Re: Problems with Stuffit 8

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 07:10 PM, Larry Pohl wrote:


I'm not sure this is Peter's problem but this is from the Aladdin site:




Well, I'm b-a-a-ck! It would be nice if the problem was this simple. It 
was far more serious. Here is what happened, and I am about to send off 
a report to (1) MacFixit and (2) Aladdin.


The steps I took were as follows -

1. Paid for, and downloaded the Stuffit Deluxe update, tasking 
advantage of the current low upgrade price for registered users.


2. Saw (but ignored - mea culpa) the little notice following 
installation that in order for the software to work properly it would 
be necessary to log out and log back in, Instead, I thought I'd just 
launch it to see if there were any significant interface changes - I'm 
a bit impatient that way. I had no intention of using it for anything, 
but I couldn't see how a quick explore could do any harm. While looking 
though the preferences, disaster struck. The screen went dim, and the 
machine went into kernel panic: a desperately unpleasant sight.


3. Rebooted the computer, but the boot process would not proceed beyond 
the apple icon in the middle of the screen. It did not even get as far 
as the little spinning icon. Eventually the apple icon was replaced by 
a No Entry icon (a circle with a diagonal bar). This was new.


4. Bad. Very Bad. Try some tools. Disk Warrior fixed a problem with the 
Volume Wrapper, but otherwise found no serious problems. Didn't help. 
Booted from MacOS X Disk and ran Disk First Aid. No problems reported. 
Repaired permissions. Many repairs were made, but it still didn't help.


5. No option but a clean install of MacOS X (with archive, of course). 
Clean install worked fine, upgraded back to 10.2.8 (with which I had 
had none of the many reported problems).


6. Only problem now is, no .sit files will open. Do I have another go 
at installing Stuffit 8, but behave myself this time? Maybe it was just 
a very unhappy coincidence. Bit between the teeth, and off we go. This 
time, no mucking around, no exploring, just install and reboot the damn 
thing.


7. Back to step 3.

8. Repeat Steps 4 and 5. I have now uninstalled Stuffit Deluxe 8 (of 
course, that entailed relaunching the Stuffit Deluxe 8 installer and 
re-entering the installation code, by now a very scary exercise, just 
so I could get to the Uninstall option) and gone back to SD 7.


9. So far, everything seems OK. I have currently gone back only as far 
as MacOS X 10.2.6, but I'm not prepared to give SD8 a third chance 
until I can get some assurances from Aladdin that this will not happen 
again.


I have been delighted with the way MacOS X has, for me at least, upheld 
its reputation as an OS which does not crash. Aladdin seem to have 
found a way through. This would have to be the most unpleasant software 
upgrade I have ever experienced. It has not done my nerves (nor, I 
suspect, my System) one bit of good.


Time for a Bex and a bit of a lie down...


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Re: windows formatted hd

[Shay Telfer]

hi Guys

for document exchange i want to connect a ide/ata drive with windows
formatting on it


Which sort of Windows formatting? FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 or NTFS?

How are you connecting the drive? USB? FireWire?

You may find some useful advice at 

Have fun,
Shay
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Re: windows formatted hd

[James Kunz]

hi Guys

for document exchange i want to connect a ide/ata drive with windows
formatting on it
what sort of extensions / control panels are needed to read/write to
this hd?
after connecting the os sees a drive but wants to initialize it, so the
hardware (hd) is found but the system does not recognize the windows formatting

i'm on macos 9.1 and firewire & joliet, foreign file access, iso9660
access are installed

cheers  James

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Re Astronomy on the Mac

[Bob Howells]

Hi,

This is one for the Astronomers and Teachers teaching Astronomy,

Link to Macintouch page with heaps of info links on the subject
Including to Mac software



Have fun

Bob

PC unable to present full mac office powerpoint!?

[warren iannello]

Hi anyone and everyone!I just recently sent my brother a powerpoint training
package that I created in mac office and he is unable to present fully all
sounds via there allocated buttons..he says that he is lacking the midi
files after I have emailed the doc.(which he is able to open ).What could
this mean?...( get rid of his crappy pc?etc.)seriously though any
suggestions? I would be extremely grateful !Thanks .What a great resource we
have as mac users here .Thanks everyone!Ciao!Warren 

The incredible shrinking studio...

[Shay Telfer]

Wired article about musicians using PowerBooks to create whilst on the road.

Have fun,
Shay
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Re: Problems with Stuffit 8

[Larry Pohl]

On 03/10/03 9:43 AM, "Matthew Healey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I have just gotten of the phone from Peter Hinchliffe, who is having a
> Major problems with Stuffit Deluxe 8. He has had to reinstall
> everything twice. He asked me to issue this caution to everyone who is
> thinking of install v8.
> 
> - Matt
> 

Hi

I'm not sure this is Peter's problem but this is from the Aladdin site:

Friday, 3 October 2003



StuffIt Deluxe for Mac

Q: I have a .sit file containing an application, installer, or script that I
expanded with Stuffit Deluxe or Standard 8.0.  When I try the launch the
application nothing happens.  Why is this?

A: At the request of Apple, Aladdin made a change to how Stuffit Deluxe and
Standard behaved in the above situation.  Previously, Stuffit products under
Mac OS X explicitly set the execution bit to be on on expanded files
regardless of whether or not the file was actually a program.  This was done
as a workaround to a limitation of the .sit file format which didn't allow
for Unix based permissions.  While this workaround was for the most part
working well, Aladdin was informed by Apple that it would cause serious
trouble for users with future versions of the Mac OS.

The result of this is that this execution bit is no longer getting set on
most files (Classic Applications, and single-file--as opposed to
bundled--applications with a Type and Creator set will be launchable when
expanded by StuffIt 8.0 products), which means OS X applications compressed
into the .sit file format, and expanded with a Stuffit 8.0 Mac product, will
not launch.  While this in many ways is an inconvenience, the best thing we
can say is that we have been told by Apple that it is in the best interest
of our Macintosh users that we do this.

