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registrarhch - Apr 28, 2005 - 10:56 am

I'm on a blueberry iMac, suddenly with no provocation, I can no longer drag files. Not from the desktop to the trash, from Inbox to a mail flder or from file to file in Finder.

The only thing we did that was recent (and the change occured after that) was backing up onto an external hard drive.

I'm using Mac OSX 10.2.8. We have not upgraded because its a used computer for which we don't have password for the main user. Also don't have any CDs with the OS so have been unable to upgrade.

Any help would be appreciated.

bobw - Apr 28, 2005 - 12:23 pm

Hi Venetia

Try this;

Delete the icon cache found in /Library/Caches/ whose name is "com.apple.dock.iconcache"

Next, delete these files from the Preference folder located here;

user>Library>Preferences

com.apple.desktop.plist
com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.LaunchServices.plist

Restart


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registrarhch - Apr 28, 2005 - 1:38 pm

Thanks Bob. Just tried it but it didn't work. Still not shifting anything, not in mail or Finder or the desktop. It did give me a brand new picture on my desktop though!

Any other suggestions?

I'm really impressed with the quick response time, this is a great service.

bobw - Apr 28, 2005 - 2:46 pm

Venetia

Try running 'fsck';

To run fsck, you first need to start up your Mac in single-user mode. Here's how:

1. Restart your Mac.

2. Immediately press and hold the Command and "S" keys.

You'll see a bunch of text begin scrolling on your screen. In a few more seconds, you'll see the Unix command line prompt (#).

You're now in single-user mode.

Now that you're at the # prompt, here's how to run fsck:

1. Type: "fsck -y" (that's fsck-space-minus-y).


2. Press Return.

The fsck utility will blast some text onto your screen. If there's damage to your disk, you'll see a message that says:

***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****

If you see this message--and this is extremely important-- repeat running fsck. It is normal to have to run fsck more than once -- the first run's repairs often uncover additional problems..

When fsck finally reports that no problems were found, and the # prompt reappears:

3. Type: "reboot" to restart,

or type "exit" to start up without rebooting.

4. Press Return.

Your Mac should proceed to start up normally to the login window or the Finder.




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