Cathy, More memory will solve a lot of problems, but not disk problems, so you still need to do maintenance ever so often, no matter the amount of memory. I am sorry I can't help with Terminal questions for I don't tread there, way above me.
Possibly some of the MAC guys that live close to you would have a utility that can be used to help clean the machine up. Cocktail can be downloaded, but Disk Warrior and TechTools Pro need to have the disk to boot from to do all the work correctly. John R. On Jan 24, 2005, at 5:17 PM, Green, Cathy wrote: > 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 -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3719 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050124/b48e603e/attachment.bin
