Macintosh Misery.
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ceagleOkay, I finally did it. :|
After putting it off and hoping for help and solutions that I knew were out there somewhere, I reluctantly listened to the nudges of "just reinstall the OS to fix it" , to get my system 9 driver problems fixed.
And so now... it has fixed nothing, ...but I have to face the additional drudgery of manually fixing all my settings to what they were. -_-
Thank goodness for backups. I've gone down the high-hopes road before with Mac.
Yes it broke my desktop.
It broke my printers.
It broke my internet connection.
And who knows what else... *huge weary sigh*
And *still* it didn't solve the problem of drivers that can recognize the fact that I have only one monitor, and that I would like to use graphics programs, and put the machine to sleep instead of turn it off. I can do none of these, and reinstalling the OS did not fix it.
Yes, I use system X. Yes I am a part of the converted crowd.
But after using something (pre-system X) for some 15 years *because* of its appeal, I don't understand the widespread urge to diss it altogether just because something new comes along. Can't they exist together? They do exist together, and I don't see anything wrong with liking my Classic programs.
Eudora Pro, ...fast and text-based, effectively stopping spam and junkmail images that are unwelcome.
Muddweller, ...clean and capable and fast.
And so many other programs.
So yes I use system X.
But it is so disheartening that hardly anyone really cares about system 9 ... and trying to get it to work right. Guess ya really can't blame 'em. Still, it'd be nice if the simple answers to fix it, were easy to find... :/
After putting it off and hoping for help and solutions that I knew were out there somewhere, I reluctantly listened to the nudges of "just reinstall the OS to fix it" , to get my system 9 driver problems fixed.
And so now... it has fixed nothing, ...but I have to face the additional drudgery of manually fixing all my settings to what they were. -_-
Thank goodness for backups. I've gone down the high-hopes road before with Mac.
Yes it broke my desktop.
It broke my printers.
It broke my internet connection.
And who knows what else... *huge weary sigh*
And *still* it didn't solve the problem of drivers that can recognize the fact that I have only one monitor, and that I would like to use graphics programs, and put the machine to sleep instead of turn it off. I can do none of these, and reinstalling the OS did not fix it.
Yes, I use system X. Yes I am a part of the converted crowd.
But after using something (pre-system X) for some 15 years *because* of its appeal, I don't understand the widespread urge to diss it altogether just because something new comes along. Can't they exist together? They do exist together, and I don't see anything wrong with liking my Classic programs.
Eudora Pro, ...fast and text-based, effectively stopping spam and junkmail images that are unwelcome.
Muddweller, ...clean and capable and fast.
And so many other programs.
So yes I use system X.
But it is so disheartening that hardly anyone really cares about system 9 ... and trying to get it to work right. Guess ya really can't blame 'em. Still, it'd be nice if the simple answers to fix it, were easy to find... :/
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Date: 2007-01-30 09:47 pm (UTC)I have Eudora Pro version 2, and it's never balked that way on me... *sighs and patpats ya*
Well, I do use a variety of email programs as needed, if needed, like when one ISP requires a certain thing or not (one ISP *requires* Entourage, another *requires* a configuration I had to setup in Outlook Express, and I've used Pegasus, Outlook, and a few others on other systems also). Just sayin' my comfort level is highest with Eudora Pro... *fluffles plumage, and settles it all back smoothly with a beaky cheery smile* :9
As for breaking their systems, heh, sometimes it's carelessness, other times they just get a hit... like, some junkmail item that blows it up or somethin' :/
And most customers don't know how to use the Periodic Maintenance steps or how to fix permissions, even after I show them... 8|
I don't have many problems with my own system X stuff though, in case it seemed like I'm baggin' on it, cuz I'm not baggin' on it for my own home use experiences, and I s'pose I didn't make that clear enough to the readers...
I do think it's fine, but apparently in the text of a diary like this, saying ya like 9 at home can automatically imply that ya don't like X, even when you try to state clearly that you use both jes' fine alla time... eeep!
Mebbe sumday, peeples will unnerstand me ^v^