With the release of OS X Leopard 10.5.7 (codename Juno), you probably want to upgrade to the latest version. 10.5.7 boasts tons of new fixes ranging from Parental Controls to Server issues. Lucky enough, 10.5.7 is actually very easy to install and doesn’t break too many things. So with that in mind, lets jump right in to the update. Just note that this has been confirmed working on systems running 10.5.6 versions of Kalyway, iPC, and XxX. Feel free to test it on systems running other versions of OS X and leave a comment on how it goes because it is the combo update so who knows…
1. Backup your computer. Seriously, stop what you’re doing a make a backup. You won’t regret it.
2. Go to Apple.com to download the 10.5.7 Combo Update.
3. Open the DMG and launch the Package Inside.
4. Run the installer and then click reboot when prompted.
5. Let the computer reboot and boot back into OS X. The first reboot after installing 10.5.7 will most likely fail and you will either get a Kernel Panic or it will restart on it own. This is completely normal. If you get the Kernel Panic, do a cold shutdown (hold power button for 8-10 seconds).
6. Turn the computer on again and boot back into OS X with the “-v” (verbose) flag.
7. Wait as this boot will probably take a little longer than usual. Just let it run and eventually you will be back at the familiar login screen. Login to your account and let your Desktop load.
8. Download and reinstall the Broadcom Script, Trackpad Preference Pane, and AppleHDA.kext which will all be broken after the update.
9. Repair Disk Permission and then reboot.
10. Congratulate yourself for successfully upgrading to OS X Leopard 10.5.7
If after installing the update you no longer see the battery meter, download and install the Voodoo Kexts. This will give you your battery meter back. Everything else besides for Audio, WiFi, Trackpad Preference Pane, and in some cases, the battery meter, should be working after installing 10.5.7. If you have any other issues than please make a comment below and we will get back to you ASAP.
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June 7th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
I have a problem. After I boot up to 10.5.7, my trackpad nor keyboard works. I tried with a USB mouse but that didn’t work. Now my pointer just hovers above the apple (top left) logo waiting for something to happen.
I managed to get to the desktop because I pressed the power button.
I have the drivers for the 10.5.7 update, but no way to access them.
Please help me!! Any help appreciated!!
BTW: I tried to upgrade from 10.5.5 to 10.5.7 with the comboupdate from apple.
June 7th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Try booting with the -v -f boot flags. If both your trackpad and USB mouse still do not work, boot with the -v -f -x boot flags.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Joey- Lol ok, glad you fixed your own issue. To my knowledge, there is currently no way to directly upgrade Leopard to Snow Leopard. Let me know if you face any more issues.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Sorry to bother, but I got the trackpad and keyboard working. it was an acpi issue that was solved by reinstalling your appleacpi thing kext.
January 13th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
HELP!!!!!! MY KEYBOARD AND TRACKPAD AREN’T WORKING ON MAC OS X 10.5.7 EVEN AFFTER INSTALLING THE APPLEPS2CONTROLLER.KEXT AND THE OTHER ONE THAT IS ON YOUR WEBSITE AND IT DOSEN’T WORK!!!! I HAVE A USB KEYBOARD, BUT IT IS A LABTOP, SO I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE MOVABLE
January 13th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Thanks for the reply, I was able to do the 10.5.6 update. Downloading 10.5.7 and then I will install 10.5.8. One question, can I upgrade my leopard to snow leopard without making another partition and without moving all of my apps and data off my leopard partition? If not, I guess I can just wait until there is something, but if there is please give me some sort of link that tells me how to do it.
January 12th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Can I upgrade from 10.5.5 to 10.5.7 because the 10.5.6 upgrade does not seem easy, this would be much safer and easier. Please do let me know soon.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:54 am
A few users have tested a direct upgrade and I believe they ran into some issues. In other words, it would be best to upgrade to 10.5.6 and then eventually 10.5.7.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Thanks Thomas,
The reason I asked is that I was contemplating on upgrading my Dell 1525 to 10.6.x but noticed you mentioned on this blog that only 32bit is possible at this time.