To work around this change, here is our advice to our users:

1.  We have created a drag-and-drop applet that you can download to use that
will perform the above command for you.  You can download it from:

ftp://forJS:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/support/JS/FixPermissionsOnPackages
.sitx 

2.  If you are familiar with the Terminal, you can manually go to the
'Terminal' program and modify the permissions to the file by navigating to
the directory the application is in (via the 'cd' command) and typing the
following: 

chmod -R 755 applicationname.app

For Developers, as a short term fix feel free to link to this FAQ and/or the
applet listed above.  The best long term solution is to use the .sitx
format, which is designed for OS X and takes full account of Unix based file
permissions while remaining compatible with StuffIt 7.x or newer.  Any users
who have 10.2 or later, or who downloaded the security update that Apple put
out some time ago will have a copy of Stuffit Expander 7.0 or later which
can handle .sitx files.


Finally, Aladdin plans to release an update for the Stuffit Deluxe and
Standard 8 products that allows users some form of relief to this issue.
What form that relief will take and when this update will be released is not
yet specified. 

for sale / Mac related

[KEVIN Lock]

One for the gals.  We are moving and selling up lots of stuff.  We
have a Poem 500 embroidery machine used for badges, T-shirt logos etc
running on Mac software.   Comes with all accessories, hoop, bobbins
etc.  Hardly used.

Looking for offers around $300.

regards

Kevin lock

PRINT WINDOW

[Diann Bates]

Is there anyway I can 'Print Window'  on OS 10 as you used to be able 
to do on OS 9?


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WTB 9600 Side panel

[John hatch]

I have been lumbered with a Mac 9600/233 and the side panel with the 
cooling fan wasn't provided. Is any body willing to suggest a price for 
the item even if you can't supply. Alternately can the machine run 
without it? I am believe it can't but would like a second opinion to 
pacify my doubt


John

Attachments

[casper]

Can some assist me. I need to email a swag of my e-mails to an address. 
prefer that the originating email has these others as attachments if it 
is possible. Running OS9.2.2 and NE 7.0 on PB G3


Cheers

John

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Matthew Healey]

On 03/10/2003, at 9:28 AM, Douglas Sheerer wrote:


Specific Question:
Wanted:  a foolproof way to mount a disk image of EA Sports F1 
Championship CD on the desktop of a OSX G4 Powerbook  so that  the sim 
can be accessed quicker and that the actual CD does not have to be 
present.
And Yes I do own the original CD, but I wish to have the sim on the 
desktop instead of having to cart the CD around in the CD drive.
I have done this successfully with XPlane7 but the F1 CD will not 
allow disk copy to access or copy the invisible file (0001.LT1) 
although I can see the invisible files with Invisible Finder 2.1.
I can't even copy the CD with Toast to keep the original safe. Both 
methods report errors which prevent copying of the file 0001.LT1

Thanks
Doug Sheerer


HI Doug,

You just encountered SafeDisk (From the annoying makers of Macrovision 
no less). You can't copy the CD... Period. (Well, at least no one has 
been able to crack it yet.)


It wouldn't make any difference anyway because I disk image won't cut 
it these days as there are API's to check if a mounted volume it a 
really a CD, or just an image.


- Matt

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Problems with Stuffit 8

[Matthew Healey]

Hi Everyone,

I have just gotten of the phone from Peter Hinchliffe, who is having a 
Major problems with Stuffit Deluxe 8. He has had to reinstall 
everything twice. He asked me to issue this caution to everyone who is 
thinking of install v8.


- Matt

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[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Douglas Sheerer]

Specific Question:
Wanted:  a foolproof way to mount a disk image of 
EA Sports F1 Championship CD on the desktop of a 
OSX G4 Powerbook  so that  the sim can be 
accessed quicker and that the actual CD does not 
have to be present.
And Yes I do own the original CD, but I wish to 
have the sim on the desktop instead of having to 
cart the CD around in the CD drive.
I have done this successfully with XPlane7 but 
the F1 CD will not allow disk copy to access or 
copy the invisible file (0001.LT1) although I 
can see the invisible files with Invisible Finder 
2.1.
I can't even copy the CD with Toast to keep the 
original safe. Both methods report errors which 
prevent copying of the file 0001.LT1

Thanks
Doug Sheerer

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DJs, 10% off and their mac display

[drchoy]

Hey everyone,

Just a quick word to say that David Jones is not only selling macs but they are 
offering a 10% discount on ALL laptops and desktops (including new macs!). But 
you'll need to be super quick 'cos it ends Monday 6th October (this coming 
monday). With the tiny margins apple gives dealers, they're probably selling 
some 
machines under cost!

The discounts apply to airport peripherals too.

You can't get discount on iPods, though they have some of the just superseded 
model at discount (about $50)

The other bonus is that DJs has 24 months interest free if you buy on the David 
Jones card (something relatively unheard of for buying macs in australia i 
think)

I'd recommend speaking to a guy named daniel who works there - he's the only 
one who has a clue about macs (he owns one himself). The other staff are pretty 
useless.

On another note, there are some things Djs needs to improve on at the moment 
with their stand. For example, they have their iPod connected and mounted to 
their iBook and every time some kids come around they yank it out of the dock, 
which I don't think is very good for the HD in the iPod. With no one around to 
fix 
these things, it often leaves the computers looking like they have crashed. Not 
a 
good first impression for new buyers. Another example was some meddling kids 
playing with the iMac unplugged something and got the iMac to repeatedly sound 
the alert sound loudly over the store. Not a good look.

Anyway, happy buying!

Dave