Re: New strange behaviour _ Techtools?

[Ken Jackson]

I don't know if how many of you are  aware of 'Applejack' but i've  
been using it for ages & it's a very good cleanup tool.

Google Applejack & it'll make life a little easier, it has for me,

regards all,

Ken



On 03/06/2009, at 10:07 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:


Hi Lloyd,

Have you tried doing a safe boot (hold down the shift key on  
restart until
the Apple symbol appears) (restart might take some time) and the  
run repair

permissions from disc utility?

Cheers,

Michael Hawkins.



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Re: New strange behaviour _ Techtools?

[Susan Hastings]

I had a large number of permissions that needed repairing as well.  
However, I had not repaired permission after installing the last  
update, plus when I was having problems, one of the issues was not  
being able to repair permissions using disk utility.

On 03/06/2009, at 8:15 AM, Robert Howells wrote:



On 03/06/2009, at 7:53 AM, Lloyd White wrote:


Thanks Bob,

I booted from the Install disk and repaired permissions and that  
seems to
have solved the problem. It listed a large number of permissions  
that it

repaired.  But I will certainly uninstall TT Pro.

Lloyd



IFyou have cleared your problemswhy uninstal ?

Leave it and check out ongoing operations ...  just make sure you  
keep your back up  up to date !


It is a worry though that TT Pro can upset Permissions !


Bob
















On 02/06/2009, at 4:04 PM, Lloyd White wrote:



Hi everyone.

Like others I installed the new TechTools Pro from the bundle and  
just

checked a few things including  repairing the permissions. Nothing
else.

Now I have problems. I set my iMac - 10.5.7 to sleep when I finish
with it
but when it wakes up it freezes.
On restart all I get is the blue screen. Restart - same result.
I get it to start by holding down the Command and full stop key.
Then all is
ok until I restart.
Help! What has happened and what can I do?

Lloyd



Lloyd

You could try going backwards !

The TechTool Pro installer has an Uninstaller as an option !

And if you used TTP to do permissions it may be better to run
Leopard disk utility to reset them

Bob






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Re: New strange behaviour _ Techtools?

[Susan Hastings]

Hi Lloyd, I have TTP5 installed on an external drive, but have also  
reinstalled TTP5 on my laptop, with protection turned on, and its now  
working well. I did download TTP5 from the link at the bottom of the  
MacUpdate email this time instead of the one in the body of the email,  
I don't know if this has made a difference. I have not set up an  
edrive on my laptop. So, not sure that it was TTP5 causing problems  
last time - I was getting freezes whilst using programs, the whole  
system was freezing - not just individual programs so I could force  
quit. cheers, Susan.

On 03/06/2009, at 7:53 AM, Lloyd White wrote:


Thanks Bob,

I booted from the Install disk and repaired permissions and that  
seems to
have solved the problem. It listed a large number of permissions  
that it

repaired.  But I will certainly uninstall TT Pro.

Lloyd






On 02/06/2009, at 4:04 PM, Lloyd White wrote:



Hi everyone.

Like others I installed the new TechTools Pro from the bundle and  
just

checked a few things including  repairing the permissions. Nothing
else.

Now I have problems. I set my iMac - 10.5.7 to sleep when I finish
with it
but when it wakes up it freezes.
On restart all I get is the blue screen. Restart - same result.
I get it to start by holding down the Command and full stop key.
Then all is
ok until I restart.
Help! What has happened and what can I do?

Lloyd



Lloyd

You could try going backwards !

The TechTool Pro installer has an Uninstaller as an option !

And if you used TTP to do permissions it may be better to run
Leopard disk utility to reset them

Bob






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Re: New strange behaviour _ Techtools?

[Lloyd White]

Hi Michael,

Yes I did this but in the end I booted from the Install Disk and ran repairs
from that. It seems to have solved the problem.

Lloyd




> Hi Lloyd,
> 
> Have you tried doing a safe boot (hold down the shift key on restart until
> the Apple symbol appears) (restart might take some time) and the run repair
> permissions from disc utility?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael Hawkins.
> 
> 
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Re: New strange behaviour _ Techtools?

