Leopard is acting strangely on my macbook. I don't have the spotlight icon on the top right corner, I can't drag files. dragging doesn't work... Also copy and paste doesn't work.... what can it be?

I had the same problem, try repairing permissions. Then restart and you should have copy/paste back
As far as spotlight goes it is a problem many people are having. Spotlight does not work on my ibook G4 but works on my Vaio notebook, go figure

i had the same problem too. I repaired premissions without success... I'll try a reinstallation tonight...
Anyone else has the same problem and find a solution ?

Put your leopard DVD in and go to /LeoDVD/System/Installation/Packages and locate BaseSystem.pkg. Drag that to /LeoHD/Library/Receipts. run diskutil and repair permissions. Just reboot after that and everything should be fixed.

Nice... thank's a lot I'll try that tonignt

Hey, cool find guys. Off Topic: Does anybody know how close the current beta release is to the final Leopard?

Cheers,

hecker

Yes, Steve Jobs knows it.

*chuckle*

hecker

october atm time machine sux, safari is eh, dumb sh!t syslogd keeps stealing one of my cores, but other than that is just fine

yesterday, I tested the solution gived by Prawker. I searched the BaseSystem.pkg on my dvd but I didn't find it.

So I decided to test with the same pakage fron my 10.4.8. I put it in the right folder, boot, repair permissions (all was wrong) and reboot.
Bingo!! all worked well : spotlight in the menu bar, drag and drop.. all was perfect ...
It's a miracle and a lot of luck

The easiest way to fix these post-install 9A527 problems is to run "sudo diskutil repairpermissions /" in Terminal. The graphical Disk Utility at least for me was not able to fix anything, but it worked from the terminal! I would not start messing the system more by downgrading it partially to older versions!

I want to reinstall the 9A527 on an other clean disk, so i'll try your tip. Thank's

ZAM You are the MAN!!!You saved my life Now everything work perfect.Cheers!

i have... but i still can't paste, drag and dropT_T
is there any script??? Anybody... Help me!!!


"I put it in the right folder"??? How could u?? I tought u were unable to drag and drop??
i have the same problem as u r... i can't either paster, drag and drop... Such troublesome

Geez... way to bump a year-old thread...

9A527 was a beta of Leopard anyway... I'm sure there's a more up-to-date solution for your problem...