Yuriy
November 10th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
You can actually run both 64-bit and 32-bit applications in 32-bit Snow Leopard. Unlike Windows, successfully running apps doesn’t rely on the architecture of the OS.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:06 am
How do I tell if I’m running 32 or 64-bit version of 10.5.7? I need to install an app that only supports 64-bit.
Thanks
November 9th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
To my understanding all versions of Leopard do have some sort of 64-bit support so the app should run fine. Just try installing the app and see. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen…
October 14th, 2009 at 3:29 am
Hi all,
i made step by step until 10.5.7 update. In this position my 1525 frezed. When i run cumulative update indicated in tutorial nothing respond. So i have to reistall 10.5.2.
September 11th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Okay, so now EVERYTHING works in my 10.5.7 machine, and for the benefit of others who might run into my optical drive conundrum, I had neglected to install the SATA drivers for the Intel Chipset. It may be called different things in different builds, but in iPC, it’s the oh-so-important option for “Intel ICHx SATA Drivers.” I’m not sure if this can be applied after the fact by booting from the install DVD and unchecking ALL options but this one, as I started from scratch. Perhaps Tom can confirm this for us.
Additionally, I had conflicting Broadcom kexts installed and didn’t realize it, so even though I could see my networks, I couldn’t connect. IMO, iPC proved an easier method than iDeneb. Hope this is helpful to my fellow Hack1525-ers. :) Does anyone know how I can improve my dismal (20.1) OpenGL score in XBench?
BTW, does the numlock calculator pad toggle on for anyone? I’ve toggled it’s expected behavior in the Dell BIOS, but it won’t turn into a number pad for me. I guess I was lying when I said “everything†works, but it would be the icing on the cake, for sure!
September 11th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
The Intel ICHx SATA Driver can most likely be installed by itself after the fact, although this is just an assumption. As for your OpenGL scores, they are stuck at their low, low scores as our Graphics card is absolutely horrible and unfortunately can’t be improved. Real Macs don’t have a Num Lock key so that’s why that isn’t working for you.
September 11th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Just want to add that to use the Num pad, hold down the Fn key while typing the number.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
I may try that soon. I intend to use the notebook as a node for Logic Studio, which is running on my Hackintower. SL has the distinct advantage of being able to buy the license, but I’ll run this stable 10.5.7 configuration for a few days and experiment with the optical drive a bit more. Thanks for the kind assistance. Donations coming for you and Genaro as soon as I am able. :) Though donation is hardly an appropriate term. You guys have worked hard to bring us all this info!
September 10th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Well it’s much appreciated. It’s users like you that make all this worthwhile (not because of the donations but the appreciation).
September 10th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Ouch. Well, Mama always told me I was special… :) I tried using Genaro’s dsdt.aml + Chameleon fix, thinking it might help the drive “show up,” without success. My next step is to start with a fresh 10.5.6 install from a newly downloaded image of iPC PPF5, and generate my own .aml from there. Hopefully that will change things. As for the wifi, I specifically got the Dell 1395 card, which had been reported working by everyone and their dog using the modified Broadcom kext… Perhaps I am just lucky there as well. Clicking the ads. (Even if you are just reading this topic you should be doing this, people; it’s one of the best sources out there!) :) Thanks for the great help and quick reply.
September 10th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Sorry I couldn’t be of more help to you. You might want to try Snow Leopard instead as we have gotten a decent amount of the hardware working (Notable differences are lack of Internal Microphone support with the current driver and sleep not working for some). It’s also quite possible your DVD drive and WiFi will be working in SL. If you want to give it a shot, check out out Snow Leopard guide here.
