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Subject: [Leica] OT: I screwed up my new iMac :-(
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat Jul 12 04:32:32 2008
References: <C20AA03E-033F-4DDC-80AB-A241BBAE4BC4@frozenlight.eu> <91F31AC6502C256AC8084D26@visible-trout.waverley.reid.org> <F63A1AD3-9BA7-4309-BD4B-B91FE54C49C7@frozenlight.eu>

Also, don't forget target disk mode. If you are nervous about data, it  
should let you transfer data to the old laptop so you are free to do  
full attack on iMac disk.

Ric




On Jul 12, 2008, at 3:27 AM, Nathan wrote:

> Thanks guys, I am running it as we speak (the initial Verify  
> Permission did find a bunch of problems). Hopefully that will do it,  
> otherwise it will be time to reinstall OSX.
>
> I think part of the problem is the Migration Assistant I used when  
> setting up the iMac initially a couple of weeks ago. I suspect that  
> some of the settings transferred from my Powerbook running Tiger are  
> not 100% compatible with Leopard. If I end up having to reinstall  
> OSX, I will wipe the iMac clean and just reinstall my applications  
> individually (and transfer the data manually). More work, but  
> probably a cleaner install.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> On 12-jul-2008, at 7:28, Brian Reid wrote:
>
>> Disk Utility has a "Repair Permissions" function. Use it.
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan) ([Leica] OT: I screwed up my new iMac :-()
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] OT: I screwed up my new iMac :-()
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan) ([Leica] OT: I screwed up my new iMac :-()