Hi, Okay, not having a good long weekend...While updating my laptop's copy of FileMaker today, the entire contents of my Applications and Utilities folders were deleted. It's a PowerBook G4 with Mac OS 10.4.11 (PPC). I don't have an equivalent machine to copy the Applications from. So, I basically need to re-install them all! (I have limited space for backups, so I haven't been backing up my laptop's Applications folder.) So far, I have copied and installed some (old versions) of Apple's core applications and utilities from the original system installation disks. Of course, I will need to update the apps to the latest versions but I can't do that because Software Update was deleted.
Now, at this stage, my Library and home directories are fully intact and it's only Applications that are gone. Unfortunately, I can't install most of the core applications without running the OS X installer, which not only wants me to restart but will probably clobber my /Library folder with old files, too (I think the installer discs are 10.4.2). That's if it can overcome all the cached /Library/Receipts. In any case, I don't want to shut down or restart the laptop because I'm afraid it won't be able to start up again. I am guessing that my best bet is to find a machine with the same hardware and OS version, and then copy the /Applications back. In the mean time, I might try to look through the invisible files on the Installer CD to see if there are application packages in there. Does anyone know of a utility that will show me all the Applications I had installed (e.g. by parsing the contents of /Library/Receipts)? Has anyone experienced this before and have some advice? James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