[Michael Hawkins]

Hi Lloyd,

Have you tried doing a safe boot (hold down the shift key on restart until
the Apple symbol appears) (restart might take some time) and the run repair
permissions from disc utility?

Cheers,

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Re: New strange behaviour _ Techtools? - my 2 cents

[Rob Findlay]

I've been doing Mac support for 10 years.
In the last 5 years I've had a 12" Powerbook and more recently a 13"  
Macbook as my main macs plus various towers and iMacs.
My laptops rarely get turned off. I close the lid, put them in my bag  
and they get taken out and opened up several times a day, all day  
every day.


Since Tiger I've rarely done a thing to them other than run  
(donationware apps) Yasu and Applejack once a month of so.
I install and uninstall apps, run ProTools & Logic to do recording and  
mixing plus all my email and web and other business stuff.


Disk Warrior and Data Rescue are  the only professional paid for apps  
I occasionally use & I wouldn't need Data Rescue if people backed up.  
Applejack has memtest built in which is the best RAM tester I've used  
and it's free (by donation).


When I build a ProTools, Logic, Final Cut Mac, once I have it the way  
I like it I image the system drive with Carbon Copy Cloner, and put  
the image disk somewhere safe. Data I record and create gets stored on  
another drive & backed up to 2 different places. If the system drive  
fails I put the spare in and make another image. No setup, no re- 
install apps.


I know the same way isn't for everyone and many people enjoy the  
geekery of things like TechTool and monitoring hardware, it's fun.


My experience is that OS X is a very robust operating system and  
doesn't need a whole lot of maintenance. TechTool in particular seems  
to create as many problems as it solves. Macs themselves go through  
different phases of build quality and they break when they break.  
Always behave as if you could lose your important stuff at any moment,  
use Time Machine, CCC or SuperDuper to make sure your data is in 3  
places at all times and you can't go too far wrong.


Just my opinion and your mileage may vary. As has been pointed out  
even if you only use Parallels from the software bundle that's been  
discussed you are still in front price-wise.

Rob

On 03/06/2009, at 7:53 AM, Lloyd White wrote:


Thanks Bob,

I booted from the Install disk and repaired permissions and that  
seems to
have solved the problem. It listed a large number of permissions  
that it

repaired.  But I will certainly uninstall TT Pro.

Lloyd






On 02/06/2009, at 4:04 PM, Lloyd White wrote:



Hi everyone.

Like others I installed the new TechTools Pro from the bundle and  
just

checked a few things including  repairing the permissions. Nothing
else.

Now I have problems. I set my iMac - 10.5.7 to sleep when I finish
with it
but when it wakes up it freezes.
On restart all I get is the blue screen. Restart - same result.
I get it to start by holding down the Command and full stop key.
Then all is
ok until I restart.
Help! What has happened and what can I do?

Lloyd



Lloyd

You could try going backwards !

The TechTool Pro installer has an Uninstaller as an option !

And if you used TTP to do permissions it may be better to run
Leopard disk utility to reset them

Bob






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Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

[Adrian Skehan]

I may be wrong; but looking through the user manual visions of the  
original Norton Disk Doctor of the 80s' come to mind.



Regards,

Adrian
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On 03/06/2009, at 7:37 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Severin,

Yes, that is correct. I have TTP5 installed on an External Firewire  
Drive (& TechTool Protégé when Micromat release an update Protégé  
Manager for TTP5),  & also on my Internal Drive.


After you install TTP5 on your Internal Drive be sure to open the  
Safety window and turn on and configure the Protection feature and  
the S.M.A.R.T. test.


On the Internal Drive TTP5 is for Protection & Preventive  
Maintenance ... on the External Drive TTP5 is for repairing.

That is how I understand to use TTP.

The "TTP5 User's Guide and Reference Manual" is an excellent Manual,  
very thorough, I would suggest everyone use this Manual as it does  
explain everything well. I'm normally not one for reading Manuals  
but with Diagnostic Tools, that if used incorrectly can do damage to  
my computers, I read the Manuals ;-)


In the Manual under Preventive Maintenance:
"One of the most valuable functions of TechTool Pro is its ability  
to assist you in finding and repairing problems with your computer  
before they get out of hand. For maximum protection, it is important  
that TechTool Pro is actually installed on your system. TechTool Pro  
includes automatic features that can regularly check your drive  
hardware and backup volume directories. These features are  
configurable from the TechTool Protection pane in the System  
Preferences."


