On 22/1/06 1:18 AM, "J Philippe Chaperon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I will try Ronni's suggestion first and will > report further, hopefully with good news The following article on MacFixIt might help and TrimTheFat the program mentioned is available at http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28882 Stripping Universal Binaries of Intel code -- a potential troubleshooting procedure for PowerPC Macs It seems that the presence of Intel code in Universal binaries can cause some troubleshooting issues. For instance, a problem we've been covering where the presence of iTunes 6.0.2 causes Disk Utility to be unable to run can be solved by stripping the application of its Intel-based code. This workaround may be especially applicable for Mac OS X 10.3.9 systems. A new application called TrimTheFat is is a simple, silent drop-launch utility to strip the code for the architecture(s) you're not using from a Universal application Meanwhile, MacFixIt reader Frank Kittie offers a terminal based series of commands, with iTunes as the example application: * sudo ditto --rsrc /Applications/iTunes.app /tmp/iTunes.app * sudo rm -rf /Applications/iTunes.app * sudo ditto --arch ppc --rsrc /tmp/iTunes.app /Applications/iTunes.app * sudo rm -rf /tmp/iTunes.app Frank writes: "This should replace the iTunes application with a copy of itself, the copy containing only PowerPC code. The "--arch ppc" strips all code for other architectures. "For me the resulting application ran fine (in a quick cursory test) and a repair permissions no longer gave me the 'Disk Utility lost connection with Disk Management Tool and cannot continue.' -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://www.australian.macusersgroup.org
