On Dec 21, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: > After a couple of days on the web and performing a dozen or so > recommendations including AppleJack, emptying system caches, and > editing the /etc/hostconfig file I was getting really upset. > > Today I set up a new user with no privileges and had him try > mounting a dmg file. No problem. A simple double click did it all. > But my administrator account still can't do it! > > Am I going stark raving mad?
No, but you DID find where your problems lie, which is in your Admin users's prefs somewhere. If it works for one user and not another, nothing in the system is at fault; which is why, of course, none of the above system-related fixes fixed anything. I went looking through my user ~/Library/Preferences folder and found a number of files that have 'diskimages' in their name. Try trashing or moving these and seeing if things start working again. This is why I always advocate having a test login just to check these sorts of things. You can quickly eliminate 50% of your system at a whack by trying things as a different user. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
