Missing themes after and archive/install

After performing an archive/install I can open iDVD, but there are no themes available and the imovie I'm moving over does not play, it's just black. Can anyone can tell me where the themes are stored and if I can access them again?

The iDVD themes will be stored in Library/Applications Support/iDVD/Themes. See if they are in there. Assuming that they are, try closing iDVD and then trashing the file named com.apple.iDVD.plist. iDVD will create a new .plist file on relaunch. Before relaunching, do a permissions repair using the Utilities/Disk Utility app on your Mac.

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Eudora and Archive & Install

In solving a problem with OSX 4.11, if I Archive & Install, will I lose my mail in the Eudora folders, or will they all be archived as well? I'm using Eudora 6.2 paid version. Thanks!

Hi Kane, and a warm welcome to the forums!
I uae Eudoea and Archive & Install on may OSes & Macs, it's always preserved.
The only way it could mess up is Disk Problems.

Stack Underflow and Archive Install fail after 10.4.9 upgrade

After performing the 10.4.9 upgrade on my Black MacBook Core Duo, each of the Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, Entourage, Power Point, and Office Updater and Office Installer) all abort on activation. The System Log indicates a stack underflow:
Mar 24 11:36:38 Arakis /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Microsoft Word: CGGStackRestore: gstack underflow.
Attempts to reinstall office fail. Drag and Drop method and Using Office Installer App both fail. The Installer App also aborts with the same error.
After speaking with Microsoft Support and trying their suggestions for removing prefrence files and MS user directory, all fail with the same results. Last Microsoft reccomendation is to perform Archive and Install, and upgrade only to 10.4.8 using combo update.
So I Cloned my boot disk before performing Archive and Install (and it's a good thing too).
I started the Archive and install, and all went well until disk 2, specifically while it was installing iLife demo. When it said two minutes remaining, it froze. Last log entry indicates "specified processes cannot be found". I left it to continue overnight (about 8 hours). It was in the same state in the morning. So I forced a Power down and restarted. It requested disk 1 and began the Archive and Install again, with the same results.
I was able to boot off my external clone and restore my boot disk. I am now back to 10.4.9, and Office apps still abort with stack underflow.
One other point. I have a G4 iMac, A Dual G5 Power Mac, and a G5 Mac Mini, all with 10.4.9 and MS Office, and they all work fine. Problem only seems to be on DualCore MacBook, and only Microsoft Office Apps. MS messenger and MS Remote Desktop Client for MAC work. All other apps (apple and 3rd party) also work OK.
One last thing. After 10.4.9 upgrade, Finder quite often crashes when right clicking or Cotrol-clicking on files or folders in finder windows. Looking at crash dump indicates that this is an unrelated issue, which I will address later, in another rpost.
Are there any suggestions on how to sucessfully perform an archive and Install? Is it possible to disable the install of optional software like iLife demo? Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
Jeff Cameron
DualCore MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.9)

After spending a bit of time, researching this problem, it seems I have been bit by the dyldupdateprebinding bug while updating to 10.4.9. This is outlined in the article located at:
http://www.unsanity.org/archives/macos_x/shock_andawe.php
However I am still unable to repair my problem by performing an Archive and install (possibly because of the dyldupdateprebinding). So if anyone can help me do the Archive & install without installing the iLife demo, or any of the optional software, I would be most appreciative.
Jeff

Login and Archive & Install issues

I'm posting on behalf of a friend who's been having trouble with his macbook. He was having some issues with it earlier this evening, so he decided to reboot, and now he can no longer log in to the computer. When he tries to log in, the login window disappears as usual, and a generic background comes up for a few seconds, then the screen flashes blue and returns to the login screen. I have found posts by other users describing the same problem, and the solution is always to do an archive & install.
Unfortunately, when he boots from the disc and goes to install OSX (Leopard), the only option available is erase & install. I've also found reports of this happening, but the solutions involve changing stuff while OSX is running, which obviously isn't an option here. Why would the archive & install option not be available?

How to Perform an Archive and Install
An Archive and Install will NOT erase your hard drive, but you must have sufficient free space for a second OS X installation which could be from 3-9 GBs depending upon the version of OS X and selected installation options. The free space requirement is over and above normal free space requirements which should be at least 6-10 GBs. Read all the linked references carefully before proceeding.
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.

