Mac OS X 10.4.6 Special Report follow-up (#2): PowerBooks powering off during sleep; More Spotlight failures
Mac OS X 10.4.6 Special Report follow-up (#2): PowerBooks powering off during sleep; More Spotlight failures
PowerBooks powering off during sleep MacFixIt reader Kurt reports an issue where his PowerBook suddenly shuts off while asleep.
He writes:
"Since the update to Mac OS X 10.4.6 my Powerbook G4 15" (5.6) shows a nasty issue: During sleep, after about 15 minutes, the powerbook does not see the battery anymore, and power is cut off.
"This hard power-off affects the recognition of the bluetooth hardware, too: As you reported before, you need to reset the PMU or the PRAM to get Bluetooth functionality back.
'It may be impossible to start the powerbook again because the assumed 'lack of battery', you have to connect the power plug. Then you see a battery icon with an "X" in the menu bar: The battery is still not recognized.
"There are various methods to let the powerbook see the battery again. The simplest method is to remove the battery from the powerbook for some minutes, then to re-insert. But because of the related loss of Bluetooth you may need to reset the PMU.
"I additionally tried many remedies (repairing access rights, cleaning caches, new installation of combo update). But there wasn't any durable success. Even a new clean Tiger installation, followed by Combo update to 10.4.6 shows the same behavior, again."
If you are experiencing a similar issue after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.6, please let us know.
More Spotlight failures MacFixit reader Ray is the latest to report that Spotlight is not searching specific areas after the update to Mac OS X 10.4.6.
Ray writes:
"I have a similar problem, but it's limited to the iPhoto library. Spotlight used to be able to find pictures using iPhoto's keywords or other information. But with Mac OS X 10.4.6, there isn't a trick I tried which brought back this search ability in Spotlight. At the end, I tagged my pictures using the Spotlight's comment field in the Get Info screen."
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For more coverage, see our Mac OS X 10.4.6 special report.
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