 10.5 or 10.5.X?
Thanks for your help.

For some reason the Leopard installer kept your old Tiger partition instead of deleting it. It's probably your fault, but that doesn't matter...
Before you do this, back up any data you still want from the Tiger partition. Also rename it to something that will differentiate it from your other volume(s?). Also back up your Leopard partition before any of this.
Take your Leopard install disk, pop it in, reboot while holding C (or just click Install Leopard), choose a language, then from the menubar click Utilities, then Disk Utility. Once there, click your hard drive (not your Leopard or Tiger volumes) in the sidebar, go to the Partition tab on the right, click your Tiger volume's square (NOT YOUR LEOPARD VOLUME!!!), click the minus sign under that little graph, and click Partition. Then once that's done, drag the little resize line thingy on the bottom-left of your Leopard volume's square so that it fills up the entire area there.
If you can't make the Leopard volume take up the entire drive, you'll have to wipe the entire hard drive and restore from a backup. Yes, you will have to unless you're okay with having less space then you can. (Why can't GParted resize HFS+?!?! WHY?!!?!?!!??!)

Hard Drives locked after Leopard Install

Since this only happened after I installed Leopard, I figured here would be a good place. My apologies if it is not.
The root ( /Volumes/Entreri/ and /Volumes/Akira ) are now read only. All folders and files within them have correct permissions.
History: For a long time now, I've promised myself that one day, I was going to wipe my main drive, Ishii, and do OSX RIGHT. Ever since I had initial permissions problems since I upgraded my systems from OS9 to OSX, I ran my system (a Dual 1 Ghz Quicksilver G4) as root. Cringe away. I was young, and my attitude was that my dang computer was not going to tell me what I could, and could not delete (and trust me, after the initial switch and for years beyond, OSX still gave me plenty of those problems).
But I grew older and knew it was time to just run as an admin user, and not root. When Leopard was released, I figured it would be time to wipe my system HD (Ishii) totally clean, install OSX 10.5 and run as a normal user "sean."
Install goes fine. The finder pops up and I start to make what I assume are my first mistakes of my new life as an admin user. I get info on Entreri and Akira, and see their permissions are set to rwrwr-. **** no I say. The Everyone group (for some reason...) needs to have write access!! I change the permissions to rwrwrw and "apply to all enclosed items." It works! "Awesome," I thought, "all my permissions problems have been fixed!" I do that to both my Aux drives.
Then I get info on the system drive, Ryoko, and see the same thing... and I change it, and I hit apply to all enclosed items. About 30 seconds after a little voice in my head nags: "Why would you need to do that? The drive was wiped fresh- every file in there has the permissions OSX set for it.."
But it was in process- and I've learned not to interrupt OSX doing file changes.
As I'm sure you can guess, OSX starts behaving strangely after that. I restart off the Leopard disk, and use the disk utility to Repair Disk Permissions. Due to the number of files I idiotically changed, that takes 4 hours.
Now OSX runs fine.. but my Aux drives, Entreri and Akira, have their root directories locked.
•Getting info on the hard drive makes it look like everything's fine.
•Changing the permissions from rwrwrw to rwrwrw just to try and do something doesn't do anything.
•Applying to enclosed items run, but the root directory is still locked.
•Ignoring ownership on the volume doesn't change the locked root folder.
•FileXaminer can't seem to do anything either.
•Attempting to change the permissions in the terminal results in a Operation not permitted error.
•Permissions as reported from terminal: drwxrwxrwx@ 25 root admin 918 Dec 8 14:15 Entreri
•I ran as root, to see if I could fix the problem, but it's the same thing all over.
•When booting from leopard and running disk utility, the hard drive's are still appearing as locked- nothing is wrong with the drives. I was thinking about reinstalling, but if the installer disk sees the drives as locked, I doubted that would make an issue.
Entreri: 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9
Akira: 80 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.6 (4 years old or so)
Ryoko: 80 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.6
Any help would be appreciated. I fully know I screwed up.

Same here, I have 3 extra internal drives and they now show a lock graphic on the desktop icons. If I try and write any files to the drives I get a prompt stating the drive cannot be modified. I'm given an option to Authenticate with my password, but I then get a message that says I don't have sufficient access privileges. I just updated through Software Update but didn't pay attention to what was being patched. I'm guessing a security update screwed this up. I really need my drives because I use them for media production and I have a serious deadline...come on Apple, test things out before sending updates!

Canon MP 600 Printer not working after Leopard Install

I installed the Leopard OS and now my Canon MP 600 printer that purchased at the MAC store with my Mac in Aug of this year. It was working properly prior to the Leopard install. I tried re-installing the printer drivers, but no change. I can see my MP 600 as the only printer available. I am also unable to even print a 'test' page. When I run the Network Diagnostics everything is fine, but no printing.
Any suggestions?

I tried this. I also tried updating the CUPS config file as was noted elsewhere. The printer is a total no-show on Leopard.
It is being served by an older G4 whose only job is to serve the printer.
On Tiger it would just *be there* to print to. All the Panther computers see it as a "shared printer" in the printer box.
In Leopard.... not a &^^&% thing.
Not happy.
deviztate wrote:
Are you using a gimp driver? I had the same issue and gimp was the cause. I went to the Canon website and found the driver I needed. After the install and restart all was well. In fact, when I opened Print Utility, I saw that the system had already defaulted to the new Canon driver. Here's the Canon link...
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=182&mo delid=12892
Navigate to drivers and downloads... Hope this helps...
-d

Airport cuts in and out after leopard install

I installed leopard a couple days ago and since then, my ichat has constantly (about every 2-3 minutes) stops working and says it timed out. The same thing happens for firefox/safari/any other internet app, but not as often.

