Thanks Rob Bob has responded off list and suggested a reinstall from the latest combo. Whilst it didn't resolve the problem it was quite special watching a download coming through at 2.5mb per sec on cable :-)
I have also trashed the finder prefs with no result. The original owner will look for the original disk but thanks for the reassurance about the price of snow leopard. If I buy a family pack I can upgrade all the computers. Tim Sent from my iPhone On 27/09/2010, at 11:08 PM, Rob Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > Tim, > > Not sure if anyone else has responded. One solution could be to trash your > finder prefs file and then restart or shutdown. > > Look for ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist where ~ is your user > folder. > > This solved similar symptoms for me. > > Rob > > On 27/09/10 3:00 PM, Tim Law wrote: >> Hello, >> >> As per the Subject, I am having problems with the Finder menu and Dock not >> functioning at all when booting in normal mode. >> The system works fine in Safe Boot - holding down Shift key on start up. >> >> I'm running 10.6.4 in a Mac Mini 2.53Ghz with 4Gb of RAM >> >> The problem is that that keyboard and mouse clicks become unresponsive in >> normal boot up mode. They work okay in Safe Boot, which indicates to me they >> are working fine hardware wise. >> >> Problem arose yesterday when machine wouldn't wake from sleep. >> >> I went through and disabled all the startup items under the user Account, >> ran Yasu a system repair utility. >> >> Taking on board the comments from a few weeks ago in the thread: >> >>>> Re: Strange Finder and OS behaviour and some resolutions >> >> I downloaded and ran AppleJack from Single User mode by pressing Command-S >> on startup. >> >> The result is unchanged. >> >> When I arrive at the login screen to select which user account - my main one >> and a Test account, the mouse cursor is visible and moves around, but the >> screen is unresponsive. >> The same thing happens if I reset the Account Login to automatically log >> into my main user account. The system starts up as one would expect, but the >> keyboard and mouse clicks are unresponsive - i.e the mouse moves, but there >> is no response to clicking. >> >> A forced shutdown is needed by holding in the Power button. >> >> In the WAMUG archive >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg59872.html referring to >> "Strange Finder and OS behaviour and some resolutions" the advice from >> Ronni was to performa a system reinstallation. >> >> Problem 2: >> The original system disks are still with the original owner of the Mac Mini. >> I "might" be able to contact him and find them, but finding him again is not >> so easy. The alternative, I am assuming, is to go buy a new OSX 10.6 disk. >> >> Any other options welcomed! >> >> Thanks >> >> Tim >> >> >> >> >> -- 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:[email protected]> >> >> > > -- > Associate Professor Rob Phillips > Educational Development Unit > Room 4.42 Level 4 Library North Wing, Murdoch University > [email protected] Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 > Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia > -- 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:[email protected]>
