> > Worst of all, outdated
> > extensions are sometimes installed, causing major problems with the OS
> > (i.e. - making the computer unbootable w/ extensions enabled).
> >
>
> A simple way to see what a program installs is to apply a label to
> everything in your extensions and control panels folders before you
> install. After the install, anything with no label is what was installed.
> As to checking for newer extensions being overwritten, I don't really have
> an answer, except it's usually the same things. I suppose you could make a
> printout of what is in your folders before hand, and see if any of them has
> suddenly become non-labeled, ie, overwritten. It's the easiest way I know
> to see what a program installs.
This is a great idea, and exactly what I do! (I label all my Apple
installed items light blue) In additions, before doing installations for
which I suspect might modify existing files, I backup my Control Panels
and Extensions folder before starting, so that in case anything is
overwritten, I have the original to revert back to if necessary...
In addition, to make spotting newly installed files REALLY easy, I view my
folder by small icons, and place an empty folder at the very top left of
the window, and move all files to somewhere to the RIGHT of this folder.
That way, anything new that's installed or replaced, will fall right UNDER
this placeholder folder... ;)
Hope that makes sense...
Later!
PS - Another measure I take to help with all this is immediately after a
clean system install, I make a self-mounting disk image of everything (I
use to make a stuffit archive, but a .smi is much faster/easier to access,
as it requires no extra programs). That way, theoretically I shouldn't
ever have to install anything from that MacOS again! If anything ever
goes corrupt, or gets overwritten, etc. - I can just mount the image, and
copy the files I need right out of there... ;)
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