OSX TIGER HEADACHES - DID LIFE BEGIN IN 76?

Hello,
I thought I had better start by mentioning that my first job was actually operating an Apple II Plus back in 82... what a beast.
Things have moved on a little since... anyway to my problems which are with a
Powerbook G4 1.5ghz 1.25 gig ram running OS X 10.4.11.
These are just a few....
1. Spotlight not working with external hard drives attached via firewire, won't re-index even with Spotless.
2. Very slow system, constant spinning wheel when accessing files, constant finder freezes.
3. Mouse misbehaving, slow erratic.
4. TOO Many console errors.
6. Security system not working well
7. when looking into activity monitor mds root file using 50- 88% of CPU most of the time!
8. Bad file creation dates in system (1 April 1976!)
9. Fan constantly running. processor hot even when no apps are running.
10. external hard rives behaving erratically.
Basically my machine is not very well, logic board was replaced a few months back.
Diskwarrior is not sorting the problems.
Absolutely any advice, except the usual 'Why don't you reinstall the system' will be most welcome.
So far this is what I have found out...
I have been trawling through various Mac forums and some of the very interesting information has led me to several conclusions.
My first is that Apple are playing games with us all... then I read on... maybe not?
Trying to fix start up errors (very big list) led me to look into the SYSTEM folder, which has a creation date of 1 April 1976??
Now I am not sure this will effect the system, but I am pretty sure it's going to do something bad. I'm running Tiger on another G4 tower which has the correct creation dates.. sometime in 2005, this runs well no problems like these.
Anyway I trawled away and found this...
'A BETTER FINDER TOOL SUITE' they say it can fix creation dates, but I am a worried what this may do....
A Better Finder Attributes 4 for Mac OS X: Features (http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderAttributes/features.html)
I've not yet tinkered with the creation dates of the System as I wanted to ask here if anyone knew of this problem and any advice they can give (please no archive and install again!)
The funny thing about it is that the 1st April 1976 is the date Apple was founded. (Fishy)
Thanks for reading
Ian

Hi Antonio,
thanks for getting in here.
I suppose I must confess this was a reclaimed logic board, but it came from a very reliable source have no doubt.
I am certain that this is not the problem and it is software related.
Since my original post I have been working very hard to stabilize the machine and have succeeded on most counts.
1.Spotlight repaired and indexed normally at last ('Spotless' came through... eventually)
2. Fan no longer running constantly as indexing has been stopped on Firewire drives.
3. Ram was good and purchased from a very reliable company have no doubt, that has been fine for more than 2 years I am sure it's not the issue!
4. Internet Cleanup was causing many of the security issues and failures, I will be touch with SMITHMICRO, but rarely do they respond...(will post)
5. when looking in Activity Monitor 'mds root' has now calmed down to no activity and was related only to the Spotlight madness.
My only worry now is the 'Creation Date' in the 'System', but as I mentioned I can correct this for $20 by using - 'A Better Finder Attributes 4'.
I would like to understand where this date is coming from this is OSX not OS9??
If I were to re-install a system that has many mods, I will looses them, plus re-installing from 3 year old disks in a Powerwook with a susspect Superdrive is not an option for me.
thanks
Ian

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[post moved from other forum]
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"There is no default application specified to open the document Appleworks 6"
and/or
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I'm quite surprised that when re-booting to the smaller partiton, that although it looks just like my system prior to upgrading, the apps don't run and the files don't open those older apps that created them. I assumed that the smaller Partition--and booting to it--would be the same as if the original Hard drive was still in the powerbook.
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Mac OS 9.2.2 on New 30GB HD
Mac OS on Old 10GB HD (that's the smaller partition),
Mac OS 9.2.2 on New 30GB HD
Network Start-up
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I wonder...
??? Why would I be having to choose which application would open an application---wouldn't an app open on its own (Unix Executable File")
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THANKS for any replies, you all have been a great help with the challenges of upgrading...
MSG-PWRBkG3
PS:
Sorry for the long post. But, I have included as much up-front details as possible to assist in your replies. I also want to help others reading this thread later on as to what (correct or incorrect) procedures were followed... to help them see how these in-compatibility scenerios would be similiar to their situations... leading to solutions for all.

