Wow. You hit an interesting point that has come up several times since I got this computer. This problem has nothing to do with Growl and I don't expect you to take time to try and solve it for me. However, as a point of interest, I'll explain a bit.
It seems like pref files frequently get corrupted, botching the operation of either hardware or software. Started with old G4 iMac; refused to open superdrive slider. Much talk on forums and all felt I had a dead drive. Needed a bigger and faster computer anyway so good excuse to buy anew. Transferred all data and new iMac wouldn't recognize its drive. 2 hours on phone with apple and finally found source in HD→Library→Preferences. (But I'm not sure if it's that one or the same file in the Home branch.) We deleted all but a few the Apple rep said would be harmful to delete and the problem was solved. Later I added them back, 20 at a time until I found the culprit wihch was a com.apple file that dealt with the superdrive. Getting rid of that file fixed both my old and new Mac. But I have had several problems since and all have been traced to a file in the preferences folder. The last one, a TypeIt4Me file, was in the Home pref folder. (Riccardo Ettore helped me out of that problem.) Makes me wonder if there's something lurking that carried over from my old Mac that is slowly eating my pref files. But that's the thoughts of someone not knowing a lot about computers. When I've asked this question among knowledgeable folks all say probably not, the pref files are problematic by themselves. Also interesting, the USB thumb drive and the printer work just fine. Were it not for HwG I wouldn't have been aware of the problem. the nearest Apple store is 2 1/2 hrs away so I'll not get there soon. I purchased locally at one of the Apple resellers. I don't know what their level of competence in repair/trouble shooting is. Thanks much for your help. Geoff On Jan 25, 2011, at 05:27 AM, Peter Hosey wrote: > On Jan 24, 2011, at 19:02:56, Geoffrey Kloster wrote: >>> "Does the printer show up in System Profiler in the USB section?" >> No. Screen shot attached. I plugged in a memory stick and it didn't >> show either. >> >> <Screen shot 2011-01-24 at 20.46.36 PM.png> > > That's why HardwareGrowler doesn't mention it. That window shows everything > the operating system knows about, and HwG can only notify about something the > OS knows about. > > You should take the computer and memory stick (I assume you mean a USB thumb > drive, not a Memory Stick memory card) into an Apple Store and demonstrate to > them how the memory stick doesn't come up in the USB tree and doesn't mount, > either. Printers may require drivers, but any USB-mass-storage-compliant > device—including every memory stick I've ever seen—should work. > >> The thing that caught my eye in the Macworld article was the ability to see >> when my WiFi connection was lost. … I thought, not having used public >> Internet connections before the extra bit of info might be helpful. Then >> again, it might only be an extra bit of confusion if things aren't going >> well. > > It can be helpful if the AP flakes out, is too far away, gets turned off, > etc. You'll know within a few seconds when your connection goes down, as > opposed to staring at a browser loading screen for up to a minute wondering > why the server suddenly got so slow. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