The below Link to Micromat "The Proper Way to Use TechTool Pro"



Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.5.7


On 02/06/2009, at 11:37 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:


Ronni
	I have been following  this correspondence.  I have a spare  
external drive partition with full 10.5.7 on it plus TT5, Disk  
Warrior and a couple of other similar tools.  From what you say, in  
addition to this you have TT5 installed on your normal boot drive  
with the Protection Features as you describe.  Is my understanding  
correct?

Regards
Severin

On 01/06/2009, at 3:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Susan,

Yes, as long as you have plenty of free space on the External  
Drive, it will work. Putting TTP5 on its own partition is best.
It would be the same as my TTP4 on little TechTool Protégé, I just  
boot from him and run TTP.


Have you set up TechTool Protection in system Prefs? I have all  
the TechTool Protection features active (In System Prefs).
The SMART Check  interval is 1 hour, Directory Backup is 4 hours,  
Volume Usage checks every 5 mins, E-Mail Alerts "Send Email Alert  
for Volume Usage warnings" & "Send Email alert for SMART Check  
failures" are all activated.


Cheers,
Ronni

On 01/06/2009, at 3:48 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Ronni, Actually, in reply to my own question, I will partition my  
little backup drive, put TechTool Pro 5 on one partition, and a  
back up of my HD on the other. There's plenty of room. regards,  
Susan.

On 01/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Susan,

Micromat recommend that you install the program on a bootable  
external drive if possible.
When you run the program from the bootable DVD, virtual memory  
cannot be used.
When the disk directory is replaced, all of it, plus part of Mac  
OS X and TechTool Pro, must be able to be held in RAM.

Unless you have a lot of RAM, this is not likely to be possible.

Also, after you install TechTool Pro 5.x, open the TechTool  
Protection system preferences pane and configure the features  
found there.


I purchased TTP 5 when it was first released and found it would  
not work on my TechTool Protégé (which I had TTP4 installed on,  
plus Disk Warrior and other Diagnostic Tools).
Micromat have informed me that there will have to be a new  
release of the Protégé Manager to support TechTool Pro 5.0.x.
I'm still waiting for them to update Protégé Manager, they do  
not know when the new version of Protégé Manager will be  
available.


So my little TechTool Protégé sits on my desk waiting ;-(

Cheers,
Ronni

On 01/06/2009, at 2:58 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:


good, thanks Ronni

On 01/06/2009, at 2:46 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Susan,

Version 5.0.4 is the latest available.

Cheers,
Ronni





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Re: New strange behaviour _ Techtools?

[Robert Howells]

On 03/06/2009, at 7:53 AM, Lloyd White wrote:


Thanks Bob,

I booted from the Install disk and repaired permissions and that  
seems to
have solved the problem. It listed a large number of permissions  
that it

repaired.  But I will certainly uninstall TT Pro.

Lloyd



IFyou have cleared your problemswhy uninstal ?

Leave it and check out ongoing operations ...  just make sure you keep  
your back up  up to date !


It is a worry though that TT Pro can upset Permissions !


Bob
















On 02/06/2009, at 4:04 PM, Lloyd White wrote:



Hi everyone.

Like others I installed the new TechTools Pro from the bundle and  
just

checked a few things including  repairing the permissions. Nothing
else.

Now I have problems. I set my iMac - 10.5.7 to sleep when I finish
with it
but when it wakes up it freezes.
On restart all I get is the blue screen. Restart - same result.
I get it to start by holding down the Command and full stop key.
Then all is
ok until I restart.
Help! What has happened and what can I do?

Lloyd



Lloyd

You could try going backwards !

The TechTool Pro installer has an Uninstaller as an option !

And if you used TTP to do permissions it may be better to run
Leopard disk utility to reset them

Bob






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Re: New strange behaviour _ Techtools?

[Lloyd White]

Thanks Bob,

I booted from the Install disk and repaired permissions and that seems to
have solved the problem. It listed a large number of permissions that it
repaired.  But I will certainly uninstall TT Pro.

