Hello again,
I posted yesterday about the disappearing
Document folder in the Finder sidebar. Today,
two more things hage gone from my not to trouble
free iMac...
First the "X Help" that you get from the
menubar. You give the command and a blank window
appears. Click on the home icon and the X help
options now appears (what's new,
troubleshooting, index) but clicking on the link
gets you nowhere. Every other library from the
Library menu gets you to where it's supposed to
and the links work fine. Seems that the only
help Tiger won't give is the X help! It did the
same one month ago with Panther 10.3.9
Then, no search result whatsoever from the
Finder. Enter a string in the search window à la
Google and...nothing! The small spinning wheel
(not the beachball) spins and spins out of
control.
To be frank, this iMac 1.8 ghz mesmerizes me.
Noisy fans, hot screen, hot back, this works,
that doesn't. 4 kernel panics since. In fact, a
lot of small irritating things that makes my
experience with it not so great. I was expecting
a lot more stability from X and and this
fabulous white iMac. For the first time in my
life, I am disappointed with an Apple product
and I am starting to think I wont keep this one
more than one year. Some thing tells me it's not
as reliable as a faithfull G4.Hints or opinions?
Thanks to help me again. There are weeks like that...
Germain
Germain
I had this happen too when I first got my
eMac at work and was running Panther. I had to re
install the system for the Help to be fully
functional.
Now I have a 20 in. iMac running Tiger at home
and the Help in iMovie is doing the same thing.
I still haven't got my address book working, but
have gone back to Eudora, so that may not be a
cure I'll bother with.
I've used Macs since 1987 and can't say I'm
staggered with the reliability of OS X yet.
I like iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes, etc. but miss the
window shade feature, the warning showing how
much is in your trash before you empty it (can't
tell you how many times that saved my bacon), and
the fact that my printer and scanner aren't
supported. Well my printer has a gimp print
solution, but I can't adjust the settings for
anything.
Since I paid the extra for AppleCare, perhaps
it's time I got on the phone. Oh, and that's
another thing - AppleCare is shown as starting on
May 15 and I didn't receive my iMac until May 20.
Well, I'm retired now, so I can spend my time
being one of those crochety people I used to
complain about.
--
Terry McCune
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