Re: Finder not allowing files to be renamed

2009-01-22 Thread ./aal
Yep, the freeware Stuffit Expander, which is installed by installing the trial version of Stuffit Deluxe. :-( But answering your comment prompted me to wonder if there was an OSS utiltiy to do this, and I found this : http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html Cool. I LOVE OS X. Free

Re: Finder not allowing files to be renamed

2009-01-16 Thread Dan
At 12:51 PM -0700 1/15/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 15, 2009, at 8:17 AM, Dan wrote: At 7:42 AM -0700 1/15/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 15, 2009, at 7:28 AM, Dan wrote: hum. This is now the 5th or 6th problem I've seen with StuffIt over the past month or so. It offers no

Re: Finder not allowing files to be renamed

2009-01-15 Thread Dan
At 7:09 PM -0500 1/14/2009, Gerald Uhlan wrote: On 1/14/09 6:54 PM, Jim Emery jim...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like Stuffit AVR may be causing similar issues if you have it installed. Hope this helps. Ah-Ha! It was Stuffit AVR that was the culprit! I had no idea that preference was even

Re: Finder not allowing files to be renamed

2009-01-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 15, 2009, at 7:28 AM, Dan wrote: hum. This is now the 5th or 6th problem I've seen with StuffIt over the past month or so. It offers no real functionality. I'm thinking it's jumped the shark and should now be classified as evilware. Get it off your machine. The problem is that

Re: Finder not allowing files to be renamed

2009-01-15 Thread Dan
At 7:42 AM -0700 1/15/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 15, 2009, at 7:28 AM, Dan wrote: hum. This is now the 5th or 6th problem I've seen with StuffIt over the past month or so. It offers no real functionality. I'm thinking it's jumped the shark and should now be classified as

Re: Finder not allowing files to be renamed

2009-01-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 15, 2009, at 8:17 AM, Dan wrote: At 7:42 AM -0700 1/15/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 15, 2009, at 7:28 AM, Dan wrote: hum. This is now the 5th or 6th problem I've seen with StuffIt over the past month or so. It offers no real functionality. I'm thinking it's jumped the

Re: Finder not allowing files to be renamed

2009-01-14 Thread Gerald Uhlan
On 1/14/09 12:29 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 6:35 PM -0500 1/13/2009, Gerald Uhlan wrote: Snow iMac 500MHz Summer 2001, PowerPC G3, 384 MB SDRAM, OS 10.4.11 Anyone know what to do about a Finder that won't allow file names to be changed? Every time I try to rename a file via

Re: Finder not allowing files to be renamed

2009-01-14 Thread Jim Emery
On Jan 14, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Gerald Uhlan wrote: On 1/14/09 12:29 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 6:35 PM -0500 1/13/2009, Gerald Uhlan wrote: Snow iMac 500MHz Summer 2001, PowerPC G3, 384 MB SDRAM, OS 10.4.11 Anyone know what to do about a Finder that won't allow file names to

Re: Finder not allowing files to be renamed

2009-01-13 Thread Beverly Woods
Gerald Uhlan wrote: Anyone know what to do about a Finder that won't allow file names to be changed? Every time I try to rename a file via the Finder, it will pause and then disappear. When it reappears, it has reset itself to the way it was at the last shutdown. This can be caused by a