In a message dated 3/13/2005 12:14:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, James S Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>If you don't like something about OS X, complaining about it to this >list won't change anything. Use the feedback web page, here: ><http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/> I think I have done that several times, yes now that I remember last time I did it was last month can't remember why, but they dont do a thing. it helps to ask in the list to see if there is a solution and somebody has found it on how to fix the problem/situation. >The OS 8/9 way of a separate Get Info window opening for each >multiply-selected item isn't really very helpful, especially if you do >it with 87 files at the same time. I was using a figure/example, but it would be common to do it with 10 files, although with my 8500 running OS 9 and 300+ MBs of Ram you could do it with 100 files if you wanted. Its easy to close it with the option key down. >When you go beyond two or three >windows, it's hard to relate which info belongs to what file in the >Finder window. 10.2 & 10.3 have two different ways of looking at file >info. The first is Get Info, which allows you to view one item at a >time. You can open info windows for as many files as you want, perhaps >to compare one to another, but you have to do it one file at a time, >leaving the previous windows open. Again, even if you do this with 10 files, that's extreme time consuming specially for people who want to get the job done immediately (like with OS 9). >The other way to open open an info >window is with the Inspector. Select a single file and press ><cmd><opt><i> or hold <opt> and choose Show Inspector in the File menu. >Leave the Inspector window open and then click the next file in the >Finder you want info for and its data will replace that of the previous >file. Apple explains this, here: ><http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106148>. Is this a Panther thing?... I have no idea what you're talking about. >What you describe as crashes involve applications, not the system. You >don't need to restart the OS X to continue working. If you get the >continuous wait cursor (the "beachball"), the Finder (which is an >application) has hung. You may be able to recover from that by waiting >a couple of minutes, pressing <cmd><opt><esc> and relaunching the >Finder. The system is still running, but it you can't relaunch you will >have to force restart (unless you have another Mac on the network and >know how telnet in to the hung machine and kill the Finder and any >other hung apps from the command line). The good new is that this >doesn't happen with 10.3. the latter would be my case, since it might be composed by a series of app freezes here and there. next thing I know, the whole system crashes, not even control option esc works, I know the system is completely frozen when mouse cursor doesn't move, the clock stops, or then again, I get the cute gray page that effectively makes it clear and gets the message through to you that the system has crashed and you need to do a three finger salute to bring it back :( > >Lastly, if you *ever* have to reinstall OS X, you almost certainly have >hardware problems with your Mac. My first suspect would be file system >corruption. Do you have Disk Warrior 3? No :(... the only version I got its 2.0 for OS9, it helps a little bit, but a week or so later, bang! (problem's back again!) >You could also have bad memory >or peripherals...... File permissions don't just go bad on their own. If your >startup drive isn't damaged, you haven't installed new software, or >booted into OS 9 and moved or modified OS X system files, I am shocked! I'd never do such thing! (I am kidding) but no I dont even open the OSX drive at all. ran Disk Warrior 2.0 last week on it and it helped a bunch, the crashes where minimized from 5 times a day to about once/twice a day. >permissions >aren't likely to get screwed up. > Thank you, I am still recovering from the $60 (s+h included) I spent recently on my 60GB harddrive. Next thing I'll replace is the clock battery and I'll add more RAM. If problems persist I'll keep trying. Lili -- Lets stop animal abuse: http://ibo.freewebpage.org/Animal_Abuse.html -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