September 10th, 2009 at 12:54 am
Oops. Disregard PPF6, that’s from a failed attempt with iPC. :/ iDeneb v1.4 seems to be stable other than the issues described above. Still applying the standard patches though…
September 10th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Hi Tom, et al. Thanks for this helpful info. I’ve read every 1525 forum entry I can find, but have yet to encounter others who have optical drives that are not found/recognized. Obviously it worked the first time around, I installed iDeneb 10.5.6 PFF6 with it. But for some reason, it’s just not showing up in Profiler or mounting disks/seeing CDs. I thought the combo update might *magically* resolve this, but no dice thus far. I got this notebook about a week ago, refurb from Dell direct, so no pre 10.5.6 installs to compare it to. Is this a documented problem that I just have not run across the fix for? This is the more critical of my two issues so far. The lesser is that although the Broadcom fix has me able to see Airport, and my WEP encrypted network, it fails to connect. If this issue has been discussed, please just hit me with a thread link/post #. Clicking the ads like crazy, possible donations forthcoming! *crosses fingers and reboots* :)
September 10th, 2009 at 6:49 am
As for the first issue, I’m afraid I won’t be able to help. I have never experienced an issue with a DVD Drive not working in OS X and I wouldn’t know where to start. As for the second issue, which wireless card are you using? Some cards have incomplete drivers which allow them to see networks but won’t allow them to connect to some (specifically ones with WEP or WPA encryption).
August 8th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
I got it working I installed the trackpad preference pane that came in the 10.5.7 update pack
August 8th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Great! Let me know if you need help with anything else.
August 8th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Well I just found out its not perfect yet, my trackpad works but it is not recognized, it scolls by itself or it clicks by itself, i just kexthelpered the ps2controller kext but that didn’t help, any suggestions.
August 8th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I got it to work I couldn’t find the keyboard fix in the XXX disc but I installed a ps2 controller kext and that seemed to work. Thank You.
August 8th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Ok glad to hear you finally got it working.
August 7th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Ok thanks i’m getting it right now, i’ll let you know if it helped.
August 7th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Ok I will give that a try, i really hope it works its a pain not having the keyboard and trackpad work, but will that just install the fix or will it give me a fresh install on 10.5.6. I don’t want to lose all my stuff.
August 7th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
If you make sure to uncheck everything (including 10.5.6 Base System) and you ONLY install the PS2 Keyboard fix then it will only install that fix.
August 7th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
It didn’t work, any more suggestions?
August 7th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
If you have either an XxX 10.5.6 or an iPC Universal PPF5 Install disc then you can boot those up and uncheck everything but the PS2 Keyboard Fix. Install just the one file you your Macinotsh HD and then that might work.
August 6th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Well i still can’t get my keyboard and trackpad working. I read in some other website that maybe the kexts are causing a conflict of some sort. Does anyone know how to fix this or have any ideas.
August 7th, 2009 at 12:09 am
It’s a hail mary but you can try Kext Helpering ApplePS2Controller.kext found here, Repair Permissions, and reboot with the -f flag.
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:43 am
omg thanks for this post, update from XxX worked like a charm – didn’t even have a kernel panic! thanks!
July 16th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
hello guys, after upgrading to 10.5.7 my audio stopped working, and i have tried all the fixes ETC, restored my extensions and no audio, ive tried richard’s method dont know if im doing it right.everything else seems to be working right.can someone please help, thanks……
July 16th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Probably a dumb question but just to be sure, you’ve checked out this post, right?
July 11th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Yeah they only stopped working when i updated to 10.5.7, but ill give the other options and let u know if it worked. Thanks
July 11th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Ok keep me posted
July 7th, 2009 at 1:52 am
Yes i do have the inspiron 1525 and i used followed the tutorial on this website on istalling os x to it so i think it was Kalyway 10.5.2 and since then i have followed all the guides on this website to update my computer, starting with 10.5.2 and working my way up to this update, and yes my keyboard and trackpad have worked perfectly since the begining. I really dont know why this is not working because i believe that it was in 10.5.5 when u updated to it, the keyboard and trackpack didn’t work either and i remeber installing the kexts with kexthelper then and it worked perfectly. The only new thing i did besides the update of 10.5.7 was the “alterantive to sleep trick” thing you have here, but i went back and deleted everything because that did not work for me. So i really don’t know what could be causing this problem. Is there another way to install these kexts besides kext helper that might help me.