Thank you for including as much detail as you did. It makes it much easier to troubleshoot this type of issue. What I'll do is basically follow along with the procedure you used and point out where you (unknowingly) ran into problems.
"Back-up all files on the old 10GB HDD to an external USB drive."
Okay, I'm betting that this external USB drive was formatted as PC-Exchange/Windows format. Since this type of disk format doesn't have native support for the special "Mac" information about files (such as resource forks and HFS metadata like file type and creator codes), when Mac OS writes files to these disks, it needs to use a special method. When you copy the files from OS 9, OS 9 adds special "FINDER.DAT" files and also stores the resource-fork-parts of the original files inside a "RESOURCE.FRK" folder on the disk. My FAQ goes into more detail about this. When, from OS 9, you look at the files you just copied to the PC-formatted disk, and they appear identical to the files on your original 10 GB hard drive, that is in fact a complete illusion. The files as they exist on the PC-formatted disk are very different from what they appear. When you hook it up to your OS 9 Mac, the files appear fine, and you can copy them and have them work just like the original files did. If, on the other hand, you hook this PC-formatted hard drive up to your OS X Mac, it looks at the files in a completely different way. If you copy the files off of this disk from OS X, most of the files won't be usable.
"Remove old and replace w/new 40GB HDD, also install new 512MB PC-133 RAM module in lower slot."
"booted from old OS CD and ran Hard drive set-up utility with two partitions, one 30GB the other 10GB."
"Install OS 9.0.4 from that original Apple software CD onto the first 30GB partition."
"Onto same partition, ran OS-9 Update 9.1.0, then 9.2.1, then fireware update 4.1.8f5, then Update 9.2.1"
"Installed OS-X Tiger onto the first 30GB partition"
"Moved all backed-up files from the external USB drive onto the second 10GB partition."
If you did this from OS X, you will run into problems, whereas if you do this from OS 9, you'll be okay. The reason for this, as I mentioned above, is that OS X doesn't know how to "see" the files in the same way that OS 9 does.
This is what I would do. Make sure you still have the PC-formatted drive with the files you backed up from OS 9. Reboot into one of your versions of OS 9 that works properly. Hook up the external USB drive, and the files on it should appear properly and function properly. Now copy the files over onto your local hard drive and they should work properly as well. The files that you copied over from OS X won't be useful and can be deleted. Then reboot into OS X and you should be all set.
Hope this helps....
Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5 w/ 2.5 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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Hi mace510,
first of all: WELCOME TO THE DISCUSSIONS!
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IF you upgraded from Panther as you know you do not have an Intel based iMac. I beleive the limit of your upgrades on your current machine is going to be Leopard. The system requirements for Snow Leopard are:
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Mac computer with an Intel processor
1GB of memory
5GB of available disk space
DVD drive for installation
Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply
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That's Great !
I'm glad to know that LP8 with OSX (10.4.11) Tiger, is now very stable, and efficient. This is very comforting to know, well, now I can look forward to begin working with Logic Studio/ LP8.
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I can be reached at [email protected] or [email protected]
Thanks,
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Norton is unsafe to use with Mac OS X.
There is no such thing as a Powerbook G5.
It sounds like you may have some hardware on your machine that does not jibe well with Mac OS X's installer. First make sure that the firmware is updated while you can boot the machine into Mac OS 9. To find out which PowerMac G4 you have see this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418
And that will tell you from this article which firmware needs to be updated if any:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117
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How did you erase the Drive? Was it on an Itel/10.6 Mac, if so it's likely GUID format that the G3 cannot read, it needs to be APM.
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Naz14

Hello naz:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
If I were you, I would clear my HD and then reinstall OS X 10.4.3. You will need to, as you know, update your software from there. I think I would download the OS X 10.4.9 Combo and install it and then update the rest of the software.
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Best wishes

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Low level format is what you probably want/need and the only way to do that is ERASE with the option to ZERO-ALL (after you backup any files you don't now have on disk or DVD.... and where are the backups?).
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Boot it from your install CD/DVD...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
If it completes fine, then use the Archive and Install feature...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120

Hi, I want to downgrade from OSX LEOPARD to OSX TIGER but I have a few questions regarding this. My iMac is originally from 2007 it came preloaded with tiger. I have original install tiger discs version 10.4.10. Is it safe to downgrade or not please help

Hi, I want to downgrade from OSX LEOPARD to OSX TIGER but I have a few questions regarding this. My iMac is originally from Sep 2007 it came preloaded with tiger. I have original install (2) tiger discs version 10.4.10. I want to know if it is safe and what are the necessary steps to do so. Also by downgrading im wondering if a lot of apps nowadays support tiger for example I have photoshop version 5 and 4 these are very important to me. One last question does anyone know of any reliable virus protection for mac that doesnt slow down your computer? because I have read that a lot of them do so. If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it! Here are the specs for my iMac
Model Name:
iMac
Model Identifier:
iMac7,1
Processor Name:
Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:
2 GHz
Number Of Processors:
1
Total Number Of Cores:
2
L2 Cache:
4 MB
Memory:
2 GB
Bus Speed:
800 MHz

Most of the time a perception of general slow performance is the result of installing third party junk alleged to speed up, "clean" or "optimize" your Mac, or to look for viruses that don't exist. Ideally you would know what you installed so you can uninstall it, but if you don't know or aren't sure there are techniques such as Safe Mode and creating a temporary user account to confirm that suspicion.
If you open Activity Monitor it may show a process, or processes, that occupy a lot of your system's time.
Slowness confined solely to web browser activity is often the result of an inexorable progress toward websites that demand ever more processor-intensive tasks. If your slow performance is strictly limited to web browsing, you might try disabling Flash by either uninstalling it, or use utilities such as ClickToFlash that allow you to control what Flash content gets loaded. Flash in itself is not inherently evil, but there is nothing to stop websites or the advertisers who pay for them from writing horrible Flash code that can do everything from hogging 100% of your CPU's time to causing random crashes. You can watch Activity Monitor as in the above to correlate these troublesome web pages with performance degradation.
You are correct; if your computer shipped with Tiger you may certainly revert to it. I forgot that Tiger was shipping on new Macs as recently as five years ago. To downgrade it would be necessary to completely erase your hard disk and boot with the Tiger installation DVD, followed by installing it anew. Such drastic measures are not necessary and you are unlikely to be satisfied with the results anyway.
Assuming your system is free of third party parasitic junk attached to OS X in an ill-conceived attempt to improve upon it, that your hard disk drive is sound and the boot volume has enough free space to work with, by far the best performance-enhancing improvement would be to add more memory. Buy as much as your computer can use and that you can afford. 2 GB is not that much any more.
Read the following for some recommended troubleshooting techniques from Apple:
General purpose Mac troubleshooting guide: Isolating issues in Mac OS X
Creating a temporary user to isolate user-specific problems: Isolating an issue by using another user account
Memory limitations: Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used
Identifying resource hogs and other tips: Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime
Starting the computer in "safe mode": Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?

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