| Author |
Apple Mac Help & Chat thread |
Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
Posts: > 500
PM |
@miss c:
Try repairing permissions on your boot disk with 'Disk Utility'
Also, download the 10.4.6 Combo Update and re-apply that (don't download the smaller Delta update, the Combo is over 100mb big)
|
|
|
haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
Posts: > 500
PM |
Thanks it is ok now not sure what happened there. I was also wondering i am not the best at working out how to use certain utilities etc etc and was wondering what things i should do whether it be on a day to day or weekly to weekly basis to keep it ticking over ok.
Obviously i should check for updates which i have set up to do daily but is there anything else i should do, to stop things from going wrong.
Danke!
|
Luke-the-magic-man
Joined: May 31, 2005
Posts: > 500
PM, WWW
|
switch on your firewall?
Check out my sales  I am a mac fanboy  . I will honor Laffens gift of P990 flip free avartar, but I sold the p990  |
Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
Posts: > 500
PM |
If you leave your Mac on overnight it will automatically do all its housekeeping stuff in the middle of the night. If your Mac is asleep or shutdown at night, use Onyx to run the housekeeping tasks a couple of times a month.
|
haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
Posts: > 500
PM |
Ok thanks i do keep it on overnight most of the time but will try that application as well just to be safe.
Cheers
|
haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
Posts: > 500
PM |
Ok something weird happened again, it was happily running and then i picked it up and looked in itunes and my whole playlist had disappeared (all music was still in the itunes music folder) and my internet bookmarks had disappeared completely.
Also certain items were not showing on the desktop even though they were there the only way to see them was to open desktop in finder and then manual drag them onto the desktop.
I went into the finder preferences and the tabs are all ticked for displaying everything on the desktop.
This is just plain weird i mean why would the music just dissappear and my boomarks?
|
fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
Posts: > 500
PM |
Miss C! your not filling me with joy about the prspect of loosing all my bookmarks and music! 
i do hope its an isolated problem!!
on the other hand i hope you get it sorted!
fatreg
|
haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
Posts: > 500
PM |
I know i don't understand what is wrong it is a clean install so it should all work fine.
|
haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
Posts: > 500
PM |
Oh no worries i figured it out under the home folder i have a shared folder and two other folder with the same stuff in so i just transferred it into on. Must have created the same user twice under two different namea. Don't worry fatreg your imac will be fine it is just me being thick.
All good now!
|
Gigs
Joined: Jan 19, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: The planet Snibertron!
PM, WWW
|
@Missc:
Uh given the file name of what you download..  (all my lost episodes look like that too  ) it'll either be xvid or divx. Doesn't hurt to have both installed anyhow |
fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
Posts: > 500
PM |
baba boom!
one imac for me  loving it so far, soo glad i left winsows, i just hope it always works as well as it is now
thanks for all the help so far ppl, im sure ill need more later on! 
fatreg
|
Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
Posts: > 500
PM |
Great! Welcome to the world of Mac! Hope you enjoy it!
|
fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
Posts: > 500
PM |
likig it so far, one quick question though, i downloaded and installed msn messenger, yes wheneverit runs i get like a box on my desktop amd its mightly annoying!
how can i remove this box when the progam is running? as when its not runnig the box goes!
ooh and any news on a wireless mighty mouse? i love the mightly mouse but cant be dealing with wires!
cheers
fatreg
|
Luke-the-magic-man
Joined: May 31, 2005
Posts: > 500
PM, WWW
|
to get rid of the whole msn thing you need to copy the aplication from the msn disc and dtick it in ur application folder then run it from there instead of off a disc thing. I had the same probs, also just wondering u tired amsn?
Check out my sales I am a mac fanboy . I will honor Laffens gift of P990 flip free avartar, but I sold the p990 |
SE Rules
Joined: Oct 07, 2004
Posts: 398
From: London
PM |
Hi guys, Look i'm looking to buy an intel iMac or more likely, a Macbook Pro. First question, can you suggest someone suggest a decent 5.1 surround sound system for either of the above for about £75, and also what cables will I need. Secondly, if I do get a Macbook, will it run XP/Vista and games, ie is it powerful enough? Cheers guys
This message was posted from a K750
[ This Message was edited by: SE Rules on 2006-04-13 22:33 ] |
|
|
Posted: 2006-04-11 15:41
.
