Tony! Hulette
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Hi Rob,
You should be able to startup off of the OS X installation disks that came with your Mac. Choose the “archive and install” option to replace your newer OS with the original one (be sure to check the options to save your files, etc). Once installed you can then update to whatever OS version seems to be working for you (find the various versions on Apple’s website). I would however, check with your capture card manufacturer for any updates or any workarounds for the problems you are having with OS 10.4.5. It could be your plugins, drivers, firmware, etc aren’t up-to-date and that would be a much simpler fix than reinstalling an older version of OS X.
Tony!
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[neil harris] “just accindentally deleted some photoshop files on OSX tiger – anyway to get them back and save my morning???”
The short answer is no, they’re not coming back. The long answer is probably the same as the short, but
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[Lee Berger] “So far seems to be working fine.”
I’ve had no problems so far at all, but more testing with various application will be needed before I give it my blessing. I believe some of the utility applications are not working correctly (non-apple) and will need to be updated. These updates usually happen very quickly though.
Tony!
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[dthree] ”
I have been using this as a guidline for system updates. I’ve never been crippled before but there’s no reason to risk it. Also, if I’m in the middle of a project with a tight deadline, I wait till that’s over (or the deadline relaxes) before doing any upgrades.”
The way we setup our systems (and systems for others), is to install two identical internal hard drives. We clone the startup drive to the second drive (backup). Before doing any updates, we update the clone. That way, if we do encounter a problem with the new update, we can simply restore our working system from the backup drive. Or, if we are in a big rush we can simply startup off of the backup drive and continue working. After installing a new update, that appears to be working, we don’t clone over our backup drive for at least a week or two (sometimes longer) until we are sure that the new updated drive it working correctly and is stable.
Of course, always repair your drive and permissions before, and after, any major updates and/or backups.
Tony!
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[Ernie Santella] ”
Thought I might pass along a little thing that just happened to me. I was getting crashes in FCP a little too often (Usually with long renders). Everything else ran and worked fine, except long renders.
It turned out that I had a bad RAM chip. I pulled pairs and test rendered until I found the bad chip. Then… ‘walla’ no crashes! I replaced it and life is all good again.
Also, what was weird was when I checked Apple system info, all the RAM was showing up. But, when rendering, I assume FCP would use most of the RAM and some info would hit the bad chip and crash the system.”
Yep, bad memory is one of the hardest problems to diagnose with a Mac. You did a good job to find the problem. Apple’s hardware test can be used to check for memory problems as well. It should be on one of your OS X disks that came with your Mac. Its not perfect however, and doesn’t always identify bad memory. I always recommend using name brand memory (especially from Crucial.com) and only install same size memory sticks, all purchased at the same time. Especially, if you are using your machine for heavy production where reliability critical.
Tony!
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Not much of a virus. Read the short thread on the OS X forum to find out more. Bottom-line It doesn’t actually do anything other than attempt to propagate itself via iChat (admin password required). It has a bug in the code that prevents it from working as intended, which has the side-effect of preventing infected applications from launching. It doesn’t take advantage of any security holes in the OS. You probably couldn’t find it on the web right now even if you tried. It, but if you have this file on your hard drives delete it: latestpics.tgz
Tony!
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Search your drives for this file “latestpics.tgz” If you find it, don’t launch it, just delete it. I wouldn’t worry to much about finding it/downloading it online by accident at this point. I don’t think you could find it even if you tried.
Tony
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[Jeff Carpenter] “www.crucial.com is best and most reliable. I don’t know for a fact that it’s cheapest, but if you’re gonna end up with 2 of the 3, those are the right 2 to have, yes?
I don’t think they’re overpriced, though. Look around but I bet that anything you find that’s cheaper will only be by a few bucks. And why risk it for just a few bucks?”
Ditto, what Jeff said.
Tony!
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I wonder how many calls a year Apple tech-support gets about Bruce? It’s actually pretty rare to see him though, so maybe it’s not that many. I know a lot of FCP users have never seen him. Oh well, enjoy him and remember he’s a Yak, not a cow, buffalo, or moose as I’ve seen others describe him as.
Tony!