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. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>, and I figured I was all set. <\/p>\n I downloaded and ran it, everything looked good, we removed some apps and some localizations and saved several gigs. <\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n Thank you, Monolingual! <\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Continue reading