Lloyd 




> 
> On 02/06/2009, at 4:04 PM, Lloyd White wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi everyone.
>> 
>> Like others I installed the new TechTools Pro from the bundle and just
>> checked a few things including  repairing the permissions. Nothing
>> else.
>> 
>> Now I have problems. I set my iMac - 10.5.7 to sleep when I finish
>> with it
>> but when it wakes up it freezes.
>> On restart all I get is the blue screen. Restart - same result.
>> I get it to start by holding down the Command and full stop key.
>> Then all is
>> ok until I restart.
>> Help! What has happened and what can I do?
>> 
>> Lloyd
> 
> 
> Lloyd
> 
> You could try going backwards !
> 
> The TechTool Pro installer has an Uninstaller as an option !
> 
> And if you used TTP to do permissions it may be better to run
> Leopard disk utility to reset them
> 
> Bob





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Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Severin,

Yes, that is correct. I have TTP5 installed on an External Firewire  
Drive (& TechTool Protégé when Micromat release an update Protégé  
Manager for TTP5),  & also on my Internal Drive.


After you install TTP5 on your Internal Drive be sure to open the  
Safety window and turn on and configure the Protection feature and the  
S.M.A.R.T. test.


On the Internal Drive TTP5 is for Protection & Preventive  
Maintenance ... on the External Drive TTP5 is for repairing.

That is how I understand to use TTP.

The "TTP5 User's Guide and Reference Manual" is an excellent Manual,  
very thorough, I would suggest everyone use this Manual as it does  
explain everything well. I'm normally not one for reading Manuals but  
with Diagnostic Tools, that if used incorrectly can do damage to my  
computers, I read the Manuals ;-)


In the Manual under Preventive Maintenance:
"One of the most valuable functions of TechTool Pro is its ability to  
assist you in finding and repairing problems with your computer before  
they get out of hand. For maximum protection, it is important that  
TechTool Pro is actually installed on your system. TechTool Pro  
includes automatic features that can regularly check your drive  
hardware and backup volume directories. These features are  
configurable from the TechTool Protection pane in the System  
Preferences."


The below Link to Micromat "The Proper Way to Use TechTool Pro"



Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.5.7


On 02/06/2009, at 11:37 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:


Ronni
	I have been following  this correspondence.  I have a spare  
external drive partition with full 10.5.7 on it plus TT5, Disk  
Warrior and a couple of other similar tools.  From what you say, in  
addition to this you have TT5 installed on your normal boot drive  
with the Protection Features as you describe.  Is my understanding  
correct?

Regards
Severin

On 01/06/2009, at 3:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Susan,

Yes, as long as you have plenty of free space on the External  
Drive, it will work. Putting TTP5 on its own partition is best.
It would be the same as my TTP4 on little TechTool Protégé, I just  
boot from him and run TTP.


Have you set up TechTool Protection in system Prefs? I have all the  
TechTool Protection features active (In System Prefs).
The SMART Check  interval is 1 hour, Directory Backup is 4 hours,  
Volume Usage checks every 5 mins, E-Mail Alerts "Send Email Alert  
for Volume Usage warnings" & "Send Email alert for SMART Check  
failures" are all activated.


Cheers,
Ronni

On 01/06/2009, at 3:48 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Ronni, Actually, in reply to my own question, I will partition my  
little backup drive, put TechTool Pro 5 on one partition, and a  
back up of my HD on the other. There's plenty of room. regards,  
Susan.

On 01/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Susan,

Micromat recommend that you install the program on a bootable  
external drive if possible.
When you run the program from the bootable DVD, virtual memory  
cannot be used.
When the disk directory is replaced, all of it, plus part of Mac  
OS X and TechTool Pro, must be able to be held in RAM.

Unless you have a lot of RAM, this is not likely to be possible.

Also, after you install TechTool Pro 5.x, open the TechTool  
Protection system preferences pane and configure the features  
found there.


I purchased TTP 5 when it was first released and found it would  
not work on my TechTool Protégé (which I had TTP4 installed on,  
plus Disk Warrior and other Diagnostic Tools).
Micromat have informed me that there will have to be a new  
release of the Protégé Manager to support TechTool Pro 5.0.x.
I'm still waiting for them to update Protégé Manager, they do not  
know when the new version of Protégé Manager will be available.


