Recent content by markg

On Feb 13, 2006 I installed some updates from Apple including iTunes, Safari, iPod, and Quicktime. Not sure if it is a coincidence, but now DVDs are not being recognized when I put them in. The drive makes some clicks for a while and then ejects. I tried resetting the PRAM with th...

PROBLEM SOLVED? Maybe. Here's what I did: Logged in as root; selected all the folders in the deleted User Home one at a time chose File - Show Info, then selected drop-down box for privileges selected Read & Write for Group and Everyone; copied all contents of the deleted User Home into...

DarkFrost, Rhino, Thanks for your responses. Rhino, Yes the files in my old User home dir are what I am trying to recover, specifically my email files/settings, internet favorites, and the settings for my internet connection. Can you be more specific on what I need to do in Terminal as I...

This is my first post here. I'm a relatively new Mac User and not technical as you will see from my problem. PROBLEM: I deleted my main User on my Mac G4 running OSX 10.1.5 after creating a new User. Since I did not specify otherwise the deleted User went to System Administrator. This User...