ethan.terry
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Hello all! I'm a brand new convert to the Mac OS in general, Tiger OS X to be specific. I'm quickly learning the ropes, and honestly enjoying every second of it. But there's one thing I've ran across that I'm having trouble with, and I'd like to see if anyone had an answer for me...
First of all, the problem is with Google Earth, which I realize is a leaked, unsupported Beta version of a program which essentialy doesn't exist yet. But I'm not looking for support for the program. I have Google Earth for the PC, so I'm familiar with the way it works, and when I found the Beta for OS X, I was excited to install it and play around with it. It worked great for a few days, with almost every function operable. But yesterday, many of the menu items started perform other functions, or simply stopped working alltogether. I figured something had corrupted the package, so I deleted it, emptied the trash, and installed a new copy in a different location from the original DMG. Interestingly enough, not only was I having the same problems, but it kept my personal changes to things like window size, column length and other things that are certainly not default.
I even went to the trouble of downloading a different install of it, with a different file size from a different torrent, and, even after a secure empting of the trash on all previous packages, it continued to keep my very specific changes. My question is: Is there, somewhere in the libraries, some sort of cache that keeps package preferences stored? How can I clear that? If not, what could possibly be the explanation for this? I appreciate any feedback, and I'm warmly looking forward to continuing learning OS X.
First of all, the problem is with Google Earth, which I realize is a leaked, unsupported Beta version of a program which essentialy doesn't exist yet. But I'm not looking for support for the program. I have Google Earth for the PC, so I'm familiar with the way it works, and when I found the Beta for OS X, I was excited to install it and play around with it. It worked great for a few days, with almost every function operable. But yesterday, many of the menu items started perform other functions, or simply stopped working alltogether. I figured something had corrupted the package, so I deleted it, emptied the trash, and installed a new copy in a different location from the original DMG. Interestingly enough, not only was I having the same problems, but it kept my personal changes to things like window size, column length and other things that are certainly not default.
I even went to the trouble of downloading a different install of it, with a different file size from a different torrent, and, even after a secure empting of the trash on all previous packages, it continued to keep my very specific changes. My question is: Is there, somewhere in the libraries, some sort of cache that keeps package preferences stored? How can I clear that? If not, what could possibly be the explanation for this? I appreciate any feedback, and I'm warmly looking forward to continuing learning OS X.
