Three great grandchildren point to an exceedingly active youth:-) Mac Malcolm McCallum
doc...@westnet.com.au Skype docmactor On 10/05/2011, at 9:48 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: > > I thought that you are allowed an occasional senior moment when you have 3 > great grandchildren and the only people you know older than ones self are > siblings . > > > Regards, > > Adrian > adrianske...@me.com > > On 10/05/2011, at 9:36 AM, cm wrote: > >> >> LOL. It's good to start early with your senior's moments. That way they >> won't come as such a shock when you get to my age. :-) >> >> Cheers, >> Carlo >> >> On 2011-05-10, at 09:32, Adrian Skehan wrote: >> >>> >>> Senior moment. Its normally connected all the time but had used it away >>> from home the other day and hadn't put the plug back in on return. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Adrian >>> adrianske...@me.com >>> >>> On 10/05/2011, at 9:23 AM, cm wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Adrian, >>>> >>>> I'm just curious to know why you didn't plug the MacBook Pro adapter in >>>> when you noticed the battery was almost drained. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Carlo >>>> >>>> On 2011-05-10, at 08:54, Adrian Skehan wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Good morning all, >>>>> >>>>> Yesterday I ran the latest apple update (iPhoto and Font) on my iMac and >>>>> MacBook Pro, the iMac update went OK but I was called away before the >>>>> MacBook Pro (Intel OS 10.6.7) had finished so I left it running, on my >>>>> return I found that I had neglected to connect the external power to the >>>>> thing and the battery was all but totally discharged, when I tried to >>>>> shut it down I got endless error messages saying that certain files could >>>>> not be accessed (didn't think to write it down) and had to force the shut >>>>> down via the start button. the consequence of all this is that it wont >>>>> boot up past the grey screen and the ever rotating wheel. >>>>> >>>>> Zapping the Pram had no effect. >>>>> >>>>> DiskWarrior 4.3 reported the following: >>>>> • 5 files had a directory entry with an incorrect text encoding value >>>>> that was repaired. >>>>> • 5 folders had a directory entry with an incorrect custom icon flag that >>>>> was repaired. >>>>> • Incorrect values in the Volume Information were repaired. >>>>> >>>>> A second DW scan came up with No Errors. >>>>> >>>>> Booted ut holding down the Command and S keys. Ran the FSCK -FY this >>>>> showed No Errors. >>>>> >>>>> Checked the Volume Structure, File Structure and Surface Scan for bad >>>>> block using TechTools Pro 5.0.7, No Errors found. >>>>> >>>>> Looking at it in Target mode everything looks to be in order. >>>>> >>>>> Can anyone suggest something else I can try before I resort to >>>>> reinstalling the system please. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Adrian Skehan >>>>> adrianske...@me.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mac OS X v10.6.7 Snow Leopard >>>>> Model: MacBook Pro >>>>> Processor: Intel >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
