powermail-discuss Digest #2933 - Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Re(2): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
by "Winston Weinmann" <[email protected]>
Re(2): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
by "Winston Weinmann" <[email protected]>
Re: Re(2): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
by "Mirko Kranenburg" <[email protected]>
Re: Re(2): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
by "Mirko Kranenburg" <[email protected]>
Re(3): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
by "Winston Weinmann" <[email protected]>
Re(4): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
by "Winston Weinmann" <[email protected]>
Re(4): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
by "Winston Weinmann" <[email protected]>
Re: Re(2): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
by "Beatrix Willius" <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re(2): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
From: "Winston Weinmann" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:18:38 -0400
I have downloaded the PM 6 .dmg installer twice directly to my desktop,
then opened the disk image and tried to copy it from there to the
applications folder. I also tried copying to my desktop, and tried
copying the PM folder at the top level of the disk image. I get the
error message whatever I try. The application does copy, but I lose the
custom icon and it won't open.
I can try to open PM 6 from the installer disk image, but it stops with
a message that it needs to run from a writable disk.
I recently replaced my hard drive and have since done a complete system
reinstall.
I'll try repairing permissions.
Thanks for any other ideas.
- Winston
PowerMail Engineering wrote:
>Winston,
>
>>Can I run PowerMail 6 on a 1.5 GHz G4 PowerBook with Mac OS 10.4.11?
>
>Yes
>
>>I paid for PM 6, but can't get it to install. When I try to copy PM 6 to
>>my Applications folder I get the message:
>>
>>"The alias "Resources" cannot be copied to the destination, perhaps
>>because the destination does not support this type of alias".
>
>Strange; are you copying it directly from the disk image to the
>application folder? I would guess from this message that the application
>was copied to/from a FAT (windows) volume, such as an USB stick, or
>something like this.
>
>>I'm also having a problem trying to install FoxTrot Personal Search. The
>>web site is not clear which version I should use. The later version
>>(3.4?) won't work, and the previous version (2.6) won't accept the
>>registration code I received via Kagi.
>
>FoxTrot 3.2.1 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
>FoxTrot 2.6 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
>You have a FoxTrot 3 license code, so we will send you a FoxTrot 2
>license code as well.
>
>
>Jérôme - CTM Engineering
>
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Incredibly powerful and useful. If you're thinking "Yeah, I have
> Spotlight, and it was free" then think again. FoxTrot is instantaneous.
> It lets you do those good boolean searches that Spotlight makes
> impossible to do (or to remember how to do). I can't believe how fast
> it finds Mail messages, and then shows me the subject line, mailbox
> location, and the full text of the message in preview."
> FoxTrot Personal Search user comment on www.macupdate.com
>
> Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
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Subject: Re(2): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
From: "Winston Weinmann" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:22:38 -0400
My G4 Cube, upgraded to a 1.8 GHz processor and a much faster video
card, runs 10.5, but I've kept my PowerBook on 10.4 as it puts a lighter
load on the video system. Video is the only thing the PowerBook has any
difficulty with.
I am considering 10.5 for the PowerBook as I'd like to use Safari 5 with
Ghostery. OS 10.4 is limited to Safari 4.1, which doesn't support
extensions like Ghostery.
- Winston
Rene Merz wrote:
>Richard wrote:
>
>>René,
>>I think i'ts really really painful to upgrade a G4 to Mac OS X 10.6
>>;)
>>
>>Riphone
>
>Ok, yes, I missed something, sorry.
>But at least an upgrade to 10.5 (Tiger) would be possible.
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: Re(2): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
From: "Mirko Kranenburg" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 21:28:45 +0200
In Disk Utility, what information does it give about the format of your HD?
The whole behavior you describe sounds very, very wrong. Is it specific to
PowerMail? Or does another application give the same issues?
And I suggest to use Onyx for the repairs, a little more sophisticated in this
case as it runs in OS X, rather than the underlying Unix core in which
AppleJack operates. It feels to me like there is something wrong with the
behavior of OS X.
