My heart just wasn't in it. I did post on the Apple forums and the best they could suggest was to reinstall. Nice. Great that a standard update can completely fubar my machine. I suspect the typical Mac user would have to take it in to get it fixed. Well, maybe not, I guess a large portion of Windows users reinstall their operating system to fix problems, too.
A decent side effect is that I'm back to the defaults again which is refreshing after using my heavily modified version for several years. I did retain all my files and the subsequent updating was uneventful. I still maintain that I will leave the world of the Mac once this notebook dies or is outdated. I can't believe I still have arguments with people who think the Mac is faster than a PC or even better in a design area. The power of advertising has not weakened. I bought the laptop as a toy and am happy I did, it's great for me. But it's much more expensive in initial cost and as I realized later in simple upkeep. Every little program which we are used to getting for free on a PC is pay software for a Mac. With a Windows PC (or linux) you can surf around and find a few free programs to do what you are tryin g to accomplish. With a Mac, you have to pay, pay, pay. Very annoying.