Rick Lecoat wrote (08/06/2003): >> Also Pat, while you're at it you might as well boot from your OS X >>install CD, start Disk utility and repair permissions. I have had >>stranger problems disappear with that. > >Another option for general maintenance (slightly OT I know) is to grab >yourself a copy of the excellent freeware app Cocktail which can repair >permissions, redo prebinding, and a host of other neat tricks without the >need to reboot from the OS X CD.
Redoing prebinding is unnecessary under recent releases of the OS but I will echo this recommendation. For users who are reasonably comfortable with Macs and who want to maintain their own machines but who don't feel comfortable with Terminal, Cocktail and Batchmod will allow them to do almost anything they need to. Both are free. Charles Maurer ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Grandview Court Dundas, Ontario Canada L9H 5C8 Telephone: 905.627.7035 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message originates from a Microsoft-free zone. -------------------------------------------------------------