So my little TechTool Protégé sits on my desk waiting ;-(

Cheers,
Ronni

On 01/06/2009, at 2:58 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:


good, thanks Ronni

On 01/06/2009, at 2:46 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Susan,

Version 5.0.4 is the latest available.

Cheers,
Ronni





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Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

[Severin Crisp]

Ronni
	I have been following  this correspondence.  I have a spare external  
drive partition with full 10.5.7 on it plus TT5, Disk Warrior and a  
couple of other similar tools.  From what you say, in addition to this  
you have TT5 installed on your normal boot drive with the Protection  
Features as you describe.  Is my understanding correct?

Regards
Severin

On 01/06/2009, at 3:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Susan,

Yes, as long as you have plenty of free space on the External Drive,  
it will work. Putting TTP5 on its own partition is best.
It would be the same as my TTP4 on little TechTool Protégé, I just  
boot from him and run TTP.


Have you set up TechTool Protection in system Prefs? I have all the  
TechTool Protection features active (In System Prefs).
The SMART Check  interval is 1 hour, Directory Backup is 4 hours,  
Volume Usage checks every 5 mins, E-Mail Alerts "Send Email Alert  
for Volume Usage warnings" & "Send Email alert for SMART Check  
failures" are all activated.


Cheers,
Ronni

On 01/06/2009, at 3:48 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Ronni, Actually, in reply to my own question, I will partition my  
little backup drive, put TechTool Pro 5 on one partition, and a  
back up of my HD on the other. There's plenty of room. regards,  
Susan.

On 01/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Susan,

Micromat recommend that you install the program on a bootable  
external drive if possible.
When you run the program from the bootable DVD, virtual memory  
cannot be used.
When the disk directory is replaced, all of it, plus part of Mac  
OS X and TechTool Pro, must be able to be held in RAM.

Unless you have a lot of RAM, this is not likely to be possible.

Also, after you install TechTool Pro 5.x, open the TechTool  
Protection system preferences pane and configure the features  
found there.


I purchased TTP 5 when it was first released and found it would  
not work on my TechTool Protégé (which I had TTP4 installed on,  
plus Disk Warrior and other Diagnostic Tools).
Micromat have informed me that there will have to be a new release  
of the Protégé Manager to support TechTool Pro 5.0.x.
I'm still waiting for them to update Protégé Manager, they do not  
know when the new version of Protégé Manager will be available.


So my little TechTool Protégé sits on my desk waiting ;-(

Cheers,
Ronni

On 01/06/2009, at 2:58 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:


good, thanks Ronni

On 01/06/2009, at 2:46 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Susan,

Version 5.0.4 is the latest available.

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 160GB
OS X 10.5.7

On 01/06/2009, at 2:41 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Hi Michael, the download version from the email they sent me  
appears to be the latest version 5.0.4. Is that the version you  
have used? cheers, Susan.

On 01/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:


Hi Susan,

I don't know whether I downloaded the bundle the most  
efficient way or not
(I subscribed and then down loaded each program individually  
by clicking on
the title in the email I received after subscribing) or  
whether I ran
TechTool correctly (the 700 odd mb took for ever to download  
on an ADSL2+
subscription) and for some reason it took me a couple of goes  
to burn a
bootable disc so I could optimise the MacBook Pro's hard drive  
before

creating an eDrive on it, but in the end I got there.

Note that the version of Techtool that gets downloaded as part  
of the
subscription is not the most recent version and that there is  
an update

available.

Regards,

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Ronni

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Re: Apple Distinguished Educators

[Ronda Brown]

Yes Reg, I understand it is "A Hard Road To Hoe"!

Cheers,
Ronni

On 02/06/2009, at 8:15 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:

Yes Ronni, same time. Good on Blitto for hanging in there with the  
peculiaries of Apple and the "Department".

Reg

On 02/06/2009, at 5:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

Blitto was also Apple Educator of Excellence 2002 - 2003 if I  
recall ...
And Reg I seem to remember you were Apple Educator of Excellence  
also?

