Don Levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 1/21/08 9:29 AM: > You're right. Thanks for pointing that out. Of course, that's fine. The > original discussion was about booting from something OTHER than the usual > boot hard drive (DiskWarrior's CD). However, my experience is there's a > significant number of Mac OS X users who will on occasion use the Disk > Utility on the install disk and in the case of permissions repair, all > versions of OS X Disk Utility are definitely NOT interchangeable. And in the > case of Leopard, the older versions are downright destructive.
The original inquiry.... [Jim Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 1/20/08 12:08 PM: > I've just done something VERY stupid.] ...noted that he had mixed up files and applications from a G5, a Mac Pro running 10.4.11, and 10.5.x applications; used Migration Assistant from the G5 into a non-administrative account on the Mac Pro; moved something from that account to an administrative account on the Mac Pro, and then... ..."tweaked preferences in the many folders of the second account...." Even if he were able to use the right version of Disk Utility, we don't know what OS he's running, what should be on the disk, and what should not. For example, if he is running 10.4.11 on the Mac Pro, but he has moved some features and applications from 10.5.x into 10.4.11, what should stay, and what should go? And what of the spawned preferences, caches and other files generated by this mixed-up OS? "Repair Permissions" is not going to fix that. What is in the Mac Pro's administrative account, and what is in the Mac Pro's non-administrative account? "Repair Permissions" is not going to fix that, either. The installation sounds FUBAR to me. Better to back up the essential new data (documents) that have be added since the limited use of the Mac Pro, and start over with a fresh Mac Pro HD and OS. As to the Entourage-specific files, Jim could drag the individual new messages from Mac Pro's Entourage into a folder on the Desktop, and backup that folder. Then he could reformat the drive, reinstall Entourage and use his old, reliable MUD database. When that's running on the new installation, he can drag the saved new messages from that backup folder into Entourage, if those messages are not still on his server for download. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roger S. Cohen, President, Cohen International [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rogercohen.com Voice: +1 (845) 358-8936 Fax: +1 (845) 358-8937 -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