Op 1 aug. 2011, om 21:18 heeft Winston Weinmann het volgende geschreven:
> I have downloaded the PM 6 .dmg installer twice directly to my desktop,
> then opened the disk image and tried to copy it from there to the
> applications folder. I also tried copying to my desktop, and tried
> copying the PM folder at the top level of the disk image. I get the
> error message whatever I try. The application does copy, but I lose the
> custom icon and it won't open.
>
> I can try to open PM 6 from the installer disk image, but it stops with
> a message that it needs to run from a writable disk.
>
> I recently replaced my hard drive and have since done a complete system
> reinstall.
>
> I'll try repairing permissions.
>
> Thanks for any other ideas.
>
> - Winston
>
>
>
> PowerMail Engineering wrote:
>
>> Winston,
>>
>>> Can I run PowerMail 6 on a 1.5 GHz G4 PowerBook with Mac OS 10.4.11?
>>
>> Yes
>>
>>> I paid for PM 6, but can't get it to install. When I try to copy PM 6 to
>>> my Applications folder I get the message:
>>>
>>> "The alias "Resources" cannot be copied to the destination, perhaps
>>> because the destination does not support this type of alias".
>>
>> Strange; are you copying it directly from the disk image to the
>> application folder? I would guess from this message that the application
>> was copied to/from a FAT (windows) volume, such as an USB stick, or
>> something like this.
>>
>>> I'm also having a problem trying to install FoxTrot Personal Search. The
>>> web site is not clear which version I should use. The later version
>>> (3.4?) won't work, and the previous version (2.6) won't accept the
>>> registration code I received via Kagi.
>>
>> FoxTrot 3.2.1 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
>> FoxTrot 2.6 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
>> You have a FoxTrot 3 license code, so we will send you a FoxTrot 2
>> license code as well.
>>
>>
>> Jérôme - CTM Engineering
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "Incredibly powerful and useful. If you're thinking "Yeah, I have
>> Spotlight, and it was free" then think again. FoxTrot is instantaneous.
>> It lets you do those good boolean searches that Spotlight makes
>> impossible to do (or to remember how to do). I can't believe how fast
>> it finds Mail messages, and then shows me the subject line, mailbox
>> location, and the full text of the message in preview."
>> FoxTrot Personal Search user comment on www.macupdate.com
>>
>> Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: Re(2): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
From: "Mirko Kranenburg" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 21:30:02 +0200
I have gone back and forth between Tiger and Leopard on my PowerBook G4 1.25
GHz.
But Leopard is simply better in the end. Just max out the RAM (that is cheap
nowadays!) and go for it!
Op 1 aug. 2011, om 21:22 heeft Winston Weinmann het volgende geschreven:
> My G4 Cube, upgraded to a 1.8 GHz processor and a much faster video
> card, runs 10.5, but I've kept my PowerBook on 10.4 as it puts a lighter
> load on the video system. Video is the only thing the PowerBook has any
> difficulty with.
>
> I am considering 10.5 for the PowerBook as I'd like to use Safari 5 with
> Ghostery. OS 10.4 is limited to Safari 4.1, which doesn't support
> extensions like Ghostery.
>
> - Winston
>
>
> Rene Merz wrote:
>
>> Richard wrote:
>>
>>> René,
>>> I think i'ts really really painful to upgrade a G4 to Mac OS X 10.6
>>> ;)
>>>
>>> Riphone
>>
>> Ok, yes, I missed something, sorry.
>> But at least an upgrade to 10.5 (Tiger) would be possible.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re(3): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
From: "Winston Weinmann" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:30:58 -0400
Still get error message after repairing permissions. There were only a
few permissions issues, and none looked like anything PowerMail would
care about.
I'll next try installing it from another account.
- Winston
Winston Weinmann wrote:
>I have downloaded the PM 6 .dmg installer twice directly to my desktop,
>then opened the disk image and tried to copy it from there to the
>applications folder. I also tried copying to my desktop, and tried
>copying the PM folder at the top level of the disk image. I get the
>error message whatever I try. The application does copy, but I lose the
>custom icon and it won't open.
