At 11:33 AM -0600 12/28/2008, Stephen Conrad wrote: >Periodically I get what looks like a file name on the desktop or in >folders but when I click on it it then disappears.
What do the names look like? What apps are running at the time? And of course, the standard questions: Mac, OS, etc... Finder is so wonky with maintaining sync with the actual directories on disk... I've seen temp files show up then vanish quickly. Mostly happens on slower Macs. Haven't seen it happen on the Desktop since the last time I used Acrobat (instead of Preview) - l...@#$% Adobe crapware that was using Desktop for scratch files instead of the normal tmp directories etc. > I ran Disk Utility and Repaired this HD's Permissions but it still happens. What did you think repairing permissions would do? That function takes a list of KNOWN system and application files and "corrects" the permissions on them - that's all. It does NOTHING to files within /Users. It does NOTHING towards repairing the file system itself. And worse, as we've said over and over... IF there is an error in a receipts file - which has happened repeatedly - then it puts the WRONG permissions on files, so it will actually BREAK things. Repairing Permissions unnecessarily is like scrubbing your car with a wire brush. It's not something you should do because the engine is running roughly. HTH, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