I am having the same issues with Leopard. It will work when I first open the clam shell on work book, but after about 2 minutes, airport will shut down. I have to shut it off and then start airport again for it to work properly.
It was rock solid with Tiger on the sam modem and wireless connection.

Photoshop CS3 Crashes After Leopard Install

I tried upgrading to Leopard years ago from Tiger but downgraded back because of this same issue. I know I need to upgrade my system so I just installed Leopard again and again the same issue with Photoshop CS3 arises. After the install I am unable to open Photoshop, it just crashes. I imagine someone has to have an answer to this by now. Please help!
Thanks.

As mentioned in all the similar topics in this forum:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/834/cpsid_83499.html

Help! External HD data lost after Leopard install!

After a quirky install of Leopard that included an error message for the install DVD itself, it seems that installation has been completed and this was confirmed by Apple CS. This install was on an iMac. Apple said to disregard the error message. It "appears" to have installed, but has been quirky on not shutting down when directed, and also not ejecting disks. No prior problems whatsoever with this machine -- before Leopard yesterday morning.
BUT, the external hard drive (Western Digital 80 GB) that was connected to the iMac comes up empty after the install. That's right, EMPTY! Critical client data gone! The only item on the disk is that dark gray icon with a yellow "exec" in the upper left corner (a Unix Executable File apparently).
Efforts to assess/fix External HD issue:
1. Disk utility reveals an error-free disk with no data (both permissions and disk repair). Same problem-free assessment by disk utility for the newly Leoparded machine, too.
2. Western Digital diagnostic says all ok with disk -- ran on another machine.
3. No data when connected to Leopard MacBook or other iMac running Tiger or other iMac in Windows mode.
4. Phone consult with ESS Data Recovery Specialist -- they think Leopard might have formatted the external. Note that the external didn't show up as an install option.
5. ESS Specialist recommended trying DataRescue by www.prosofteng.com.
My observations related to other related forum topics:
1. This issue appears different as others seem to have had luck plugging their external HDs into other machines with data recovery success.
2. This issue appears different as there is no discernable error with the external HD hardware itself.
3. The external seems to have been formatted by Leopard. Haven't seen anyone talk about this.
PLEASE HELP me figure out next steps:
1. Should I try Data Rescue on the external HD?
2. Is Disk Warrior different from Data Rescue -- better, worse, different? How? I heard DW is not compatible with Leopard but can be used when booting from the DW disk?
3. Should I used a data recovery service? After one of the above (DR/DW)? What is the best service to use in terms of effectiveness and price?
4. For the iMac...
a. Does it make sense to do an archive an install to make sure any issues with the quirky install
of Leopard are cleaned up?
b. I've noticed that I might also try a reboot in safe mode and then run disk utility again, or to
reboot in C.
c. The only 3rd party software on the iMac is flip-4-mac (.wmv compatibility in Quicktime).
Should I delete it?
Thanks for your help. I hope I've laid this out so to be useful to others with similar/dissimilar issues.
Message was edited by: sillynuggins

Hi sillynuggins-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple boards
I have read that you should disconnect all peripherals such as hard drives before doing an update and now I suppose I know one reason why.
1,2 and 3: DataRescue is a different program than DiskWarrior. DR is what you need here. DR will be way cheaper, in orders of magnitude, than a data recovery service.
4. An archive and install does make sense. Definitely remove flip-4-mac beforehand just to make sure.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

Software Update Issue-After Leopard Installation

I installed Leopard yesterday and ran the first software update; everything worked OK; the first software updated included three updates: Remote Desktop Client update; iDVD update and Garageband update.
Today I tried to run another update and had this issue: while the Software Update is displaying a message saying "New software is available for your computer" there is nothing listed below and the install button is disabled! Then I went to the Software Update Preference and saw a message there saying Last Attempt Failed; error occurred while checking
Does anyone have the same issue while trying a new software update after Leopard installation?
I do understand there is another new update issued yesterday by Apple regarding login key
Grateful for any insight re this problem

Hi. I had the same problem after doing an erase and install of Leopard yesterday. When I go into Terminal (actually iTerm) and type "softwareupdate -l" (to list all updates), I see:
XML parser error:
Encountered unexpected EOF
Old-style plist parser error:
Malformed data byte group at line 1; invalid hex
This appears to be a problem with com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist, the property list for Software Update, but I'm not sure. If I type "find ~/Library/ -name '*plist' -exec plutil {} \;" to check all the plists, however, the Software Update plist checks out as OK. Furthermore, deleting that property list and rebooting to force the OS to create a new plist does not fix the problem. Weird. Now, if I type "sudo softwareupdate -i -a" to install all updates (change "-a" to "-r" to only install recommended updates), it works fine. I still get that same error when I try to run Software Update normally afterwards, but if I go to the preferences, all of the updates are listed under Installed Updates. So, I can get the OS to update automatically, but only through the Terminal. This is very weird, and I hope someone can shed more light on this situation.
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External HD keeps turning on and off after Leopard install

Since I've installed Leopard, my external HD seems to keep turning on and off at random times (i.e. the disk starts spinning for a little while, then stops, then starts again) when I'm not doing anything to access the HD. Any ideas if this is an issue with Leopard or something wrong with my HD? It wasn't an issue before Leopard.

Glad to know that I'm not the only one and that I'm not going crazy!
At least in my situation, TM has never been turned on. It might be Spotlight, but my guess is that after being installed for several days now, that most anything needing to be indexed would have been indexed. No virus checkers installed. Also, my external HD is only for backup (not saving stuff or autosaving stuff on the external HD).
I've noticed it a bit more when using Safari, but that may be purely a coincidence. The solution I've basically used has been to eject my HD and then re-mount it when I need to use it.
If anyone knows of anything, please let us know!

Many issues after leopard install

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