Kris Tilford writes,
<And why haven't you updated to 10.4.11?>
My Quicksilver 867 DOES run 10.4.11. I bought the Mini SPECIFICALLY
because it had 10.4.2 on it and included 10.4.2 system CDs, ON PURPOSE
BECAUSE I WANTED IT to be my Sims Mac! 10.4.3 and up FRICKIN BOLLOXES
The Sims Create-a-Sim, Wardrobe and Pet Adoption graphics, OK? It was
buy the Mini with 10.4.2 or DOWNGRADE THE QUICKSILVER (which came with
10.4.7 on it, then I updated it to 10.4.8, 10.4.9; I skipped the 10.4.10
update but went to 10.4.11) -- because playing Sims on it with that
graphics bolloxing had been DRIVING ME INSANE, and it's a royal pain in
the butt to be rebooting from the Tiger drive just to make a new sim, or
going back and forth to the iBook to do the same thing! Yes, that's the
original Sims, not the newer Sims 2 or Sims 3 games -- I don't like the
new versions (got to try Sims 2 at a friend's house, didn't like it and
don't like what I saw of Sims 3 either). And for the zillionth time -- I
DON'T WANT TO give up the "old stuff," I ENJOY IT, remember?
I apologize to newer G-Listers for blowing up like this, but there's
been this "thing" going on for years around here because I run older
Macs and older OS's and do not want to upgrade because the older
Macs/OS's do what *I* want to do with my computers. Yeah I was an OS 9
diehard too and got "kicked" to OS X at all when I got the
aforementioned 867 Quicksilver.
That said, time to move on here:
<And what's the delay? Safe boot holding the Shift key. Go to System
Preferences>Network>Bluetooth and turn it off (or even delete it using
the "-" button IF you have no bluetooth devices you're using now).>
The delay was I couldn't remember if "shift key + power button" IS
actually how to safe boot (I've never had to actually DO it that I
recall; safe booting is something I've only heard OF -- my Macs rarely
give me trouble), and I didn't know how to turn off the Bluetooth once I
got there, and I got sleepy/had to go to bed shortly after writing last
night, so didn't catch the confirmation and instructions until this
morning. But now I'm awake, got it, and I just tried it. Well, I tried a
safe boot, anyway: and I got exactly the same thing I was upset about
yesterday -- the Bluetooth dialog box whining at me for a bluetooth
mouse, with the cursor frozen in the top left of the screen. I did it
twice, same thing happened.
Now I'm wondering if I should try an archive-reinstall...but to me that
seems kind of drastic. Is there anything less drastic I can try?
Thanks,
~Yersinia.
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