Cheers,
Ronni

On 02/06/2009, at 4:44 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:

Wot, Blitto an ADE? About time... and he thought he'd been  
excommunicatificatred by speaking out from time to time. Well done  
Blitto, I "dips me lid"!


On 02/06/2009, at 11:59 AM, Stuart Evans wrote:


Hi all,

Just received an update on the Apple Distinguished Educators for  
2009.
Noticed one of our own regular WAMUGgers on the list.  
Congratulations to Rod

Blitvich! Well done.


Cheers,
Stuart




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Re: Apple Distinguished Educators

[Reg Whitely]

Yes Ronni, same time. Good on Blitto for hanging in there with the  
peculiaries of Apple and the "Department".

Reg

On 02/06/2009, at 5:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

Blitto was also Apple Educator of Excellence 2002 - 2003 if I  
recall ...

And Reg I seem to remember you were Apple Educator of Excellence also?
Cheers,
Ronni

On 02/06/2009, at 4:44 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:

Wot, Blitto an ADE? About time... and he thought he'd been  
excommunicatificatred by speaking out from time to time. Well done  
Blitto, I "dips me lid"!


On 02/06/2009, at 11:59 AM, Stuart Evans wrote:


Hi all,

Just received an update on the Apple Distinguished Educators for  
2009.
Noticed one of our own regular WAMUGgers on the list.  
Congratulations to Rod

Blitvich! Well done.


Cheers,
Stuart




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Re: New strange behaviour _ Techtools?

[Robert Howells]

On 02/06/2009, at 4:04 PM, Lloyd White wrote:



Hi everyone.

Like others I installed the new TechTools Pro from the bundle and just
checked a few things including  repairing the permissions. Nothing  
else.


Now I have problems. I set my iMac - 10.5.7 to sleep when I finish  
with it

but when it wakes up it freezes.
On restart all I get is the blue screen. Restart - same result.
I get it to start by holding down the Command and full stop key.  
Then all is

ok until I restart.
Help! What has happened and what can I do?

Lloyd



Lloyd

You could try going backwards !

The TechTool Pro installer has an Uninstaller as an option !

And if you used TTP to do permissions it may be better to run
Leopard disk utility to reset them

Bob





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Re: emails

[Ken Jackson]

Thanks Peter,
you're right, must be good! They're out of stock for awhile!

best,

Ken



On 27/05/2009, at 5:08 PM, Peter Fowler wrote:


Hi Ken

Can't help you with the firewire but awhile back I picked up a Doro  
VOIP + landline cordless phone for my other half to chat with her  
friends interstate via skype.
It is still available from Dealsdirect and is very easy to set up   
and use. As well as being able to use it for voip it doubles as a  
landline phone



www.dealsdirect.com.au/p/doro-voip-landline-cordless-telephone

cheers

Peter F

On 27/05/2009, at 3:01 PM, Ken Jackson wrote:

Speaking of that..Hi everyone, can someone tell me where I might  
find a 1TB Firewire drive for a G5 running 104.11 please.
They all seem very expensive? Also has anyone experience with a  
Wireless USB headset for Skype use?


regards all,

Ken




On 27/05/2009, at 11:58 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:


on 27/5/09 8:32 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote:



On 27/05/2009, at 8:21 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:



On 26/05/2009, at 6:16 PM, Chris Burton wrote:


Hi Ronni and Sue

Thanks for the reply and its good to be back in the mix. It was
kind of weird not having all the wamug emails daily and it only
twigged a short while ago!!

re the usb drives, I was amazed to see such a large drive  
being usb
powered now. Im going to take my MB in tomorrow and just plug  
it in

and see if I can drag a couple of files across. Not bad value at
under $200 for 500gb!!

thanks again

regards

chris




Just be aware that your enthusiasm may be curbed if you ever  
try to

copy very large amounts of data at once (such as cloning your hard
drive!). USB 2.0 tends to choke and slow to a crawl under such
conditions. This is why a drive with a Firewire port, while more
expensive, is a much better option. It is much better at  
sustaining

a transfer rate.
--


I certainly agree with Peter, I personally would not purchase a USB
External Drive for backup purposes or transferring large Video  
files.

Firewire is faster and more stable.