>
>I can try to open PM 6 from the installer disk image, but it stops with
>a message that it needs to run from a writable disk.
>
>I recently replaced my hard drive and have since done a complete system
>reinstall.
>
>I'll try repairing permissions.
>
>Thanks for any other ideas.
>
>- Winston
>
>
>
>PowerMail Engineering wrote:
>
>>Winston,
>>
>>>Can I run PowerMail 6 on a 1.5 GHz G4 PowerBook with Mac OS 10.4.11?
>>
>>Yes
>>
>>>I paid for PM 6, but can't get it to install. When I try to copy PM 6 to
>>>my Applications folder I get the message:
>>>
>>>"The alias "Resources" cannot be copied to the destination, perhaps
>>>because the destination does not support this type of alias".
>>
>>Strange; are you copying it directly from the disk image to the
>>application folder? I would guess from this message that the application
>>was copied to/from a FAT (windows) volume, such as an USB stick, or
>>something like this.
>>
>>>I'm also having a problem trying to install FoxTrot Personal Search. The
>>>web site is not clear which version I should use. The later version
>>>(3.4?) won't work, and the previous version (2.6) won't accept the
>>>registration code I received via Kagi.
>>
>>FoxTrot 3.2.1 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
>>FoxTrot 2.6 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
>>You have a FoxTrot 3 license code, so we will send you a FoxTrot 2
>>license code as well.
>>
>>
>>Jérôme - CTM Engineering
>>
>>
>>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "Incredibly powerful and useful. If you're thinking "Yeah, I have
>> Spotlight, and it was free" then think again. FoxTrot is instantaneous.
>> It lets you do those good boolean searches that Spotlight makes
>> impossible to do (or to remember how to do). I can't believe how fast
>> it finds Mail messages, and then shows me the subject line, mailbox
>> location, and the full text of the message in preview."
>> FoxTrot Personal Search user comment on www.macupdate.com
>>
>> Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch
>>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re(4): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
From: "Winston Weinmann" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:10:52 -0400
RAM is the other big limit on the 12" PowerBook. It maxes at 1.25 GB,
which I have. When this Mac was new, even the iBook could use 1.5 GB.
But I do now have an SSD drive. And it is /very/ fast. Startup is faster
than current MacBook Pros (save those which also have SSDs).
- W
Mirko Kranenburg wrote:
>I have gone back and forth between Tiger and Leopard on my PowerBook G4
>1.25 GHz.
>But Leopard is simply better in the end. Just max out the RAM (that is
>cheap nowadays!) and go for it!
>
>Op 1 aug. 2011, om 21:22 heeft Winston Weinmann het volgende geschreven:
>
>> My G4 Cube, upgraded to a 1.8 GHz processor and a much faster video
>> card, runs 10.5, but I've kept my PowerBook on 10.4 as it puts a lighter
>> load on the video system. Video is the only thing the PowerBook has any
>> difficulty with.
>>
>> I am considering 10.5 for the PowerBook as I'd like to use Safari 5 with
>> Ghostery. OS 10.4 is limited to Safari 4.1, which doesn't support
>> extensions like Ghostery.
>>
>> - Winston
>>
>>
>> Rene Merz wrote:
>>
>>> Richard wrote:
>>>
>>>> René,
>>>> I think i'ts really really painful to upgrade a G4 to Mac OS X 10.6
>>>> ;)
>>>>
>>>> Riphone
>>>
>>> Ok, yes, I missed something, sorry.
>>> But at least an upgrade to 10.5 (Tiger) would be possible.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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Subject: Re(4): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
From: "Winston Weinmann" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 18:39:14 -0400
OK, I've tried everything I can think of to get PowerMail 6.1 to copy
onto my PowerBook, including
- downloading and copying from another account (basically an unused
account) on my PowerBook
- downloading and copying after booting from my previous OS 10.4 system
on my backup drive
- downloading and copying on a G4 Cube running OS 10.5
All of the above give the error message that the alias "Resources" can't
be copied.
