John, Thanks for the info,,,sounds like this is something that will cost, and I'd rather spend my nickles on more memory, as the school is no longer spending on anything Mac...I went into the terminal, as directed, but when it gets to the password, nothing happens...I am the administrator for this machine; does it require the password of someone in the system? The guy I got the machine is no longer in the building, so I'm pretty much it... Cathy
> ---------- > From: John Robinson > Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 9:12 AM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: Re: MacGroup: missing desktop icons [faked-from] > > Cathy, > > I was waiting for someone else to answer for I don't really know the > answer. I would use Disk Warrior to rebuild the directory, then a utility > like TechTools Pro to scan for everything else and correct the errors and > optimize the disk. You might use Cocktail to then run over it which will > reset a plethora of items, one being the repair of permissions. > > When one of my computers, or one that my children have, begin to act nuts > I put it through this routine and everything returns to normal. I should > do this on a regular basis to prevent problems. > > John R. > > > On Jan 22, 2005, at 1:37 PM, Green, Cathy wrote: > > > Greetings! > I was importing music into iTunes and when I went to plug in my > iPod, the icon was nowhere to be found, seen, etc....Help! > > CCG > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050124/ab60568d/attachment.html
