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Alright, this is going to be my last Apple post for a while.

I think I’ve finally resolved all *critical* MacBook issues I’ve been having. If you’re new to the blog, I’ll go ahead and go over the issues:

1. Kernel Panic after Security Update 2007-004
2. Hanging OS X installer
3. Unable to repair drive “Macintosh HD”
4. Numerous Battery issues
5. Random and not so random finder crashes
6. External HD not recognized

Update x1: Bad Stick of RAM

Turns out all of my ailments were due to a malfunctioning stick of 1GB DDR2 RAM. Go Figure. All Systems Go.

Wow. Am I confused. It seems that two seperate issue with my MacBook occurred at the exact same time.

1) I had error’s on the Macintosh HD Volume that botched an install of Apple’s latest Security Patch (Security Patch 2007-004). After installing this patch, my computer became unresponsive and kernel panic’d instantly after boot. This was cause for concern. Naturally, I tried to boot into single-user mode and run applejack, but the OSX kernel panic’d again before single-user mode could have been reached. I realized OSX needed to be reinstalled.

2) I could not boot from the DVD Drive. Naturally, because of my kernel panic issues I assumed that the two failures were related. They were not. There was some sort of sticky substance contaminating my DVD Drive. I removed the drive from the MacBook, cleaned it. And rebooted.

At this point I was able to boot from the OS X disc and get my reinstall started.

*sigh of relief*

Update 1: iWeb Install is Hanging. Not Done Yet

Well, After banging around on my dumbass MacBook, I finally got the OS X installer running and began an archive and install. When it got to the end of Disc 2, the action “Running iWeb Installer Script,” hangs. This is becomming extremely frustrating. For what it’s worth the log reads:

: run postflight script for iWeb application
: postflight [298]: No matching processes were found
: postflight [298]:
: postflight [298]: No matching processes were found
: postflight [298]:
: postflight [298]: No matching processes were found
: postflight [298]:

Update 2: Finally Alive

Alright. 3 or 4 beers later, my MacBook is finally alive. I ended starting Archive and Install 3 times, leaving huge amounts of systems spaces gone, but that was easily deleted. I finally ran an Archive and Install installing only the core components (Base System). I’m not sure why Apple lets/wants you to install iLife over again, but it’s really not necessary. Archive and Install just replaces the core system files, and doesn’t touch your Application or Home folders. Either way, she’s back to life.

Update 3: Short Lived

It appears that my harddrive is failing. My friend BitRocket dropped off a copy of DiskWarrior. Let’s hope it saves my ass.

Apple’s decision not to allow third-party applications to be installed on the iPhone never bothered me, untill Today. I’ve got a modest Motorola e815. It was the king of the clamshell-phone-hill about a year and a half ago and I’ve never installed any third party apps, or even really wanted to, but today got me thinking.

My Trig class was just getting over when I had (as you can see I use the term “had” very loosely) to pull out my MacBook to add my assignments to Assignment Planner. That was the point when I realized how awesome it would be to have third-party application support.

Like always, Merlin Mann has a much better article and more indepth discusson about 3rd party development on the iPhone here.

Looks like that Leaked WWDC Leopard DVD was legit. However, I’m very curious as to why the pics posted in this photoset are taken with a crappy PDA camera. Make’s me a little suspicious.

Did Apple leave “Grab” out of Leopard?