July 7th, 2009 at 8:45 am
There is another program osx86tools that does the same thing. You can give that a shot though I’m pretty sure that would not change anything. The alternative to sleep trick would have no effect on the keyboard although I suggest you check out this guide to get your screen working almost perfectly without any Sleep Tricks and Hot Corners. Anyway, have you tried to reinstall the kexts that got you working after the 10.5.5 update because if they worked once before they might work again? And just to be sure, your keyboard and trackpad worked in 10.5.6 but stopped working when updating to 10.5.7?
July 5th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Well i dont know if they are installing or not but it is still not working and yes i always boot with -v -f.
July 5th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Just to verify, you are on an Inspiron 1525, right? Also, have the trackpad and keyboard ever worked for you? Lastly, which version and distro of OS X are you running (iPC 10.5.7, iAtkos 10.5.7, etc.)?
July 4th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
That did not work it seems the kexts are not installing. any other advice.
July 5th, 2009 at 12:49 am
What do you mean the kexts are not installing? Also, make sure to boot with -f as this is a very important step.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
I really need help, my keyboard and track pad are not working ive tried to install it various times after i downloaded the kexts from this website. I have also repaired the disk various times and it just isnt working.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Download the Keyboard kexts from here, kexthelper them, repair permissions, and reboot with -f and see if that helps.
June 28th, 2009 at 8:38 am
No problem and glad to hear you backed it up.
June 27th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Yeah im doing a fresh install with iATKOS v7 so i should be right. And thankfully i backed up what very little i had on it lol,thanks for the speedy response.
June 27th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Updated from 10.5.03….. didn’t work so well, comp crashed halfway thourtg the installaton and whenever i reboot i get a kernel panic. I used kalyway 10.5.01 to install, can anyone help??.
June 27th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Joe- I hope you made a backup as it says to in the guide because you are going to have to reinstall OS X (either from your backup or from the OS X DVD). If you do have to reinstall OS X from scratch then I suggest either XxX 10.5.6, iPC Universal PPF5 10.5.6, or iAtkos 10.5.7
June 24th, 2009 at 4:19 am
My graphic card is GeForce Go 7200, I have the problem to display the my living desktop program coz’ the Quartz Extreme = Not supported in iatkos 10.5.7. This program is used to working in my iatkos 10.5.5. I also has other display problems in iWork 09. Can anyone please help?
June 24th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
It appears that you might be able to achieve QE/CI support with your card by running NVInstaller, selecting your card, and then rebooting. Try it out and let me know how it goes.
June 18th, 2009 at 9:02 am
dgan- It sounds to me like you don’t have or no longer have QE/CI support. Try reapplying your graphics kexts, run a tag cache rebuild from Kext Helper, Repair Permission with Disk Utility, and then reboot with -f and see if that fixes your issue.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Hi all! I need help with a “graphic and hang” problem after updating from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7.
My system is an amd64 4000+ (sse3 capable), 2gb ram, geforce 6600gt 128mb and sataII seagate 500gb.
I have three OS X partitions on my pc. One was updated from 10.5.4 (Leo4all v4.1) to 10.5.7 using the updates directly from apple software update and replacing the kernel with a voodoo version.
The second partition was updated from 10.5.6 (ipc universal ppf5 final) to 10.5.7 using ideneb combo upgrade.
The last partition was updated from 10.5.6 (ipc universal ppfr5 final) to 10.5.7 using the original apple update (via apple software update without modifications) and replacing the kernel with a voodoo version.
The 3 partitions are using an efi graphic string and all worked perfect at 10.5.6. When I updated the three to 10.5.7 using the methods mentioned above, the graphics problem began. I mean, when I open preview, (the best way to reproduce the error fast in my tests) and make some window movements with images or pdf files, the mouse cursor freezes with all the screen and after 5 seconds, the mouse begins to move again but the screen remains freezed until I make a restart. The interesting part, is that only happens with video because I continue having sound and activity on my system. Is the video the only part being affected.
Thanks!