How to restore preferences on iTunes after an archive & install

Hi,
My main HD had some critical problems that needed to be fixed and overcome using Disk Warrior. After that my OS was non-functional, so I proceeded to do an archive & install. Now upon using iTunes, I've always had my iTunes library on a separate HD because of the many thousands of mp3s I have. Now the problem is that with the archive and install I have lost all my star ratings for ALL my tracks plus I've also lost the many, many playlists I created in the past. I made everything according to my preferences over a good number of years and CANNOT face going through it again!
Is there a .plist file I can salvage from my old system folder that will update my new copy of iTunes?
Please help I'm pretty desperate here :-P

I actually found it out going along on my own actually. What I did was make iTunes load with the library from my previous system iTunes folder which for some reason wasn't present on my master HDD. Everything was back to normal like it should be with ratings, settings and all intact \o/
I actually never bothered looking, but now I realized that iTunes ALWAYS has to make its folders under /Users/xyz user/Music regardless of where the mp3s are stored. I actually didn't realize that the library settings were stored on the master HDD separate to where the mp3s were stored, which was on the slave HDD. Does anyone know why iTunes doesn't just keep all the information together, or migrate that information according to where you want the source of the iTunes library to be?
Thanks to all who replied to my message, I'm so relieved that it has all been rectified and the unnecessary hassle been thrown out the window!

HP Touchsmart 520 1020it - missing driver after OS re-install

After OS re-install I am missing drivers for the following HW ids
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C22&SUBSYS_2AC3103C&REV_05
ACPI\ITE8715
Could you please help?

If you need drivers, please follow these steps:
1. In the Run box type devmgmt.msc.
2. Unknown devices would be listed as such and marked out with a yellow question mark.
3. Select the unknown device or other device for which you need drivers and right click to access Properties.
4. In the Properties window click on Details tab and select Device Instance Id or Hardware ID from the drop down.
5. An alphanumeric string like this PCI\VEN_1217&DEV_7130&SUBSYS_012F1025&REV_01\4&6B16D5B&0&33F0 is the identification marker for the device.
6. Please provide this number so that we can suggest the appropriate driver.
I am an HP employee.
Regards,
Vidya
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[SOLVED] icon-theme.cache and post install

Hi all,
after a problem with an app (in this case RawTherapee) that requires uptodate icon-theme.cache files under /usr/share/icons/THEME - I just want to ask for your opinion: Is this a feature that should be provided by the icon-theme package post install?
For example, xfce4-icon-theme has
post_install() {
gtk-update-icon-cache -q -t -f usr/share/icons/Rodent
in it's xfce4-icon-theme.install,
while gnome-icon-theme and hicolor-icon-theme don't and require issueing gtk-update-icon-cache manually after installation/update.
So what do you think, does this call for a feature request?
Edit: Seems like I got the concept wrong and that a solution is not that simple / on the segfaulting programs side... see http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/14237. Thx Jan for explaining.
Last edited by gnidam (2009-04-15 11:31:30)

Apparently gtk-update-icon-cache didn't accept that i had a .icon-theme.cache in /usr/share/icons/hicolor/. After removing it gtk-update-icon-cache apparently created a new file "icon-theme.cache" and doesn't complain anymore. The thing that is wierd about this is that on my other comp i have the .icon-theme.cache and it doesn't complain when upgrading.. Marking this solved anyway
Last edited by fgrano (2008-10-31 13:47:28)

After an Archive Install?!

Hi There,
I recently completed an Archive Re-install of OS X 10.4 due to problems I was having with Itunes.
I was just wandering...can I trash the Old System Folder that the re-install created?
Cheers

Hi
If your system is fine, and you've got things out of Previous System Folder that you need, then you can trash it.
Steve

Missing Themes option and touch sensitivity is strange..Sticky swiping

Just bought 2 new blackberry storm 9350 one from Amazon and one from ebay for my husband. Both arrived new in their individual boxes. One was made in Canada (Amazon), and one was made in Mexico (ebay). The one made in Canada does not have options to choose different themes. That is my main concern.
A second strong concern is  the touch sensitivity is really sticky on the one from Canada. The touch sensitivity is real nice on the one from Mexico. I set touch sensitivity exactly the same on each, but the Canadian one is not nice at all swiping is really sticky.
Note:   This is my 3rd blackberry storm, and my husband's 2nd. These 2 are not acting quite like the earlier ones.
3rd issue is that The one from Canada did not come with a charger...Only the adapters for foreign outlets but no charger to plug them into. It did come with a manual and cds. However the one from Mexico did not come with a manual or cds (luckily I have one from the other box)

