Hi Greg, Many thanks for the information and the links to the articles. Prior to reading your mail I applied Ronni's solution which worked. However, it now appears that with the Intel connection, we will have to be more careful, unless Apple does the right thing for us users of PowerPC chips!!
I guess one has to expect such small problems in a transition period, except that for the non-initiated (or non-technical) user this can be quite frightening. Will follow the MacFixIt suggestions further. Kind regards from sunny & cool!!!! Perth, Philippe on 21/1/06 11:20 PM, Greg Sharp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 22/1/06 1:18 AM, "J Philippe Chaperon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I will try Ronni's suggestion first and will >> report further, hopefully with good news > The following article on MacFixIt might help and TrimTheFat the program > mentioned is available at > http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28882 > > > Stripping Universal Binaries of Intel code -- a potential troubleshooting > procedure for PowerPC Macs > > It seems that the presence of Intel code in Universal binaries can cause > some troubleshooting issues. For instance, a problem we've been covering > where the presence of iTunes 6.0.2 causes Disk Utility to be unable to run > can be solved by stripping the application of its Intel-based code. > > This workaround may be especially applicable for Mac OS X 10.3.9 systems. > > A new application called TrimTheFat is is a simple, silent drop-launch > utility to strip the code for the architecture(s) you're not using from a > Universal application > > Meanwhile, MacFixIt reader Frank Kittie offers a terminal based series of > commands, with iTunes as the example application: > > * sudo ditto --rsrc /Applications/iTunes.app /tmp/iTunes.app > * sudo rm -rf /Applications/iTunes.app > * sudo ditto --arch ppc --rsrc /tmp/iTunes.app /Applications/iTunes.app > * sudo rm -rf /tmp/iTunes.app > > Frank writes: > > "This should replace the iTunes application with a copy of itself, the copy > containing only PowerPC code. The "--arch ppc" strips all code for other > architectures. > > "For me the resulting application ran fine (in a quick cursory test) and a > repair permissions no longer gave me the 'Disk Utility lost connection with > Disk Management Tool and cannot continue.' > >
