thanks John, I'll save your instructions as well as I haven't gotten around to
doing this whole thing yet. Between you and Gordon's help I think I can do this
thing just fine!
thanks,
Cait
On 2012-09-07, at 11:35 PM, John Gunn g...@tznet.com wrote:
Hello Kate:
I'm not Gordon but here is
Thanks Gordon. I'll save your instructions.
I actually called apple yesterday since I flubbed up and did the reinstall
incorrectly and did it
On 2012-09-05, at 11:55 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote:
Hi Cait
If you have the recovery tool on a USB thumb drive, just insert the
Ok, Gordon, that's what I was beginning to suspect. I've already done a repair
permissions twice.
I'm running mountain lion now, how would I go about reinstalling it from
scratch, please? Mark made us a usb stick with ml on it
On 2012-09-04, at 2:05 PM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net
Ok, Gordon, that's what I was beginning to suspect. I've already done a repair
permissions twic
On 2012-09-04, at 2:05 PM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote:
Hi Cait
This sounds like a pretty nasty systemic permissions issue. I really would
suggest that you back up everything
Hello Kate:
I'm not Gordon but here is what I would suggest.
Boot from the ML stick, and if you only have 1 partition, interact with the
table and choos disk utility. VO right to VO space on continue.
Interact with the table to select your internal hard drive. Warning, do not
choose the
Hi Cait
To be absolutely honest, I think that some, (and I stress that word, Some) of
the so-called support people at both Apple and also Microsoft are just trained
monkeys. Some of them are not fit to be holding the positions they do. That
said, I have also encountered a number of
Hi Cait
If you have the recovery tool on a USB thumb drive, just insert the drive, and
when you boot the system hold down the option key. Give it 10/20 seconds, then
hit the left/right cursor key once and press Enter. This should cause your
machine to boot from the thumb drive and give you
Thanks Gordon. I'll save your instructions.
I actually called apple yesterday since I flubbed up and did the reinstall
incorrectly and did it right over top of the previous one without erasing
files-big oops! In talking to the apple tech, he said that the error is one
commonly encountered
Hi,
Lately whenever I try to delete items from the trash in mail, on my mac as a
whole, or whenever I try to move items from my external drive onto my hard
disk, I get a dialog which says the operation can't be completed and it's an
error -50 and an ok button. How do I fix this, please?
Hi Cait
This sounds like a pretty nasty systemic permissions issue. I really would
suggest that you back up everything important on to external media as quickly
as you can. You may well end up having to reinstall from scratch, or from a
backup.
Gordon
On 4 Sep 2012, at 18:59, Cait Furness
Ok, Gordon, that's what I was beginning to suspect. I've already done a repair
permissions twice.
I'm running mountain lion now, how would I go about reinstalling it from
scratch, please? Mark made us a usb stick with ml on it and I am now putting
all my important stuff on my back up drives
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