Which makes it even more annoying that Apple is now pushing you  
more & more

to USB:

-   Want to plug a drive to an airport extreme for network access  
- it has

to be USB.
- Macbooks no longer have firewire ports



Cheers



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Re: Apple Distinguished Educators

[Ronda Brown]

Blitto was also Apple Educator of Excellence 2002 - 2003 if I recall ...
And Reg I seem to remember you were Apple Educator of Excellence also?
Cheers,
Ronni

On 02/06/2009, at 4:44 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:

Wot, Blitto an ADE? About time... and he thought he'd been  
excommunicatificatred by speaking out from time to time. Well done  
Blitto, I "dips me lid"!


On 02/06/2009, at 11:59 AM, Stuart Evans wrote:


Hi all,

Just received an update on the Apple Distinguished Educators for  
2009.
Noticed one of our own regular WAMUGgers on the list.  
Congratulations to Rod

Blitvich! Well done.


Cheers,
Stuart




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Re: add file extension to a filename

[rkor...@iinet.net.au]

Thanks you guys

I had forgotten all about name cleaner, must be getting old!!!

just downloaded a demo and it and it works well :)

Thank you for your help.

roger


On Tue Jun  2 16:13 , 'Toby Oldham'  sent:

>
>Hey Roger, try:
>
>http://www.sigsoftware.com/namecleaner/
>
>I'm pretty I used this when I migrated out office from AFP+OS9 to
>Windows XP back in 2004...
>
>Cheers,
>Tobes.
>
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>
>Thanks Steve
>
>I did have a look at that and it didn't work, so would have to look at
>the code and I am a little busy.  But I may look at it tomorrow and also
>Automator.
>
>thank you
>
>On Tue Jun  2 15:45 , Woods Steve sc...@mac.com> sent:
>
>>
>>On 02/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Neil
>>>
>>> Its fine with new files that are created as we do use extensions on 
>>> new files :) It's just the thousands of old files we have that have 
>>> no extension, these files could be illustrator or Photoshop files and
>
>>> could be postscript file from either app but I need to identify what 
>>> app if was created in.
>>
>>Hi Roger, this might help:
>>
>>http://techierambles.blogspot.com/2009/03/applescript-to-automatically-
>>add-file.html
>
>> >
>>
>>Apple script and/or Automator can do what you want, and the post links 
>>to a few useful scripts and utilities.
>>
>>HTH
>>
>>Steve.
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Re: Apple Distinguished Educators

[Reg Whitely]

Wot, Blitto an ADE? About time... and he thought he'd been  
excommunicatificatred by speaking out from time to time. Well done  
Blitto, I "dips me lid"!


On 02/06/2009, at 11:59 AM, Stuart Evans wrote:


Hi all,

Just received an update on the Apple Distinguished Educators for 2009.
Noticed one of our own regular WAMUGgers on the list.  
Congratulations to Rod

Blitvich! Well done.


Cheers,
Stuart



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Re: add file extension to a filename

[Toby Oldham]

Hey Roger, try:

http://www.sigsoftware.com/namecleaner/

I'm pretty I used this when I migrated out office from AFP+OS9 to
Windows XP back in 2004...

Cheers,
Tobes.

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Thanks Steve

I did have a look at that and it didn't work, so would have to look at
the code and I am a little busy.  But I may look at it tomorrow and also
Automator.

thank you

On Tue Jun  2 15:45 , Woods Steve  sent:

>
>On 02/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>
>> Thanks Neil
>>
>> Its fine with new files that are created as we do use extensions on 
>> new files :) It's just the thousands of old files we have that have 
>> no extension, these files could be illustrator or Photoshop files and

>> could be postscript file from either app but I need to identify what 
>> app if was created in.
>
>Hi Roger, this might help:
>
>http://techierambles.blogspot.com/2009/03/applescript-to-automatically-
>add-file.html

> >
>
>Apple script and/or Automator can do what you want, and the post links 
>to a few useful scripts and utilities.
>
>HTH
>
>Steve.
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New strange behaviour _ Techtools?

[Lloyd White]

Hi everyone.

Like others I installed the new TechTools Pro from the bundle and just
checked a few things including  repairing the permissions. Nothing else.