- downloading to a MacBook running 10.7. PM 6 will copy from the disk
image to the MacBook, and appears to run on the MacBook. But when I try
to copy from the MacBook to my PowerBook I get the message:
"The operation can't be completed because
one or more required items can't be found.
(Error code -43)"
Given that PM 6.1 won't copy from the disk image to either of two
different G4 Macs, running 10.4 and 10.5, I think there must be a
problem with the PM 6.1 file I am downloading.
Help!
- Winston
Winston Weinmann wrote:
>Still get error message after repairing permissions. There were only a
>few permissions issues, and none looked like anything PowerMail would
>care about.
>
>I'll next try installing it from another account.
>
>- Winston
>
>Winston Weinmann wrote:
>
>>I have downloaded the PM 6 .dmg installer twice directly to my desktop,
>>then opened the disk image and tried to copy it from there to the
>>applications folder. I also tried copying to my desktop, and tried
>>copying the PM folder at the top level of the disk image. I get the
>>error message whatever I try. The application does copy, but I lose the
>>custom icon and it won't open.
>>
>>I can try to open PM 6 from the installer disk image, but it stops with
>>a message that it needs to run from a writable disk.
>>
>>I recently replaced my hard drive and have since done a complete system
>>reinstall.
>>
>>I'll try repairing permissions.
>>
>>Thanks for any other ideas.
>>
>>- Winston
>>
>>
>>
>>PowerMail Engineering wrote:
>>
>>>Winston,
>>>
>>>>Can I run PowerMail 6 on a 1.5 GHz G4 PowerBook with Mac OS 10.4.11?
>>>
>>>Yes
>>>
>>>>I paid for PM 6, but can't get it to install. When I try to copy PM 6 to
>>>>my Applications folder I get the message:
>>>>
>>>>"The alias "Resources" cannot be copied to the destination, perhaps
>>>>because the destination does not support this type of alias".
>>>
>>>Strange; are you copying it directly from the disk image to the
>>>application folder? I would guess from this message that the application
>>>was copied to/from a FAT (windows) volume, such as an USB stick, or
>>>something like this.
>>>
>>>>I'm also having a problem trying to install FoxTrot Personal Search. The
>>>>web site is not clear which version I should use. The later version
>>>>(3.4?) won't work, and the previous version (2.6) won't accept the
>>>>registration code I received via Kagi.
>>>
>>>FoxTrot 3.2.1 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
>>>FoxTrot 2.6 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
>>>You have a FoxTrot 3 license code, so we will send you a FoxTrot 2
>>>license code as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>Jérôme - CTM Engineering
>>>
>>>
>>>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> "Incredibly powerful and useful. If you're thinking "Yeah, I have
>>> Spotlight, and it was free" then think again. FoxTrot is instantaneous.
>>> It lets you do those good boolean searches that Spotlight makes
>>> impossible to do (or to remember how to do). I can't believe how fast
>>> it finds Mail messages, and then shows me the subject line, mailbox
>>> location, and the full text of the message in preview."
>>> FoxTrot Personal Search user comment on www.macupdate.com
>>>
>>> Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch
>>>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: Re(2): PowerMail 6 on G4 Mac running OS 10.4
From: "Beatrix Willius" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 09:42:24 +0200
I have seen this error several times when copying data from one volume to
another. But not when using a dmg. Can you do the following:
- Download to a newer system.
- Copy the app from the dmg to a folder.
- Compress the app.
- Then move the app to your laptop and de-compress.
On 01.08.2011, at 21:18, Winston Weinmann wrote:
>>> I paid for PM 6, but can't get it to install. When I try to copy PM 6 to
>>> my Applications folder I get the message:
>>>
>>> "The alias "Resources" cannot be copied to the destination, perhaps
>>> because the destination does not support this type of alias".
Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Regards
Trixi Willius
http://www.mothsoftware.com
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