Leopard: Bugs/Compatibility Reports

[BillJ]

I have a PowerPC G4 with dual 1.25GHz processors and 1.75Gb memory, a hand-me-down from my son.

My son just upgraded me from Panther to Leopard (v10.5.2). Now iPhoto does not launch. On the report, the iPhoto version is just "??? (???)"; Build Info is iPhotoProject-560800~1.

On these forums I saw a post "iPhoto 6 hangs with Leopard". I don't know if I have iPhoto 6 or another version. That thread suggested running Software Updates; when I do this it list updates for AirportUtility, iTunes and Leopard Graphics: "Leopard Graphics Update is recommended for all users and improves the stability and compatibility of your Mac. This update requires Mac OS X 10.5.2."

My machine does not meet the system requirements for iLife08 so that upgrade path is not an option.

Would applying the leopard Graphics update resolve the problem?

Otherwise, how can I find all my photo files again?

[sirvor]

This is my first post so please excuse any errors.

For what its worth, I had exactly the same problems as Trisha with "damaged" Leopard installation discs and took them back to the Apple Store here in Toronto 3 times. I think the memory was the problem too.

Leopard has been by far the worst Apple OS I've had in 25 years. Very unstable with many application and some system crashes.

Originally Posted by TrishaM

Just thought I'd pass this along in case it might help anyone else.

On a 17" PowerBook G4 I was unable to install Leopard because I had upgraded the original 1GB of RAM to 2GB using RAM I purchased from Crucial, however, once I put the original RAM back in, Leopard installed fine, and even recognized the new (Crucial) RAM when I reinstalled it following a successful install of Leopard.

Here's what happened - the Leopard DVD passed it's own integrity check and started the install, giving me a time estimate. At about halfway through, it failed with an error message indicated my 'source media is damaged" and suggesting that I use a different copy of the source (install) DVD. I tried a half-dozen or more times with the same result, regardless of which upgrade method I chose (upgrade, archive & install, or erase & install).

Since I naturally assumed that the message was correct, and the DVD was somehow damaged, I called Apple and they sent a replacement DVD. Same problem. Still assuming the replacement DVD must have [coincidentally] also been damaged, I had Apple send yet another replacement. Same problem. I didn't think it was possible to get three damaged DVDs.

At that point I recalled that the RAM was not the original Apple-supplied memory and thankfully I still had the original (2 512MB sticks) which I reinstalled, after which Leopard installed from the original purchased retail copy with NO problems.

I put back in the Crucial RAM (2 1GB sticks) and Leopard recognized it just fine. No problems in the past week since this happened.

SO it seems that Leopard does not like OEM RAM when performing an install, but has no problem with recognizing it once it's installed.

Needless to say I am going to keep the original RAM in case I have trouble with future upgrades.