the honeymoon is over, the new car smell has faded

[rone]

My Mac experience has quickly turned to shit.

• The M$ Office updater downloaded a huge update and then failed to install it.  I tried again and the result was the same.  Also, the file was nowhere to be found.  I ended up downloading and installing it manually.
• The OS X 10.4.6 update downloaded and failed about a quarter through the installation.  The file was nowhere to be found even though the failure message claimed i could locate it in the Finder.  I tried the updater again and now it hangs during "Checking for updates...", with the progress bar about 25% full.  I downloaded the update manually, but when it says "Select a volume for installation", my hard drive never appears.  It's just blank.
• I downloaded and installed the latest iPod update.  After a reboot, iTunes ran fine.  After another reboot, iTunes crashed when i ran it, and when i reopened it, it ate my library.

Needless to say, none of this ever happened to me on Windows.  So if any of you Macheads have any tips for dealing with getting the OS update to work, that would be swell.

Comments

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

"Disk Utility started, but a background process needed in Disk Utility didn't start properly. Please quit and restart Disk Utility."

I'm clicking on the Quit button and nothing is happening. This is fantastic stuff.

[talus21.livejournal.com]

Have you recently installed any new fonts?

If so this may cause it. Seems strange fonts, sometimes make it do crazy things, but when you remove them it fixes it.

Now I suspect that when the OS update failed something messed up really bad.

But I place the blame on your M$ update.

Really the last resort is to reinstall the OS from scratch. But I would maybe wait to see if some other knowledgeable person gives you a better answer.

Sorry.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Nope, no new fonts. I tried the M$ update on someone's MacBook Pro in the office and that went off without a hitch.

[talus21.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that ends my easy fixes for the few problems I have had with my Mac. Good luck.