Monolingual version 1.3.2 broke Tiger, Mac OS X 10.3.6, on a macbook, to the point where Rosetta applications wouldn’t run, and software updates couldn’t complete.
Andrea got a new Macbook so she could work on writing her book. As the resident geek, I get to maintain it. Hopefully someday Elizabeth will be able to take over; it should be a nice way to cool off after she’s done mowing the grass.
I noticed there was a lot of unnecessary space taken up on the system when we received it, demo applications and localizations we’d never use, totaling several gigabytes. I checked around online and found Monolingual, and I figured I was all set.
I downloaded and ran it, everything looked good, we removed some apps and some localizations and saved several gigs.
I noticed a probably a few days later when I tried to apply some software updates. Any update that touched system files, not just frameworks and applications, for example a security update or the 10.4.7 update, refused to install because it couldn’t find some needed files.
Thank you, Monolingual!
What’s the solution? Fortunately we have another mac in the house, so all we had to do was copy Andrea’s files off the macbook, do a clean reinstall, selecting only the applications and localizations we wanted, then restore her files.
Next time I get a new Mac, I’ll just skip all this nonsense and do a clean install right after I crack open the box.