Interviewed by CNN on 14/05/2011 18:35, Keith Whaley told the world: > I have a Mac, with OS 10.6.7, use SM v. 1.1.18 for communicating and a > little internet visiting. > > Up until yesterday, that is. > I fell for an offer to use a pop-up 3rd party Mac cleaner-upperer and it > screwed up my slow but still working SM 1.1.18. > In the process, it 'cleaned up' stuff from my SM folder(s) that were > essential to proper operation. > > For instance, If I'm in Mail & Newsgroups, I cannot access Navigator from > menu bar's Window/Navigator. > When pressed, the Navigator button does nothing. It's not hooked up. > > However, if I press "Apple/Restart", I get a small window that says: > "Reference Error: inforssHeadline Display is not defined." > I click on that warning window's Restart and the Mail window appears. > > It's obvious some thing critical had been removed/deleted and it crippled my > SM. > > I happen to LIKE SM 1.1.18, and would like to keep it for a while. I have SM > v. 2.0.13 on tap, and have used it, but...I'd like to stay with my older > version for a while. > > Should I choose to go to 1.1.19, is there a way I can UPGRADE my 1.1.18, > instead of downloading the full version and setting it up as tho' it was > totally new to me, which means I'd have to find ways to move a lot of > messages, bookmarks, etc., etc over. > > The only choice I see at the moment is to bite the bullet, download the big > version and pretend I've never had a SM to use. > > Note: I DO have a month old copy of SM 1.1.18 on a Time Machine backup. > I suppose that would be acceptable, but having never done it, I don't know > how complicated that might be, getting it to REPLACE the old version... > > Should I call the Mac Geek Squad instead?
I have no experience with Seamonkey on Macs, but: In my experience, and from everything I know about how every Mozilla product dating back to Netscape 1.0 works, reinstalling the product over the existing copy should *not* change your settings in any way, nor it should affect your profiles (so your saved mails should still be available and such). So, all you have to do is install 1.1.18 (or 1.1.19) normally. It should upgrade your existing copy of Seamonkey with fresh files and, theoretically (if missing files are actually the problem) solve your problem. If you want to be safe, backup your profile first. Also, regarding that Time Machine backup... if you don't know what you are doing, there's some risk of overwriting your profile files with an older version. You really don't want to have your mail folders replaced with a month-old version -- you would lose all messages you received since then. Time machine is a great tool, but you have to know what you are restoring. Restoring program files is usually OK, restoring user files should be done with extreme caution. And... think seriously about moving to Seamonkey 2.x. The 1.x branch has a number of known issues, including security issues, which are NOT going to be fixed. It's a dead branch. In a few days, with the official launch of SM 2.1, it will be *two* branches old. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Palantír. *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.0.14 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
