Blognitive Dissonance

Update II: This link may provide the solution I’m looking for … problem is my install disk doesn’t seem to offer the Archive and Install option discussed here.  But I’ll re-check.

Update: Looks like I’m not the only one having problems. But I cannot tell yet if they are having the same problem(s) I am having, if their problems are with the Tiger or Leopard OS, etc.

Yesterday morning, thinking I was being security-conscious, I used a feature on our MacBook to look for needed updates. There were 5 or 6 updates that were needed and the system successfully downloaded all but one of them. Apparently that missing update made some kind of crucial difference – because now I can’t get my MacBook to boot up. I just see a little circle of dots that shows it is somehow trying to process data – a circle which just reminds me that the laptop is ’spinning its wheels.’

I have a friend who is quite expert with Mac computers and he tried to help me do some fixes over the phone. It appears the system disk the computer came with is no longer compatible with out ‘upgraded’ Mac OS.

I hope to get this fixed very soon. I’m a little bit afraid to hit the local 24-7 Mac store here in NYC – because I suspect they’ll just want to wipe the hard-drive and re-load the operating system. I suspect that is the way they handle a warranty fix. So at this point, I won’t consider that a viable option.

I’m wondering if the latest version of the MacBook Tiger OS can be (legally) downloaded and burned onto a disk and used to make operating system repairs? That strikes me as a potential approach.

In the meantime, if we are slow to respond to emails or that sort of thing, you know the reason.

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