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  1. virius

    Finder not responding, all desktop items have disappeared.

    Glad to hear that! The Mac[OSXcom] Community is a great thing, enjoy to be a part of it! virius
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    Finder not responding, all desktop items have disappeared.

    AppleJack is pretty good in what it does, and I can recommend it. But m.casey cannot download stuff, has no Finder available, and cannot doubleclick a file just because it is the Finder that should show him his files. See original posting.:rolleyes: And thats why I point out that "H@kRz...
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    Finder not responding, all desktop items have disappeared.

    That's _kind of_ what Terminal is (DOS is not UNIX, but in relation one can say so). One Question: you wrote you did an archive and install. Is that right? You should have a folder "Previous System" on top of your drive – hmm, but how to find out without Finder? I see no other way than...
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    Finder not responding, all desktop items have disappeared.

    You are absolutely right. Maybe it was too late yesterday evening... m.casey: How are you doing?
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    Finder not responding, all desktop items have disappeared.

    Your Finder seems to be dead / not working / unable to access your files. Some things I would check out in this situation: 1.) Have you already booted in Safe Mode (holding Shift while starting up)? 2.) Or booted in Single User Mode (holding Cmd-S while starting up) an run fsck -fy (same as...
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    external hard drive issues

    Have you tried running Disk Utility's "Repair Volume" against your external?
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    Kernel Panic and the Trash

    I would boot in Single User Mode by holding Cmd-S while pushing the power button. Then move the Directories back to their original place. Obviously, this is for people familiar with the command line… But to copy your Application folder back to where it belongs, do the following: Boot in...
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    Whoa. How Did He Do This???

    I often asked me what it is I like about Virtual Desktops. One can arrange windows side by side, a window with HTML and a Preview of this for instance. But I think Virtual Desktops just offer a kind of sense for order, a feeling like: "Here is this and there is that. When I'm done with this...
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    Whoa. How Did He Do This???

    It is not what you think. Multiple Desktops can be explained as multiple window arrangments. The wallpaper and the icons on the desktop remain the same. I use VirtualDesktop and attach a screenshot from the pager (i.e. the overview of the different desktops). The windows are marked with...
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    error while trying to access ftp server

    no Safari, no Finder does FTP right. Use an FTP Client like Interarchy Transmit or Cyberduck (if it has to be free…)
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    removing local user folders

    Hm. No experience with this, sorry…
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    removing local user folders

    Interesting news… In fact, I never saw something like a local User Folder, when a network user logged in. You mean the /Users directory? AFAIK the User's home is mounted on some of the Unixdirs, and just unmounted when the User logs out. So nothing is to do there…
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    Upgrade Bash?

    Frankly, I don't know. But I assume, you got the same book I got a few days ago (because my one says the same…) And if it really is "Learning the bash Shell" by O'Reilly have a look at chapter 12. If it is not – I'll report when I've done it ;) Greetings, virius
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    Won't even boot...

    Hi undershot! Glad it worked. I'm just coming back from Easter Holidays – in the meantime you already got a nice collection of maintenance tools. Let me add _my_ favourite, Cocktail. I paid the little fee (15$ including lifetime upgrades) long time ago and never regretted it. It has some...
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    Won't even boot...

    Looks like a Kernel Panic immediately after booting. Can happen after killing a system by pushing the power button. I suggest two things: Reset PRAM and Reset NVRAM. You accomplish this with booting while 1) holding Cmd-alt-P-R until Startup Chime comes up a second time. immediately after...
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    Autocomplete Software: What do YOU use?

    Hi out there! I am looking for an alternative to BBAutocomplete. For those who don't know BBA, it is invoked by a Key combo and then searches the aktive (or all open) document(s) to autocomplete the word I just began to write. It is indispensible when writing any kind of code using...
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    Audio From Mac the Ripper

    I use DVDxDV for this. It is Shareware with a I believe 30 day trial period. Extracting Audio works unrestricted in this time, so you can give it a try…
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    Keychain

    Actual I ment in Utilities/Keychain Access, Preferences, General - Reset my Keychain, but if renaming the old one works for you it shall be fine. BTW, Keychain Access is really worth checking it out! If you want to read about it too, there's a fine article at O'Reillys MacDevCenter
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    Keychain

    Unfortunately, all you can do when you forgot your keychain password - is to forget that particular keychain. :( It is 128bit encrypted, and is is ment to be locked for anybody who cannot supply the correct password. You can reset the login.keychain, the old version will be saved but not...
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