Now I have problems. I set my iMac - 10.5.7 to sleep when I finish with it
but when it wakes up it freezes.
On restart all I get is the blue screen. Restart - same result.
I get it to start by holding down the Command and full stop key. Then all is
ok until I restart.
Help! What has happened and what can I do?

Lloyd 
 




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Re: add file extension to a filename

[rkor...@iinet.net.au]

Thanks Steve

I did have a look at that and it didn't work, so would have to look at the code
and I am a little busy.  But I may look at it tomorrow and also Automator.

thank you

On Tue Jun  2 15:45 , Woods Steve  sent:

>
>On 02/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>
>> Thanks Neil
>>
>> Its fine with new files that are created as we do use extensions on  
>> new files :)
>> It's just the thousands of old files we have that have no extension,  
>> these files
>> could be illustrator or Photoshop files and could be postscript file  
>> from either
>> app but I need to identify what app if was created in.
>
>Hi Roger, this might help:
>
>http://techierambles.blogspot.com/2009/03/applescript-to-automatically-add-file.html

> >
>
>Apple script and/or Automator can do what you want, and the post links  
>to a few useful scripts and utilities.
>
>HTH
>
>Steve.
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Re: add file extension to a filename

[Woods Steve]

On 02/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:


Thanks Neil

Its fine with new files that are created as we do use extensions on  
new files :)
It's just the thousands of old files we have that have no extension,  
these files
could be illustrator or Photoshop files and could be postscript file  
from either

app but I need to identify what app if was created in.


Hi Roger, this might help:




Apple script and/or Automator can do what you want, and the post links  
to a few useful scripts and utilities.


HTH

Steve.

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Re: add file extension to a filename

[rkor...@iinet.net.au]

Thanks Neil

Its fine with new files that are created as we do use extensions on new files :)
 It's just the thousands of old files we have that have no extension, these 
files
could be illustrator or Photoshop files and could be postscript file from either
app but I need to identify what app if was created in.

Roger


On Tue Jun  2 15:09 , Neil Houghton  sent:

>Hi Roger,
>
>In the finder get info window, under name and extension, you have the "Hide
>extension" checkbox - if you uncheck this the extension should reappear.
>
>Of course doing this on an individual file basis would be a pain!
>
>Two approaches come to mind (just ideas - I've never tried this)
>
>- See if you can find or create an automator script to do the finder thing
>on selected files.
>
>- I would guess that the extension visibility is something you could turn on
>or off in terminal - so I would think you could write a command to change
>the extension visibility on a directory basis.
>
>I would google it - someone is bound to have come up with this before.
>
>
>
>Good luck
>
>
>Cheers
>
>
>Neil
>-- 
>Neil R. Houghton
>Albany, Western Australia
>Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
>Email: n...@possumology.com
>
>
>on 2/6/09 2:33 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au at rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> 
>> Does anyone have or know off a utility that will look at a file and then give
>> it
>> the correct extension?
>> 
>> We are moving away from our AFP file server and will be only using SMB
>> connections so of course loose the resource fork nd as we have many thousands
>> of
>> file without extensions this will cause our users some grief
>> 
>> best regards
>> 
>> Roger
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: add file extension to a filename

[Neil Houghton]

Hi Roger,

In the finder get info window, under name and extension, you have the "Hide
extension" checkbox - if you uncheck this the extension should reappear.

Of course doing this on an individual file basis would be a pain!

Two approaches come to mind (just ideas - I've never tried this)

- See if you can find or create an automator script to do the finder thing
on selected files.

- I would guess that the extension visibility is something you could turn on
or off in terminal - so I would think you could write a command to change
the extension visibility on a directory basis.

I would google it - someone is bound to have come up with this before.



Good luck


Cheers


Neil
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Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Email: n...@possumology.com


on 2/6/09 2:33 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au at rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Does anyone have or know off a utility that will look at a file and then give
> it
> the correct extension?
> 
> We are moving away from our AFP file server and will be only using SMB
> connections so of course loose the resource fork nd as we have many thousands
> of
> file without extensions this will cause our users some grief
> 
> best regards
> 
> Roger
> 
> 
> 
> 
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