Upgrade from 10.5.3 to 10.5.5 messed up Spaces

[matrisking]

Hi,

Today I upgraded from mac os 10.5.3 to 10.5.5, and now whenever I play World of Warcraft, I can't use the keyboard shortcuts to switch between spaces. Since I am an AVID spaces use (particularly when playing WoW), I am determined to find an elegant solution to this beyond reinstalling an older version of leopard.

That being said, on Windows I would start tinkering with the registry, seeing if there is a setting that may have been switched for full-screen applications that prevented the use of the shortcuts, etc. And, after doing some digging, I did find some basic files for Spaces (Resources, XML .plists, etc), but couldn't find anything like the registry where the settings are laid out.

Is there such a thing? If so, how do I find/tinker with it?

I realize that you're encouraged NEVER to mess w/system settings blah blah etc... I've got everything backed up on the machine and could format/reinstall without any issues. Like I said, I'm determined to fix this if at all possible.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[fryke]

Depending on whether you have a backup (and what kind), there are several routes you could go. Delete Spaces' preferences, repair permissions, reinstall the combo update for 10.5.5, use a backup to go back to the system as it was in 10.5.3 and then update with the combo updater to 10.5.5 again (or maybe update to 10.5.4 first)...

 

[matrisking]

Thanks for the reply!

I don't have a backup (short of a format/reinstall), ie i haven't time machined or anything like that. I'm not sure if a repair install would fix the issue because technically I don't think its a bug exclusive to my situation (in the Warcraft forums I have read a few posts of people lamenting the same issue).

That being said, without a backup is there a way to revert to 10.5.3? I'm not sure if I would even want to mess with that, but it may be quicker than a fresh install.

Thanks!