This is a partial duplicate:
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/mms-missing/m-p/2603751#M67694
But, given the additional information in this thread, I would deduce that the condition of at least one, and perhaps both, of the devices is not "new"...rather, a used device that has been carefully repackaged so as to deceive the purchaser into thinking they have bought a truly new device.
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Archive & Install issues

All,
For the past week, I've been struggling mightily with Leopard to get it to run smoothly after upgrading from Tiger. After I upgraded, my computer ran slow (the dreaded spinning wheel), I got a blue screen for some time before the OS loaded, and a variety of other issues with programs and some installers. When I clicked on Macintosh HD, it could take upwards of 2-3 minutes for the computer to think through the process of simply opening a folder.
It got to the point where I even upgraded from 1 GB of RAM to 2 GB's, just to see if that would make a difference. It didn't (sigh). I also ran Disk Warrior on 10.5.1, which is not recommended yet, because they haven't put out an update. However, after doing that, I fixed my permissions with Disk Utility as well. So we got back to the original settings anyway.
I tried to revert back to Tiger, but when that didn't work, I simply just erased the drive and installed a clean copy of Leopard (after backing up my files, of course).
I'm happy to report that after a clean install, Leopard is now running incredibly smoothly on my Intel MacBook Pro with 2Ghz and 2GB RAM. So much so, in fact, that I can't believe I had the problems I was having.
So, my advice to anyone who is having problems going from Tiger to Leopard after and Archive & Install is: just back-up and install a clean copy of Leopard. The biggest problem with this is that you'll lose your applications, so you'd better make sure you have the passwords and either the original CD or the installer for a program as a backup on your external drive.
Hope my expereince helps someone to make a decision.

I think everyone would agree that a "fresh" installation will run much better than a hashed upgrade. There are a lot of reasons an upgraded system might not perform properly, from incompatible apps and/or drivers, corrupted prefs files, RAM and hardware issues, etc. Most if not all of these are circumvented when you erase your HD and install the OS "from scratch". Since this is a major upgrade and not a "periodic update" many feel it is better install a "clean" OS rather than attempt to upgrade an existing previous version. On the other hand, many have upgraded without issue. In any case, it's nice that you got your system running the way it should.

HDV codec missing after Archive & Install?

I use FC Studio (FCP 5.0.4), QT 7.2
Last Thursday I began importing HDV for a project from a Sony HDR FX-1E (HDV 1080i) with all the capture settings set properly. Capture results were fine.
Yesterday I had to Archive and install Tiger due to some severe font issues which were affecting the performance of the machine.
Today it seems some of QT's HDV codecs have gone missing, even with the software updated and running. I can open the clips in QT and hear sound, but no picture, only white screen. I can't set sequences properly in FCP either. It tells me a codec is missing and it sets the QT compressor automatically to "animation".
Is there any way to solve this? Do I have to reinstall FCP? I am already seeing my monday morning deadline slipping away! If anyone can offer any advice, it would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.

*Do I have to reinstall FCP*
Yes, you do... After an archive & install quicktime is reinstalled in its standard configuration... The HDV codec is ususally installed by FCP...

QTPro shows reg# but not enabled after archive install

I bought QT Pro when it was 7.0.3 & Pro features worked fine. Then I recently 'archive & installed' my OSX to fix other bugs. Now QT doesn't launch as Pro, even though my 7.0.3 registration # does come up in the registration section. I have not upgraded QT since then, not going to re-buy Pro over and over, and can confirm that it is still 7.0.3 I'm running. Any ideas? Please help.

