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I installed the update today and now my iMac, which I love and has NEVER had a problem has a Finder problem.
When I scroll through files in a Finder window the file names will get "all bunched up" for lack of a better description.
The names of the files will seem to stack on top of each other and it looks messy and it's driving me nuts. Anyone else see this?
Thanks.
Paul

Gotta love that Dictionary!"I haven't updated yet but it's been reported by everyone."Actually, it's mentioned in the second bullet from the top of Article 303411: About the Mac OS X 10.4.6 Update (delta) and Article 303410: About the Mac OS X 10.4.6 Update (combo) — which I'd read before proceeding. But if they explained why, I missed it. Perhaps so a software engineer can bemusedly observe how many enthusiastic Mac folk would spin on the top of a pin? (Just in case someon'e revising the articles as I write... Thanks, AppleCare!)
Unfortunately, the Apple Installer's abbreviated "Important Information" screen doesn't mention it — so folks who didn't check the KnowledgeBase were caught unaware.
"Maybe it reset your pram?"MJ, have another cup of coffee... I think I muttered the same hypothesis above in saying, " Gotta wonder if it 'zapped PRAM' for me. And what a pleasure to no longer see the faux permissions!...
I guess devious minds think alike...
Cheerfully,
Dean
Did I really just suggest that a New Yorker have another cup o' Joe? Shame on me.
Is that "GRACILE" as in Burns & Allen?
Did I edit this message? I forget; too much coffee, I guess...

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