I tried to install 10.3.6 yesterday and for a reason or another, my laptop kernel panic’ed on me during the install. I had to reboot and wasn’t too hopeful that it would even work. Much to my surprise though, I was able to login without issue. Only noticeable problem though, no Finder, no menu bar, just floating icons at the top right of the screen and my empty Dock at the bottom right (I only use the Dock for the trash and to monitor running applications). Since I had Quicksilver installed though (and its icon was showing among the other icon where the menu bar would normally be), I was able to launch Terminal and other apps. I have been able to work with my system without any other issue so far.

It goes without saying that I will re-install. However, without Quicksilver, I wouldn’t have been able to use my laptop in the mean time. It even allowed me to try and re-install from the full updater instead of Software Update (both from the GUI and command line since Installer would get stuck after showing the license). Though it didn’t work, at least, I could try! Thanks, Quicksilver! :)

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