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ceagleWell, not totally terror.. but disappointment.
A Macintosh incident, for those interested in those kinda things..
I do like pre-system-X stuff, and still run system 9 because it is fairly solid and trouble-free, and I don't have to buy all new system-X programs.
Until now, there were only a couple things that weren't up to par in sys-9 for me.. the limits on making alias icons, and the fact that 3 of my older programs from system-8 wouldn't run.
The biggest annoyance began with trying the Nomad MuVo MP3 drive on this system, which broke my card recognition for the digital camera compact flash.
The worst of it was that it made some sort of hidden change, and basic fixes like trashing the preferences didn't fix it.
Now this is a warning for any other unsuspecting users... I just found a case where trashing the preferences file causes an irreparable effect. :/
I *think* that MuVo also ruined the Prefs for my Menu Options Control Panel, since the Recent items have not been updating for a few months, seemingly also around the time I tried that MuVo. ;P
So today just outa curiosity, I tried to fix it..
...mainly because I saw that recent items are tracked in the General Control Panel in system-X, so I thought I'd peek back at that Panel in system-9 to see if it was there too... nope... so I checked the docs and it said that is handled by the Menu Options one... but, it wouldn't open, saying that the prefs were meesed up.
"Ah," thinkest I.. "trash the ole prefs and that should fix it.. almost always worked before..." *fluffles out feathers*..
So I trash 'em and hey.. the Control Panel opens and seems to work again... but HEY!!!!!.... suddenly about half of my Apple Menu Items have vanished into thin air!! >:|
Now usually when something like this happens, it just means they've been invisibled or tossed in the trash... so I dig dig dig.... nope... no avail. :<
I wondered if it might be a virus.. but after running a few different virus check progs, seems not.... *scratches headcrest plumes*
Not knowing why, and seeing my program shortcuts disappear like dat sure got me depressed... :/ ... but then after a while I remembered I have a backup, so I will peek into that to locate (and rebuild from scratch) my shortcuts....
But. I think the way system-9 views aliases/shortcuts seems to allow for this unprecedented ability of initiating non-approved deletions... Maybe they aren't considered files at all in system-9... *bleah*
I'm not sure why it left the ones it did, and struck away the others... but jes thought putting this info out there might help someone else avoid the woe.
Backup. and make notes before changin' system settings.
And be aware that the ole trash-the-prefs may not be as benign a step as it once was, in some cases.
Best Wishes!
A Macintosh incident, for those interested in those kinda things..
I do like pre-system-X stuff, and still run system 9 because it is fairly solid and trouble-free, and I don't have to buy all new system-X programs.
Until now, there were only a couple things that weren't up to par in sys-9 for me.. the limits on making alias icons, and the fact that 3 of my older programs from system-8 wouldn't run.
The biggest annoyance began with trying the Nomad MuVo MP3 drive on this system, which broke my card recognition for the digital camera compact flash.
The worst of it was that it made some sort of hidden change, and basic fixes like trashing the preferences didn't fix it.
Now this is a warning for any other unsuspecting users... I just found a case where trashing the preferences file causes an irreparable effect. :/
I *think* that MuVo also ruined the Prefs for my Menu Options Control Panel, since the Recent items have not been updating for a few months, seemingly also around the time I tried that MuVo. ;P
So today just outa curiosity, I tried to fix it..
...mainly because I saw that recent items are tracked in the General Control Panel in system-X, so I thought I'd peek back at that Panel in system-9 to see if it was there too... nope... so I checked the docs and it said that is handled by the Menu Options one... but, it wouldn't open, saying that the prefs were meesed up.
"Ah," thinkest I.. "trash the ole prefs and that should fix it.. almost always worked before..." *fluffles out feathers*..
So I trash 'em and hey.. the Control Panel opens and seems to work again... but HEY!!!!!.... suddenly about half of my Apple Menu Items have vanished into thin air!! >:|
Now usually when something like this happens, it just means they've been invisibled or tossed in the trash... so I dig dig dig.... nope... no avail. :<
I wondered if it might be a virus.. but after running a few different virus check progs, seems not.... *scratches headcrest plumes*
Not knowing why, and seeing my program shortcuts disappear like dat sure got me depressed... :/ ... but then after a while I remembered I have a backup, so I will peek into that to locate (and rebuild from scratch) my shortcuts....
But. I think the way system-9 views aliases/shortcuts seems to allow for this unprecedented ability of initiating non-approved deletions... Maybe they aren't considered files at all in system-9... *bleah*
I'm not sure why it left the ones it did, and struck away the others... but jes thought putting this info out there might help someone else avoid the woe.
Backup. and make notes before changin' system settings.
And be aware that the ole trash-the-prefs may not be as benign a step as it once was, in some cases.
Best Wishes!
