Installed 7.5 now Spotlight/Finder won't load...cannot access any folders!
Installed the 7.5 update last night. After it rebooted my MacBook spotlight/finder won't load & continually error. Any ideas? As of now, the only way I can access my hard drive is via terminal in the leopard boot disk.
Had to boot from Leopard DVD...run terminal...delete iTunes & QuickTime (to get rid of current versions)...reinstall Leopard (which loaded the downgraded versions of iTunes & QuickTime). Finder/Spotlight now works.
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Thanks for any info or tips!Welcome to the forums!
Make your relative write this out 1000 times:
Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible)
Mac OS X's Desktop is the de facto location for downloaded files, and for many users, in-progress works that will either be organized later or deleted altogether. The desktop can also be gluttonous, however, becoming a catch-all for files that linger indefinitely.
Unfortunately - aside from the effect of disarray it creates - keeping dozens or hundreds of files on the Desktop can significantly degrade performance. Not necessarily because the system is sluggish with regard to rendering the icons on the desktop and storing them in memory persistently (which may be true in some cases), but more likely because keeping an excessive number of items on the Desktop can cause the windowserver process to generate reams of logfiles, which obviously draws resources away from other system tasks. Each of your icons on your desktop is stored as a window in the window server, not as an alias. The more you have stored, the more strain it puts on the window server. Check your desktop for unnecessary icons and clear them out.
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Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
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I have dragged the plug ins into photoshop but nothing seems to work.
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To me, seems be working as suspected.
daveynielsen wrote:
Well, naturally i figured everything else would work on a wif connection.. like the iphone. Even though you dont have the 3G data plan one can still access email, web, and aps.
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