"David M. Knapp" wrote:
> None of the counselors, including myself, uses Macs. Time to upgrade ;-) > The problem is this. A couple of years ago, the Mac started propagating > files on the desktop. If I knew what files were reproducing I could advise you better. Please provide more info. If you single click on an Icon and then select - Get Info - under File in the menu bar you will be presented with data on that item. > As for the Mac, one of the desktops didn't have the problem, and as luck > would have, that desktop contained the member's game directory, and so the > Mac became the club's default game computer. One of the desktops? In OS 7.6.1 you should only have one, assuming you are using the term correctly. > Recently, however, the propagation of files started again, making play on > the computer impossible. I've tried Praming the system, and reinstalling the > OS. Nothing worked. I'd like to reformat the hard drive and reinstall the > OS, but I can't seem to find directions in the documentation for this rather > simple procedure. Please explain how/why the file multiplication stopped. Clearing the PRAM won't help you here. It sounds like a preference issue. Don't do anything drastic like reformatting yet. > Better still, if you could tell me how to stop the propagation, I might not > have to format. That way, I could save some of the members' favorite games. Do yourself a real big favor and make a back up before you do anything else. I would be happy to correspond with you off list to help you work out some of these problems if you like. > As I said, the problem didn't occur on the member's desktop. It only > occurred in the staff directory, and in the administrative directory, run by > me, especially when I went into the Mac's central file system. So you are saying the problem only happens when you view contents on the HD? > Any help that you could give me would be greatly appreciated by the Club, by > me, and especially by the Mac. Right now the Mac is scheduled for the trash > heap unless I can get it fixed. If you are going to trash it I'll take it. There isn't any good reason to trash a perfectly good Mac :-) It doesn't matter if it was born in the last century or not. Mac tend to lead productive lives for many, many years. Send us more info and I'm sure we can help you. It would help to know what files, how many, when they appear and where, file type and size. The Mac uses a hierarchical files system that is easy to navigate and pinpoint a files location. It really doesn't sound like a big problem. It could be something as simple as to where you have an applications save setting directed. David -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- The box said "Requires Windows 95, or better." So I bought a Macintosh -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
