Dean M. Estabrook / 2005/08/05 / 11:23 PM wrote:

>I sort of gathered from the MM guy  
>that  one does not want the actual apps on the new HD, just the  
>files. Does that make sense? 

Yes, if any of the package component permission bit has been flipped, it
will create a massive problem.  Again, not all the installers available
to OSX is clean :-(

This problem usually don't surfaces if you gave the same account name to
UID501.  This is kinda leftover from NeXT NetInfo architecture Apple has
been trying to get rid of.

But even more so I don't trust copying pref file if the pref file is,
against Apple's recommendation, binary instead of XML.

And guess what, FinMac pref is a binary one!!

Since I have a list of stuff I install on an electric doc, reinstalling
everything from the scratch is not that much of a pain in the exchange
of the comfort of knowing everything is clean.  I always find some apps
I never use anymore, y'know.  I only give half a day and live happily after.

-- 

- Hiro

Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA
<http://a-no-ne.com> <http://anonemusic.com>


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