On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 04:30 PM, brian hodkin ( the computerDoctor) wrote:
> I have a question I am sure one of you guys could answer. I have Imacs > running 9.2.2 with OSX installed. How do I keep my teachers from > deleting > OSX specific software when they are housecleaning their computers? > Is there a way to hide the files that OSX needs to boot so that in > future we > can switch to it without reinstalling? > We are not ready for OSX but since it came with the machines > installed i > would like it left alone till we can use it. alas..... since OS 9 will let you throw away just about anything, there's no practical way to limit this. You could, in theory, use something like Snitch to mark these files 'invisible', so the Finder will ignore them. However, this could potentially cause the same kinds of problems that deleting them would cause -- OS X looks at this 'invisible' flag, too, and may ignore system resources that are invisible that should not be that way. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
