APE can mess up Leopard upgrade

[Charles Dyer]

On 29 Oct 2007, at 06:59:54, Brian White wrote:

>> At 11:54 PM -0400 10/28/07, Scott Lewis wrote:
>>
>> I might stop using APE if the APE developer says to wait for an  
>> update before using it in Leopard. I'm not an APE user, so your  
>> mileage can vary... but really, it seems like a bad idea. Seems  
>> both Apple and Unsanity say it can hose your Leopard upgrade.
>
> From an email I received a few days ago from the "Unsanity Team":
>
> ---------------
>
> We wanted to send out some information to our mailing list  
> subscribers about Mac OS X 10.5 and Unsanity's Application Enhancer.
>
> First and formost. *Before* you install Mac OS X 10.5, make sure  
> you have Application Enhancer (APE) 2.0.3 or later installed. You  
> can download it from http://www.unsanity.net/ape-203.dmg (the  
> webpage is at http://unsanity.com/haxies/ape ).
>
> Make *sure* you have APE 2.0.3 or later installed *before* you  
> install Mac OS X 10.5. If you have an earlier version of APE  
> installed before you install 10.5, you may exhibit one of the  
> following symptoms upon booting into Mac OS X 10.5:
>
> - Your goldfish may die.
> - A strange dog might bite you on the street.
> - A friend may punch you.
> - Your computer may catch fire.
> - Your loved one may leave you.
>
> All of these things are really bad. So we urge everyone to make  
> sure they have APE 2.0.3 or later installed. If you aren't sure,  
> install APE 2.0.3 or later from the link above. APE 2.0.3 was  
> released on March 14th, 2007. And please, always keep your software  
> up to date.
>
> A note about 10.5 and haxies:
>
> As long as you have APE 2.0.3, nothing bad will happen in 10.5.  
> Well, nothing we can control. However, none of your APE Modules  
> will work either....

As no APE modules will work, why have it installed at all? Delete it  
until the module you want to use works with Leopard.