Dennis Manasco:
One thing you _should_ be actively doing about permissions is repairing them.
Disk Utility (in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder) will do this, as will a third-party utility like Cocktail <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18282>. A good rule of thumb is to do this both before and after any invocation of Software Update that does any installations. Doing it after installing complex programs and updates from third parties is also a good idea. (Doing it after installing Office X was...instructive....)
Thanks very much for this advice.
Part of the problem is that whenever I update a file from Finale 2K2/OS9 to Finale 2K4/OSX, tight permissions are created for it, and I simply don't want or need that kind of security.
Could you be more specific about this problem? Where are the files you are reading and where do you put the files you write? What were the permissions before and after?
OS9 does not use permissions--at least not for ordinary document files. When, in OSX, I use FinMac 2K4 to open (and thereby update) a file that was created by FinMac 2K2 in OS9, OSX arbitrarily assigns a tight set of permissions for the original file (which had none when it was created), so that when I go to save the newly updated version, I am told I don't have permission to overwrite the old one. This is ridiculous and extremely annoying.
About 1/3 of the time, when I boot up in OSX Panther, the OS immediately attempts to connect to the internet. I thought this might be because it was attempting to register some of my new software, or that it was doing a Software Update thingy, but when I let it connect, it just goes online and nothing happens.
Why is it doing this, and how can I make it stop?
Since your replies show that you've eliminated the obvious suspects (Software Update and Time and Date), you might want to try a more brute force tactic.
What I would do is install Little Snitch <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17642>. Immediately after you install it go to System Preferences > Login Items (Startup Items, in Panther?) and drag Little Snitch to the top so that it is the first item executed (_very_important_step), then restart. You may be able to catch your culprit when you do so.
Thanks. I'll take a look at that.
It does seem to me though that the unwanted internet connections occur after I go online in OS9, then disconnect and reboot in OSX. Does this make any sense?
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