Dear Ronni, Thank you for your reply. I do not remember deleting the folder I had which was called “Desktop Folders”, but all sorts of wierd and troubling things happened when I first tried to installl the security update and tried to update the operating system as well, a few weeks ago. Suffice to say I had to wipe the hard drive clean and start from scratch a couple of times. Fortunately I had made a backup. That debacle was followed shortly after by the update which, as I recall it, reorganized the file structure. I had a few days trying to cope with what I started calling the black screen of death which emerged about 80% of the way through the process of restarting. I worked through the alternatives such as safe boot, but ended up having to do a SMC reset.
I’ve been away a for a couple of weeks. Now that I’m home I’ll pluck up the courage to instal the Security update for the 4th time. Cheers, Michael. > On 21 May 2018, at 5:02 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hello Michael, > > I am still having trouble not receiving WAMUG mailing list messages, so I’ve > copied & pasted your message below, so I can answer. > > Have you moved the original ‘Desktop Folders’ that you created? > Have you deleted the original ‘Desktop Folders’? > > The Dock just holds aliases to real files, folders, and applications. There > is nothing real in the Dock, it just acts like it is. > All of the items in the Dock point back to some real item in the file system. > They are just shortcuts to the originals. > When you open a folder from the Dock, it opens the original folder. > > Add an item to the Dock: Drag it to the Dock. > You Place apps to the left of the separator line, and files and folders to > the right of the separator line. > > Re: The Security Update 2018-001, I experienced it staying in Updates > available until I clicked on it and installed again, as there was another > version of that same file released a few days later. I suggest you click on > it and install again. > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) > 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 > > Michael Hawkins > <https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=wamug@wamug.org.au&q=from:%22Michael+Hawkins%22> > Sun, 20 May 2018 21:56:32 -0700 > <https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=wamug@wamug.org.au&q=date:20180520> > Security update 2018-001 was installed on my MacBook Pro on the 3rd May. The > computer has been turned off and started a number of times since then, but > despite that I keep receiving a mesage that updates are available. Each > supposed update is identified as being Security update 2018-001. > One thing I noticed after the update was finally installed was that the icon > in > the Dock for Desktop Folders ahs ben replaced by a large ? symbol (as in > question mark symbol). When the cursor is hovered over the ? symbole, the > label > “Desktop Folders” appears. No folders appear though, when I click on the ? > symbol. > > Other than that, I have not had any trouble using the computer, but I wonder > why the message that an update is available keeps getting sent. > > High Sierra version 10.13.4 > MacBook Pro (17 inch late 2011, solid state hard drive) > > Thank you > > Michael Hawkins > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > > > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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