Damn. Seems pretty well unanimous that my non-functioning iTunes has nothing to do with having no built-in USB.
Maybe one of those System files I deleted to squeeze all that OS onto my teeny one gig drive was actually important. 8) Yes, I confess, I ransacked the Library and the System judiciously deleting things in order to make room for that combo update. This is not normally something anyone should really just guess at, but my judgement as to what I think I can get away with seems to be pretty good so far. That was my area of expertise with OS 9, I was the guy who knew exactly how lean you could run it. After all my apps ALL work now except for the one music app, and I have plenty of alternatives to that one (unless I get an iPod). I thought I had got away scot-free, even though all-told I reduced the Library from close to 80MB to more like 20-30MB, and I reduced the System from around 500MB to the low 300s. I didn't touch any of the invisible UNIX files (like bin, sbin, or usr, even though there's another few hunnert MB in there), because I intend to use this system to learn UNIX and I want it totally intact. Plus my judgement ain't so good there. The Mac side, I can afford to shave. (I bet the problem was a couple of items I removed from the Kernel extensions that I wasn't too sure about, they were the dodgiest I think -- guess I'd better visit my friend's Jaguar installation and fetch a bunch of those files back.) Yup. Played with fire. Got singed. But made it!!! In fact, I wanted to go even more radical. I *itched* to delete everything that pertained to USB and FireWire, since I have neither and would like to conserve memory, but I figured that these technologies are so integrated today that removing their drivers would be a fool's quest and I refrained -- but one day when I am less frustrated by the enormity of this task, I will back everything up and try shaving it all even closer to the bone. I think there's a lot more that can go once I'm feeling a little bolder about it. But for now I focused on resources that I figured would likely not even be requested by pathname (assuming to some degree that one can trust the efficiency of programmers) unless the required hardware has already been detected, like ATI drivers or GeForce drivers. And of course most of the built-in desktops had to go, and ALL of the built-in screensavers. And there was way, way more. I can't even remember which ones might have affected iTunes. Well I got here, but now I have my work cut out for me. I might come out of this with a list of some things you can safely delete (or move) from the System and Library and still run everyday apps, which could be useful. Paul. On Saturday, Jan 18, 2003, at 10:59 Canada/Eastern, Dan Stewart wrote: > My S900 has no USB whatsoever and iTunes runs just fine on it. > > Dan > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > -- > Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Unsupported OS X list info > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > > theMage -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