I think I figured it out. My ATI 9600Pro video card was missing some drivers after the archive/install. I read somewhere that archive/install doesn't necessarily archive eeeeverything.
Anyway, when I launched the ATI monitor program (on a lark) it said 'yo, I'm missing a few things, load up that DVD driver disk again." So I did and badabing, problem appears to have been solved.
QT still doesn't technically SAY it's pro still, but all the features are still there. So that's still a little wierd, but probably a different issue.
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Itunes installing missing MSVR dll and error 7

Hi .
.Just as others are having problems I downloaded the upgrade for Itunes now have a error 7 message and a MSVR80.dll missing- I unistalled and re-installed . Fixed Net 4 - no luck - did all that was said on Apple support - did the "repair " program - no help
Is there a fix - ? Does Apple monitor this site - I last my Itunes lib on my I pad - which is not connected I use Windows Vista
Any help out there

For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
The steps in the second box are a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it which is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down page in case one of them applies.
Your library should be unaffected by these steps but there is backup and recovery advice elsewhere in the user tip.
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Clean Install and Archive has made no difference.

I've posted recently about this but am still having big problems. My admin user account is very slow and keep getting the spinning beachball everytime I click on an application. When I login Safari opens automatically but to open anything else is painfully slow like there is a delay somewhere. My other user account works fine with no problems. I ran the Disk Utility from the CD and it stated the "HD appears to be ok" which is a good sign I believe. I then tried to reinstall the OS from the disk, it ran fine and I did an archive and install setting but when I restarted the computer I came to the normal login page again with the two users. I clicked the admin user and nothing has changed or improved. getting really t'd off with this now. Shouldn't I be geting a whole welcome and start up page if I have reinstalled the OS.Any suggestions?

If the computer's internal hard disk drive is or was overly full, the
system before and after the Archive & Install would be struggling.
If you did an 'archive and install' there would be no Startup Page
where your computer acts as if no previous owner personalized it;
an archive/install and update can give you a new system folder
and you can have that new system (during install, via option) put
your old user Admin and other account settings in it.
An actual archive of surplus files and seldom used images, songs
or other projects seldom visited, could be created off the computer
or a whole computer drive clone of all that could be made outside
the Mac, where it could be revisited via a bootup from that drive;
and keep the computer's drive more lean. Or, if replacement of an
original drive comes up, be sure to get a much larger capacity one.
And an older machine with some time on it, may be in need of a
new hard disk drive to be installed to replace a failing or weak one.
{Ideally, prior to the 'archive and install' procedure, if a machine is
still running OK and you have the means at hand and know-how,
to make a full drive content clone to a bootable external HDD.}
Having a backup, even on a good day, is one of the forms
of recommended preventative action akin to maintenance
and recovery procedures one can do at home. An invest-
ment in a suitable externally enclosed bootable hard disk
drive unit and experimentation with a clone utility such as
free-running Carbon Copy Cloner, or SuperDuper, is wise.
In any event...
Good luck & happy computing!

Various missing drivers after re-installing Win7 64 bit on hp pavilion dv7-6111eo

Aloha
First off... I'm no techy, geek or nerd... And I mean those words in the best way, to those who are.
In this case You need to see me like a kid in kindergarden, being taken by the hand, and being shown what to do, down the the last detail. Sad but true.
Without me knowing why, I experienced missing several DLL-files, and often got error messages about those.
A pain in the neck, so I re-installed Windows 7 64 bit, as I didn't want to mess with those DLLs missing.
After that re-installing, I couldn't get internet-connection to my router. Luckily I have a 10+ year old stationary, where I after some time found the driver I needed, so that works now.
But now it seems there's several other drivers missing/not been installed.
I got a little info, from another post, what to provide with info, and hope that will be enough. if not, then please let me know the additional info that may be needed, and where I can find those on my PC, so I can provide these.
Missing drivers:
Network Controller;
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_008B&SUBSYS_53158086&REV_34
SM Bus Controller;
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C22&SUBSYS_1659103C&REV_05
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller;
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1033&DEV_0194&SUBSYS_1659103C&REV_04
I have 4 USB-ports, but only one will work, the others don't respond, and I need all four running at the same time. Plus I'd like to have everything in order after I had to re-install Win 7.
I thank You in advance for any and every help I can get. Just have in mind, that I need the things carved into paper.
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Hi:
You need these drivers...
SM Bus Controller; Install this first and reboot.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-102010-2&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en...
Network Controller;
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-99014-2&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&...
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller;
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-100294-2&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en...
You will also need this bluetooth driver.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-99500-2&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&...

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