In a message dated 3/8/05 4:25:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:you could easily take care of conflicts by using the Extension Manager,
Not needed as extensions, as we know them are gone. No Extensions, no Extensions conflicts.
And I suppose the way to stop a program from crashing constantly would be to put it in the trash. Since there is nothing to configure, if it doesn't work, the answer is trash it. Leaves you with apparently no options. true a program crashing in OS 9 would most of the times bring down the whole system, but that's not the point, the point is sometimes you had the option to try to make it work before trashing it, by disabling some extensions, most programs even brought read me files saying what to disable in the event of a crash. I found my G3 cant deal with running both FireFox and Netscape together for a while, but the program vendor cant tell you that you have to delete FireFox to run Netscape and vice-versa. oh well
No, the point is that as a system OS X works much better than OS 9. There are no extensions to conflict, so there is no wasting time using trial and error to resolve a problem. If an application is constantly crashing, you have the option of working with the application's creator in order to resolve the issue.
erasing preferences in the Preferences Folder,
Gee. And here I was thinking i could do that by going to my Library/Preferences folder.
Lets see, I must have been crazy to put that here....hold on.... yeah:
com.apple.iTunes.eq.plist com.apple.iTunes.plist com.apple.iTunesHelper.plist
which of these might be the iTunes preferences file to erase if I should have problems in the program?...
ok, what are these then?:
iTunes 4 Music Library iTunes Music Library.xml
???
Yeap, I must have been crazy.
Look, it doesn't make OS X a bad operating system just because you don't understand how the new OS works. Spend some time getting to know the OS and its new applications, and you'll know the uses of the files you listed.
you could set the computer to startup at any time with the Energy Saver Control Panel,
Again, I guess I'm hallucinating the Schedule tab in the Energy Saver system preference...
I dont see that anywhere in my 10.2.8 config, lets see... a tab for Sleep, a tab for Options, nope! no schedule anywhere. Again I must be totally crazy.
Upgrade to 10.3 and you'll see it. OS X at the 10.0 and 10.1 levels might have seemed like a huge step backward (in terms of UI only) from OS 9, but with each revision Apple has made it faster and has added more OS 9 features. Many of these are in 10.3 only, and I expect even more to appear in 10.4.
you could copy the entire contents of your harddrive to another when you were upgrading, AND believe me, that beats 20-30 hours doing the same effectively with OS X!
Wha??? CCC takes only a few moments longer than dragging and dropping a
disk.
you can copy an OS9 system folder in about 1-2 minutes... in OSX just to achieve that you need a good 25-30 minutes, and that's just for the system. Also CCC never quite worked for me, always crashed in both my systems before it was effectively done copying. tried one by one folder/files, but there was always a point in which it would crash
Then make sure the copy of CCC you are using is compatible with the version of OS X you are running. I have used CCC many times and it has worked flawlessly every time.
And of course OS X takes a lot longer to copy than did OS 9. This is merely a function of the size of the OS: OS X has a much larger footprint than OS 9. Look at the install CD setup: OS 9.2 comes on one CD with room to spare, and 10.3 takes 3 CDs, 4 if you include the developer tools.
not to mention you NEED third party software (again, that's what I mean).
Actually, you do not. The command 'ditto', built into OS X, does everything that Carbon Copy Cloner does.
Apparently, Apple forgot to include an instructions manual in PDF format to use Terminal I guess, or am I missing something? I found myself managing DOS back in the days easier, at least many commands were understandable in plain english "move, format, delete, rename, edit, copy, etc.) where can I find a list of commands for Terminal? Do I need to buy myself a book? I sure miss the old drag and drop from OS9, no hassle. If you needed to replace a file in use inside the System Folder, just move the old one out, put the new one in and reboot. Needed to delete a locked file 20 directories deep inside a trashed folder just hold the option button when choosing empty trash.
1- If you want to learn Unix, yes, you should buy a book on it.
2- Drag and drop still works in OS X, just not to duplicate a boot disk.
3- I have never had occasion to use it, but I'm pretty sure the option-delete trick works in OS X too.
what OS are you running again? mine is G3 400/256 OS 10.2.8 60GB IDE HD, 9GB 68-pin SCSI, will soon upgrade the RAM and hope to fix a bunch of problems with that.
For reference, I'm running 10.3.8 on a rev 1 B&W G3/350, a 1.25GHz G4 iMac, and a 1.25 GHz G4 PowerBook.
Eagle
PS - I'm getting really tired of OS 9 users who complain about OS X. I really should just start ignoring them. Maybe after I post this reply...
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