Re: Why are aliases failing?

2009-03-15 Thread Dan
At 5:04 PM -0700 3/15/2009, Jonas Lopez wrote: >Why are aliases failing? > >I have all aliases in the dock. About a month ago, I noticed the >windos player with a big question mark on it and it would not load >windos player. Again about 2 weeks ago the TextEdit did the same &g

Why are aliases failing?

2009-03-15 Thread Jonas Lopez
Why are aliases failing? I have all aliases in the dock. About a month ago, I noticed the windos player with a big question mark on it and it would not load windos player. Again about 2 weeks ago the TextEdit did the same thing. Today the DVD player has done it. What is going on? Sys G4

Re: Aliases?

2008-12-28 Thread Stephen Conrad
On 12/28/08, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Dec 28, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > >>> >>> What do the names look like? >>> What apps are running at the time? >>> And of course, the standard questions: Mac, OS, etc... >> >> B&W G3 >> 10.2.8 (long story on why my 10.4.11 machine is not

Re: Aliases?

2008-12-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 28, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: >> >> What do the names look like? >> What apps are running at the time? >> And of course, the standard questions: Mac, OS, etc... > > B&W G3 > 10.2.8 (long story on why my 10.4.11 machine is not here yet) This is a very VERY common issue wi

Re: Aliases?

2008-12-28 Thread Dan
At 12:11 PM -0600 12/28/2008, Stephen Conrad wrote: >On 12/28/08, Dan wrote: >Well, it did say a bunch of stuff needed fixing. Always does. >Also, Yahoo! IM had reset to its own default permissions in a few areas Repair Permissions does not fix Yahoo's IM client. That client, btw, is quite b

Re: Aliases?

2008-12-28 Thread Stephen Conrad
On 12/28/08, Dan wrote: > > At 11:33 AM -0600 12/28/2008, Stephen Conrad wrote: >>Periodically I get what looks like a file name on the desktop or in >>folders but when I click on it it then disappears. > > What do the names look like? > What apps are running at the time? > And of course, the sta

Re: Aliases?

2008-12-28 Thread Dan
At 11:33 AM -0600 12/28/2008, Stephen Conrad wrote: >Periodically I get what looks like a file name on the desktop or in >folders but when I click on it it then disappears. What do the names look like? What apps are running at the time? And of course, the standard questions: Mac, OS, etc... Fin

Aliases?

2008-12-28 Thread Stephen Conrad
Periodically I get what looks like a file name on the desktop or in folders but when I click on it it then disappears. I ran Disk Utility and Repaired this HD's Permissions but it still happens. What do I have to do to get rid of these things permanently? -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 "Th