The importance of Permissions

This is just an FYI post.
The other night I installed a Major Graphics Suite on my Imac. Everything seemed to work fine until yesterday. When I tried to log into my POP e-mail acount I was getting a password not recognized return from the server. I was able to log into my .Mac email and send email from the STMP, but not able to receive. So I called my provider thinking there was a problem with them. Nope they said everything on there end was fine and of course he referred me to Apple, because they do not support anything past Panther. Go figure. So I tried creating a new user and set up my email account there. No luck. Then I grabbed my laptop (I only had the .Mac account set up on that) created a new account in mail and whala, it worked. So I went back to my IMac, remembered that I had not repaired permissions after the install. Ran that and all was well. I can only assume there was something awry in my permissions that wasn't allowing me to get my email.
I am only posting this to remind folks on the importance of repairing permissions after installs. If something just isn't quite right with your OSX box, this would be the first thing to try.
Quadra

Backing up data is an often overlooked part of computing. Too many think their computer will never fail.
I normally clone my hard drive to an external with Carbon Copy Cloner on a weekly basis, and backup my important, frequently used documents, calendars, address book, etc., with the .Mac Backup software. This has recently saved me because my iBook just recently died with a bad motherboard, yet all of my photos, documents, and everything else is preserved. Carbon Copy Cloner (free) worked with 10.2 & 10.3, but I'm not sure about 10.4 because the iBook died before I had the chance to install it.
I was able to get my every day documents from the iDisk utility for Windows to keep updated until my iMac arrives (next week). This will hold me over for now, and if the internal drive on the old iBook has failed, I have the external drive to import all my programs, etc onto the iMac.
The number of people you run across who do not backup whatsoever is amazing, especially since it is not that difficult to do.

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