Some time last week I’ve updated my Mac OS X to the most recent Leopard distribution. I have to say that I still need to find a real stunning improvement compared to the old version.
The new finder stacks, the time machine backup functionalities and some
additional eye candy just don’t justify the price or the fuzz made
about this new release.
Overall it is as stable as the previous version and for some applications it seems faster – but that might be a kind of subjective feeling more than real evidence.
Now yesterday Apple released new updates and security patches for said OS X Panther. I chose to install them – hey its all about security.
As a nasty little surprise the MacBook would open the setup assistant, that you have to run when you first install OSX. I have to say I was surprised – but little do I know and as I could not quit the assistant – I entered the information asked and the Mac restarted. And guess what it opened the assistant again and again and again… in an infinite loop
After numerous failed attempts to regain access to the dammed &#$&(*^$ , I started my iPod touch Safari and searched for a solution to the bug.
So here are the STEPS if you get caught in the Leopard Setup Assistant Loop Bug
- Boot into Safe Mode by holding down the shift key upon boot… Waaaaaaaaaait really really loooooong it will finally work
- DO NOT LOG IN
- Hit the back arrow key
- Then hit the restart button
- Wait, it will then run/rerun the updates
- Wait, wait, wait and it will finally restart…
Then you are back to normal which for me meant no data loss and everything was back to where I left it…